Central Conservatory of Music, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China Conservatory of Music, Beijing Dance Academy, Nanjing Art Institute, Fujian Normal University, Capital Normal University, Tianjin Conservatory of Music.

What kinds of dances does popular dance include?

Street dance, jazz dance, Latin dance, China dance, standard dance, etc. Contemporary pop dance is collectively called pop dance. As long as it is loved by everyone and imitated by many people, it belongs to popular dance. There are many kinds of popular dances, and the most common ones are as follows.

Hip-hop originated in the United States, based on different street cultures or musical styles. The earliest street dance is Locking, which originated in the 1960s.

Hip-hop movements consist of various walks, runs and jumps, and are composed of joints such as head, neck, shoulders, upper limbs and trunk, such as flexion and extension, rotation, circle, sparkling, wave-like twisting and so on. Each movement has its own specific fitness effect.

Jazz dance, that is, modern dance in the United States, is a fast and dynamic rhythmic dance, which belongs to an extroverted dance, unlike a restrained dance shown by classical dance and ballet. Jazz dance was originally an extension of African dance, brought to the United States by black people who were sold as slaves, and gradually evolved into a localized popular dance in the United States.

Latin dance is divided into national standard Latin dance and Latin style dance (that is, folk Latin dance), and international standard Latin dance refers to sports dance, which is divided into rumba, cha-cha, cowboy, samba and bullfighting. The national standard Latin dance is a kind of competitive sports dance, which is characterized by strong explosive force, strong style and skill, and has great room for development of competitive sports dance.