Dancing into 2008
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By Arthur Tsui
| Published Jan 2008
Different people fi nd different
ways to spend their time off work. Among those ways, dancing is
a perennial favorite. Some people dance away the pressure, the melancholy
and the fear. While serving people through the years, dancing itself
also has changed into different interesting styles. Let’s look through
some of the popular dances for the year 2007. It hasn’t been long
since 2008 arrived, but a new style of dancing has already made
its way into Asia.
What people danced in 2007
Atop the list are Latin dances.
Various Latin dances combine with fi tness exercises to create a
whole new dancing exercise, like the rumba, the samba, and the cha
cha cha. This exercise emphasizes hip swings and it exercises the
waist, hips.
Then come jazz dances, which
originated in bars. People dance jazz not only to keep fit but also
to cultivate an elegant manner and express their attitude to life.
A newcomer to the 2007 Chinese
dancing scene is belly dancing. Anybody can try belly dancing, regardless
of gender, age or fi gure, as long as they are willing to dance
with no shoes. This dance primarily exercises muscles at the stomach
and on the back.
Dancing is not exclusively for
young people. For senior citizens there is Line Dance. This exercise
boosts the functions of hearts and the whole body.
Last but not least, boxing exercise
is reserved for those who have enough energy. It integrates the
basic movement of boxing, Thai boxing, Taichi and taekwondo and
is danced to strong music. The best thing about boxing exercise
is it can consume up to 600 calories of energy per hour and vent
the most pressure.
What people will dance in 2008
he world’s highest sports dancing,
Zumba, is making its way into China. Zumba originates from North
America and it is another name for mix-matching. In fact, Zumba
is kind of like a combination of all the popular dances, like Latin
dances, belly dances.
The main theme of Zumba is not
the actual steps, but how they are danced. Zumba advocates full
devotion and all freedom while dancing regardless of the steps or
the tempo of music.
The unique temper of Zumba makes
its unique Dancing Duel a necessary part of some training courses.
The duel can involve two people or two groups.
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