A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows without regard for the gender of the individuals, all facing either each other or in the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time. Unlike in circle dancing, line dancers are not in physical contact with each other.
Line dancing is practiced and learned in country-western dance bars, social clubs, dance clubs and ballrooms. It is sometimes combined on dance programs with other forms of country-western dance, such as two-step, western promenade dances, and as well as western-style variants of the waltz, polka and swing. Line dances have accompanied many popular music styles since the early 1970s including pop, swing, rock and roll, disco, Latin (salsa suelta), rhythm and blues and jazz.
Each dance is said to consist of a number of walls. A wall is the direction in which the dancers face at any given time: the front (the direction faced at the beginning of the dance), the back or one of the sides. Dancers may change direction many times during a sequence, and may even, at any given point, be facing in a direction half-way between two walls; but at the end of the sequence they will be facing the original wall or any of the other three. Whichever wall that is, the next iteration of the sequence uses that wall as the new frame of reference.
In a one-wall dance, the dancers face the same direction at the end of the sequence as at the beginning. In a two-wall dance, repetitions of the sequence end alternately at the back and front walls. In other words, the dancers have effectively turned through 180 degrees during one set. The samba line dance is an example of a two-wall dance. While doing the "volte" step, the dancers turn 180 degrees to face a new wall.
In a four-wall dance, the direction faced at the end of the sequence is 90 degrees t o the right or left from the direction in which they faced at the beginning. As a result, the dancers face each of the four walls in turn at the end of four consecutive repetitions of the sequence, before returning to the original wall. The hustle line dance is an example of a four-wall dance because in the final figure they turn 90 degrees to the left to face a new wall. In some dances, they turn 270 degrees, a "three-quarter turn," to face the new wall.
첫댓글 Line dance(라인댄스)는
여러 사람이 줄을 지어 추는 춤을 말한다.
특별한 파트너 없이 앞줄과 옆줄의 라인을 만들어 추는
선무(線舞)라고 할 수 있다.
A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps
in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows
without regard for the gender of the individuals,
all facing either each other
or in the same direction,
and executing the steps at the same time.
Unlike in circle dancing,
line dancers are not in physical contact with each other.
Line dancing is practiced and learned in country-western dance bars,
social clubs, dance clubs and ballrooms.
It is sometimes combined on dance programs
with other forms of country-western dance,
such as two-step, western promenade dances,
and as well as western-style variants of the waltz, polka and swing.
Line dances have accompanied many popular music styles
since the early 1970s including pop, swing, rock and roll, disco,
Latin (salsa suelta), rhythm and blues and jazz.
Each dance is said to consist of a number of walls.
A wall is the direction in which the dancers face at any given time:
the front (the direction faced at the beginning of the dance),
the back or one of the sides.
Dancers may change direction many times during a sequence, and may even,
at any given point, be facing in a direction half-way between two walls;
but at the end of the sequence they will be facing the original wall or any of the other three.
Whichever wall that is, the next iteration of the sequence uses that wall as the new frame of reference.
In a one-wall dance,
the dancers face the same direction at the end of the sequence as at the beginning.
In a two-wall dance,
repetitions of the sequence end alternately at the back and front walls.
In other words,
the dancers have effectively turned through 180 degrees during one set.
The samba line dance is an example of a two-wall dance.
While doing the "volte" step, the dancers turn 180 degrees to face a new wall.
In a four-wall dance,
the direction faced at the end of the sequence is 90 degrees t
o the right or left from the direction
in which they faced at the beginning.
As a result, the dancers face each of the four walls in turn at the end of four consecutive repetitions
of the sequence, before returning to the original wall.
The hustle line dance is an example of a four-wall dance because in the final figure
they turn 90 degrees to the left to face a new wall.
In some dances, they turn 270 degrees,
a "three-quarter turn," to face the new wall.