Latin Dance Moves All Have Different Styles Depending on The Genre

 

Geometric dance steps take a lot of initiative to handle. In order to get the whole shape, you have to take a lot of steps. From older breakdancing, you might recognize that there are a lot of steps to the initial approach. The famed 8-step cartwheel is one move that brings the whole body around to the floor to step across your feet 8 times, crossing over your legs to make a 360. Other, newer dance moves might take inspiration from this move in order to form the whole routine of steps that move across the dancefloor synchronized with specific types of beats.

Genres of dancing take steps into consideration when making their moves. In Latin dancing, there is plenty of room to move on the dancefloor when you’re taking your steps and making your moves. You will move your hips in a fluid and relaxed motion to compliment the dips you take when you’re stepping along with the rhythm of the music.

There are various types of dancing in Latin genres that go along with subcategories of beats. The bossa nova, the samba, the bolero, the cha-cha, and the salsa are all subcategories of Latin beats, and there are more to boot. The faster beats are the samba and the salsa. These beats are full of mixed rhythms that are known to have a large amount of variation, even in the songs that are playing. The moves that go along with these types of dances are very active. They are essentially party genres of songs, but they’re harder for musicians to play than other genres because of the large amount of styles included in the songs.

Latin party dancing brings everything together to show off the versatility in your moves. To be a good dancer at a Latin party, you show that you have comprehension over virtually all styles of Latin music, and more even, to add fusion to your moves. It takes an intergalactic journey through subcategories of genres to show off that you have a firm grasp on your moves.

The slower genres of Latin music are more eclectic and collected. The bossa nova, the bolero, and the cha-cha are all very deliberate beats with very specific rhythms that are played in the songs. Though variation does exist in these genres with deeper bass sounds that are popular with house djs, a lot of musicians and dancers will stick to the script in these genres and really try to master the style.

The dance moves for slower genres of Latin music have a lot to do with specific types of steps, and attitudes that go along with the steps. The concepts in the songs are romantic and fantasies about the world around you. They try to involve everyone in a collaborative vision of society that helps to put into perspective some of the mysteries of the world. The dancing compliments that type of lyrical and musical style.

Dancing to the deliberate beat of the bolero is kind of a march. There are a lot of hands involved in a motion that goes up and down along with the quarter note pulse of the slow beat. Sometimes, people will bend over backwards with their hands in the air, and then return to a baseline of shaking their upper body. They will spin around and repeat these motions.

Dancing to the cha-cha is close to the bolero, with a lot of hand movement, but the cha-cha is a little faster of a beat than the bolero. The hips play more of a role in the bend of the beat, and the hands move side-to-side. There is a sing-along attitude to the dancing that keeps everything very live.

Dancing to the bossa nova is based in footwork. The bossa nova is a Brazilian style of music, in contract to the bolero and the cha-cha, which are Mexican styles of music. In bossa nova footwork, there is a lot of movement across the dancefloor. There is also a lot of movement in the hips. It’s kind of like hula-hooping when walking around. The hands will play a soft role and mimic the movement of the feet.

The Latin styles of dance all vary greatly. In tempo and style, the variations in steps can be seen to be drastic. The move dramatic your grasp on the style, the more expressive your moves get. The best way to improve at dancing is to keep practicing, and listening to music.