7 New Dance Styles taking the UK by Storm!! Be Inspired Today!!

#1 - ZUMBA

 

ZUMBA is a trade name for a dance fitness program created by dancer and choreographer Perez in Colombia during the 1990s. The program combines Latin and international music with dance in an effort to make exercise fun.

 

ZUMBA classes are offered through licensed instructors and DVDs are also available for learning at home.

 

Music is the key ingredient to ZUMBA classes. The score, created with specific beats and tempo changes, transitions the workout from one toning, strengthening or cardio move to another, and targets every major muscle group in the body.

 

The ZUMBA program borrows Latin flavour from the following dance styles: Cumbia, Salsa, Merengue, Mambo, Flamenco, Chachacha, Reggaeton, Samba, Belly dancing, Bhangra, Hip Hop, and Tango.

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#2 - Nia

 

Nia is a sensory-based movement practice that leads to health, wellness and fitness. It empowers people of all shapes and sizes by connecting the body, mind, emotions and spirit. Classes are taken barefoot to soul-stirring music in more than 45 countries. Trainings are designed for those seeking personal enrichment and professional development. Every experience can be adapted to individual needs and abilities. Step into your own joyful journey with Nia, and positively shape the way you feel, look, think and live.

Nia draws from disciplines of the martial arts, dance arts and healing arts. Every class offers a unique combination of 52 moves that correspond with the main areas of the body: the base, the core and the upper extremities. Stiff beginners and highly fit athletes alike can adapt Nia to meet their needs by choosing from three intensity levels. Consecutive trainings collectively explore 52 principles for personal enrichment and professional development. 

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#3 - Street Dance

 

Street dance, more formally known as vernacular dance, is an umbrella term used to describe dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios in any available open space such as streets, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs.

 

These dances generally evolve out of urban and suburban spaces in some form of underground culture or region; they are a part of the vernacular culture of that area (as if they were folk dances).

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#4 - Ballroom, Latin & Performance Dancing

"Ballroom dance" refers most often to the ten dances of International Standard (Dance, Waltz, Tango, Viennese & Foxtrot) and International Latin (Samba, ChaChaCha, Rumba, Paso Doble, Jive). 

Sequence dancing, which is danced predominantly in the United Kingdom, is also sometimes included as a type of Ballroom dancing.

 

Latin dance includes a wide range of dances originating in Latin America, Puerto Rico and Cuba. Examples include the Cha-cha-cha, Rumba, Samba, Salsa, Mambo, Danza, Merengue, Tumba, Bachata, Bomba, Plena and Bolero.

 

The most popular performance dances styles are Ballet, Contemporary/Lyrical, Flamenco, Modern dance and Tap dance.

 

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#5 - Swing Dance

 

"Swing dance" is a group of dances that developed concurrently with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s, '30s and '40s, although the earliest of these dance forms predate swing jazz music.

 

The best known of these dances is the Lindy Hop, a popular partner dance that originated in Harlem and is still danced today. Others include Modern Jive, Leroc, Lindy Hop, Blues dance, Jitterbug and Charleston, among many.

  

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#6 - Belly Dancing

 

Belly dancing has recently been made popular by Latin American superstar Shakira. Although she is Colombian, her part-Lebanese background has influenced her style.

 

Most of the movements in belly dancing involve isolating different parts of the body (hips, shoulders, chest, stomach etc.), which appear similar to the isolations used in jazz ballet, but are often driven differently.

 

In much of bellydance there is a focus upon the core muscles of the body producing the movement rather than the external muscles of the body. Egyptian and Lebanese bellydance in particular emphasise the need for movemements to originate in the muscles of the back. Correct posture is as important in bellydance as it is in other fields of dance.

 

Important moves are: Shiver or Shimmy – a shimmering vibration of the hips; Hip hits – A staccato movement of the hips out from the body; Undulations – Fluid movements of the hips or of the chest in a circular or rotating fashion.

 

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#7 - Pole Fitness

 

At Pole Fit pole training is offered for beginner to advanced students in the form of 121 tuition, classes, courses, parties and workshops. Pole Fit sessions are fun, challenging and extremely addictive!

Pole Fit is an exercise and dance class incorporating the use of a pole. It improves flexibility, muscle tone and general fitness. Furthermore, from previous reports from attendees it has increased self esteem and boosted confidence. Pole dancing is completely addictive and so much fun!!! Pole Fit offers a range of classes, parties or one to one instruction. Pole Fit also provides students with many performance opportunities. 

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