Children’s dance training skills
In the process of teaching dance to young children, basic skill training is an essential part of every class, and it is also a guarantee for the quality of young children’s dance learning. Below I will share with you children’s dance training techniques. You are welcome to read and browse.
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Dance eye training
1. Eye fixation training method
Find a place 10 meters away When looking at the grass or green trees outside, don't squint or blink all the time. Eliminate distracting thoughts and focus on the target for about 25 to 30 seconds to identify the outline of the grass or leaves. Then place your left palm slightly higher than 30 cm in front of your eyes, and look at the palm prints one by one from beginning to end. After reading the palm print, stare at the grass or leaves in the distance for 25 seconds to practice distance viewing; then look at the palm print again. Repeat 20 times for 10 minutes, repeat this cycle three times a day, and keep practicing.
2. Eye-turning training method
Choose a secluded place, relax your whole body, concentrate and calm down, open your eyes, keep your head and neck still, and turn your eyes alone. First gaze directly below, slowly turn to the left, then directly above the gaze, to the right, and finally return directly below the gaze. In this way, first turn 8 to 10 times clockwise. Then let your eyes turn from staring below, to the right, to the top, to the left, and then back to the bottom. In this way, turn counterclockwise 5 to 7 times. The eye movement exercise can be done 4 times in total. Every time you turn, your eyeballs should reach the limit as much as possible. By practicing the flexibility of the eyeballs, the flexibility of the eyes, and the flow of eye waves, you can develop a pair of "speaking eyes".
3. Eye scanning training method
The eyes should be like a broom, scanning from one point to another parallel point. Everything on the line of sight must be seen clearly. The eyes should be as clear as possible. Open your eyes as wide as possible and repeat this practice of opening your eyes and face.
4. Concentration training method
At dawn, relax your body, look straight ahead, slowly take in enough breath, open your eyes wide, stay for a moment, and then slowly breathe out Breathe out and slowly close your eyes, do this several times in a row.
Strengthen the special training of eyes, dance with the heart, and integrate form and spirit
The more realistic and expressive the eye performance is, the more life-like and artistic it is, the more exciting the artistic power will be. The more beautiful it can be for people to enjoy. All successful dancers pay great attention to the expressiveness and connotation of their eyes. They turn ordinary people's "seeing" into art, express their emotions through their eyes, and show the audience the inner world of the characters. This so-called? Watch its dance, see its performance, check its color, and appreciate its appearance.
Look at the hands and have feelings in your heart. Let the joy, joy, and sadness show through your eyes. Dancers can look in the mirror and selectively try to express their inner emotions with their eyes. Some regular exercises such as happiness, anger, sadness, joy, fear, fear, sadness, etc., or self-made story actions using doubt, vigilance, thinking, etc., to strengthen the training of specific expressions and improve manual and mental abilities. You may not be able to find the right feeling at first. You can collect and download some photos of your favorite movie stars and see how they use their eyes to express their inner emotions at the moment the camera freezes them. From imitation, to self-understanding, and then to whatever they want.
Basic dance movements for young children
Leg pressing
This is the most basic training content in basic dance training, which are front, side and rear leg pressing. The practice of leg presses helps open the ligaments in the student's leg joints. When pressing the legs, pay attention to keeping the leg joints upright, opening and straightening the insteps, and keeping the upper body upright. Press down until there is no gap between your upper body and legs. Some students' ligaments are too tight. Don't be strict and must press down during the leg pressing process. Maintain a correct posture. Over time, the ligaments can be stretched to meet the requirements. Special attention should be paid to keeping the crotch straight. When pressing the side and back legs, students are most likely to have their hips protrude and slant, and they need to be corrected in time. When pressing the side leg, hold the bar with the hand on the same side, put the other arm close to the ear, move closer to the leg and stretch as far as possible to lengthen the side waist. When pressing the back leg, pay attention to the flat shoulders, don't shrink the neck, support the head to prevent it from falling, and stretch back.
Shoulder Press
This is an exercise to open up the shoulder ligaments. When performing shoulder presses, place your arms straight on the bar. The distance between the legs is slightly equal to shoulder width. The head and spine should be relaxed, and you can feel the shoulder ligaments being stretched as you press down.
Instep push combination
The quality of the instep varies from person to person, and most of it depends on innate factors, but acquired training cannot be ignored. Before training, move from the toes to the entire instep; during training, hold the barre with both hands, raise your chest and raise your head, draw in your abdomen and raise your hips, stand with your feet together, and start with single instep training. 1-2. Shoot the heel of one foot, with five toes touching the ground. 3-4. Shoot the toes straight, and push toward the wall so that the entire instep stretches into a crescent shape. 5-8. Switch to the other foot and perform the same movements on both insteps. The same goes for practicing.
Young students cannot concentrate when doing this kind of training, and tend to lower their heads to see their own and other people's movements. When doing instep pushing, their feet are easy to open and the instep cannot be pushed up. They need to be reminded and standardized at all times.
Kick the back leg
Stand with both hands on the small splayed part of the bar, straighten your knees, and raise your head to look straight ahead. During the kickback process, the upper body should remain still, do not turn sideways, the hips should not be loose, and the insteps and knees should be straight. Avoid leaning forward. If the student still can't do it despite repeated emphasis, you can first control the back leg with both hands, lift one leg back, correct the student's posture, and then transition to kicking back.
Split jumps
Split jumps are a hand-holding barre jump combination that prepares you for learning the big jump in the middle. When jumping up in this movement, you should pay attention to opening your feet one after the other at the same time. During the opening process, straighten the insteps and straighten the knees. The higher you jump, the wider the legs are spread, the better. When landing, quickly close your feet and land with your feet together.
Big kick
Big kick is a training to develop the strength and opening of the legs. Whether it is the front leg or the side leg, keep the upper body upright, clamp the middle part, and look forward. During the kicking process, you should also pay attention to the straightness of the instep and knees.
Splitting legs
Splitting legs can help stretch students’ leg ligaments. When training, pay attention to the instep of the feet not to be loose. We can train in this order:
1. Split the legs with the left foot in front, hold the left foot with both hands, hold it for 1-2 minutes, then move the legs still and lean back. Students with basic knowledge can support the ground with their right hand and grasp the hind leg with their left hand to control it.
2. The vertical fork with the left foot in front does not move. Turn the body to the right and at the same time change the hips into a horizontal fork. Don't lie on the ground with the insteps of both feet. Stand up with the upper body and insteps, then lie with the upper body on the ground and stretch your arms forward. Lie on your hips for 1-2 minutes,
3. Without moving the horizontal fork, turn to the right, turning into a vertical fork with your right foot in front. Repeat the action.
Small jump combination
Small jump combination is to train students' jumping ability. It can develop from simple one-two-five-digit small jumps to comprehensive compound small jumps that intersect with each other. During the small jump, keep your knees straight and push the insteps of your feet outward. When landing, the toes should land first, the landing should be light, and the upper body should not rock back and forth. Land in a half-squat, tighten your upper body and lower your buttocks.
Since children’s ligaments still have a certain degree of elasticity and are in the growth and development period, if you want to improve the softness, you must do it after sufficient warm-up exercises (such as brisk walking, jogging, etc.). Note that if the muscles and ligaments have not been mobilized, the softness of the compression is very easy to be injured and difficult to recover. Followed by softness exercises with increasing amplitude. Mainly press the legs and waist. You must have a teacher's guidance in the early stage of softness training, because the degree, angle, and even the force of the leg and waist muscles are crucial. If not done properly, the muscles may become thicker, which is a minor problem, and the ligaments may be strained, which is a major problem.
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