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10 fun facts about dancing

1. The “Dancing Plague”of 1518 was a mania that lasted a month and killed dozens of people in Strasbourg, France through exhaustion or heart attack. People just danced uncontrollably until they collapsed!One other famous case involved people dancing on a bridge. Eventually so many people danced that they broke the bridge and fell into the river.
2. A world record for the longest conga dance line was set by 119,986 people in Miamiin 1988.
3. An English man tragically died during an office Christmas party. The cause of death? He overexerted himself dancing to Psy’s megahit Gangnam Style. The lesson here is that if you have certain health conditions, you should not stray outside of your comfort zone.
4. You may know Tupac Shakur as the late rapping legend of the late 80s and early 90s, but what you may not know is that he used to do ballet! He became a member of the 127th Street Ensemble, a Harlem based theater company.
5. In 2008, the world’s first “sustainable” dance floor opened at Club Watt in Rotterdam, Sweden. The floor’s tiles each sit on springs hooked up to generators. The harder people dance, the more the springs are compressed and this converts into energy, which runs the LED lights in the floor.
6. The dance world is full of superstitions. By saying “break a leg” before a show, people are saying the exact opposite of what they hope will happen on stage.
7. Hindu religion has very close relationship to dance and music. This connection can be seen in their countless Bollywood movies that all celebrate dancing.
8. African slaves that were brought in Brazil 300-400 years ago were prohibited from practicing martial arts. Therefore, they developed the mix of dancing and fighting that is known today as capoeira.
9. Breakdancing was first created as a “less lethal” form of fighting between warring African-American street gangs in 1970s Bronx area of New York City. This form of dancing re-emerged into worldwide popularity during 1990s.
10. The most sensual dance of modern times is without a doubt the Tango. It originated in the 1890s inArgentina, but it quickly became very successful in Europe

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Everyone can dance

This photograph shows us that all the people have the freedom to dance, nothing happens if you are disabled.
You can dance at any age.

10 intresting facts about dance that you might not now

1. This year is the 200th anniversary of the first appearance of the waltz in England, brought from Europe by Napoleonic Wars soldiers in 1815.

2. Unlicensed dancing in public is illegal in Sweden including ‘illegally moving your feet to music’.

3. The dance known as the foxtrot was invented by Harry Fox in 1914.

4. I Could Have Danced All Night was the 24th most performed song of the 20th century.

5. From 2001-2008, ballet was banned6. In 2008, ballet classes were instituted for police officers in western Romania to help them move elegantly while directing traffic.

7. In 1923, the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, passed a law forbidding dancers to stare into each other’s eyes.

8. Under Egyptian law, belly-dancers must have their navel covered when they perform.

9. Marathon dance contests are illegal in the state of Washington.

10. “To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.” (Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice). in Turkmenistan for being alien to Turkmen culture.
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Older and younger people can dance!

Is better to start dancing when you are smaller because you get better the technique but if you start dancing with more age it doesn't matter. If it is your passion go for it!!!!!

How it Evolved

Hip-Hop is an energetic dance that evolved with hip-hop music and street jazz. People first started mentioning hip-hop in the 70's.

this is one of the best shoes to waer because of its sleeve

They are Matt Steffania and his girlfriend Dana.Over the las 10 years he has taugh dance ALL over the world,but so many aspiring dancers dont have studios or classes available to them.His goal is to make dance available to everyone regardless of your location or finances.

About Matt
Matt relocated to Los Angeles in 2010 after spending the last seven years working as a dancer on the east coast.He has a unique style combining commercial hip hop with isolations and groovers.Matt teaches weekly at internacional dance academy in Hollywood as workshops around the world.

Here you have a dance tutorial of Matt Steffania song (work from home)

IF YOU THINK THIS IS IMPOSIBLE YOU ONLY HAVE TU TRYIT

For starters

I am going to show a few thing about dancing hip-hop

Before dancing you need to warm up a little.Then you can start
dancing.                                 
like this  

       
When you dance you need to have the appropiate clothes because you need to be comfortable when you dance.
Something like this: 
     The glasses are optional               
If you don't wear the correct shoes you may fall:
this type of shoes no     these ones yes



We can't dance were ever we want to because not all the floors are the same.
This floor is perfect to dance

Once you now this you can dance.

This type of dance can not be danced to any song,only with music with march

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