Hip hop for kids

Hip-hop for kids is quite popular. But that is why you should familiarize yourself in more detail with the movements of children's dance for girls and boys of different ages: 5-7, 8-10 and 12 years old. And also the main features of professional classes for beginner dancers deserve attention.

Schoolchildren and younger children are often fond of dancing. It is logical that among their hobbies dominates the modern musical culture, which is at the height of fashion. And among all forms of street culture, it's hard to find a dance that's more fashionable than hip-hop. This demand is most likely due to his activity, determined by the rhythm of the music, and the feeling of freedom.

The dancers perform seemingly ordinary movements, but one can express themselves quite successfully in them. Hip-hop classes are equally suitable for girls and boys, and even for mixed children's groups and hobby groups. In such a training, excess (for some of the students) energy is simultaneously splashed out, barriers to communication are removed, emotional liberation occurs..

Passion for dancing has undeniable positive results for children:

• raises endurance;

• allows you to improve plasticity;

• guarantees increased coordination of movements;

• helps to strengthen muscles;

• helps to maintain or even optimize posture;

• introduces modern music;

• improves the sense of rhythm;

• teaches improvisation;

• awakens creative inclinations;

• helps to build contacts, breaks shyness and develops ease.

From the very first minutes of hip-hop classes, you can feel what real freedom is.... For dancers, physical fitness plays an important role, therefore, no less attention is paid to its improvement than to working out the dance movements themselves. Already in the course of trial sessions, it will be possible to unleash the potential, and then convincingly show it in the course of competitions with other participants. This contributes to the development of the will to win. Street dance hip-hop is a great activity to extinguish bullying and vandalism in children and adolescents.

Beginner young dancers, whose age is 4, 5, 6 years old, can already master the basic movements:

• Sham Rock (a combination of a step with a turn and body lift);

• jumping;

• going back with a fall and "catching" the body;

• pulling up the legs with a rise on the half-toes;

• hand connection;

• imitation of "washing" the cat.

In addition, 6 dance steps should be practiced. Later, a clear age specificity already begins. Preparation at home and in circles is very different for children of different ages, and therefore groups for children can be distinguished:

• 7, 8, 9;
• 10, 11, 12 years old.

Decent dance routines often include Smurf, Kriss Kross, March Stepe and Steve Martin moves in various combinations.

Before you start self-study tutorials (video course) or sign up for lessons in the studio, you need to soberly assess your physical parameters and capabilities. Children and adults who are overweight or cannot run up to the fifth floor are unlikely to be immediately admitted to dance training. They will have to first pull up their general physical training. An important role is played by the development of acrobatic elements, and the mastery of basic movements, and the ability to combine them into dance links.

Hip-hop implies a clear choice of one of its directions... This does not mean that you have to master only a certain set of movements, practicing it endlessly. On the contrary, as already mentioned, improvisation is needed, so good dancers can confidently show themselves in all private variants of the style. However, only one of them can be honed to perfection.

In addition to training in the gym, you should definitely work out all the movements and ligaments at home or on the street. This can be done both with friends and alone, although the collective format is more effective. You need to come to classes in loose clothing that does not limit your mobility. Shoes are also chosen on the basis of comfort. Most often, they begin to train in sneakers, but then personal experience will tell whether they are suitable or not.

In each of the directions of hip-hop, there is both a basic and an advanced level. Real professional instructors always insist that students master the basics first, and only then tackle the complex elements. If you place your arms, legs, body incorrectly, then there can be no question of any clear graceful dance. For training with an inexperienced group, they usually use simpler music, but always with a clear rhythm.

You can see more about hip-hop for kids and basic bundles in the video below.