Research Status of Coupling Latin Dance and Ballet

This paper studies the body posture training, basic foot position, "translation" between Latin dance and ballet, and the significance of ballet basic training to Latin dance.

Latin dance is a competitive sports dance with strong explosive power and skills, which belongs to the official competition of the Asian Games. It mainly includes rumba, cha-cha, cowboy, samba and bullfighting.

Traditional Latin dance originated in Africa and Latin America, and has the characteristics of enthusiasm, boldness and romance. Its dance movements are bold and rough, the speed is changeable, the gestures and steps are rich, the passion is full, and the music rhythm is bright and powerful. In modern times, people integrate Latin dance elements into fitness activities, and feel the Latin heat while keeping fit.

Ballet is a European classical dance, which is light, slow and elegant. It originated in the Italian Renaissance, flourished in France in the second half of17th century, and entered the most prosperous era in Russia in the late19th century.

One of the most important features of ballet is that the actress's toes point to the ground during the performance, so it is also called tiptoe dance. Famous ballet works include Swan Lake, Fairy and Nutcracker.