Ballroom dance

    If you think of dancing as a social activity, ballroom dance is suitable for you. It will help you meet interesting aspirational people and might even win you the heart of a lover.

    Ballroom dance usually refers to the International Standard and International Latin style dances, which can be classified into waltz, tango, foxtrot, quickstep, samba, cha-cha-cha, rumba, paso doble and jive.

    This style of dance requires poise, posture, musicality and expression, timing, body alignment and shape, foot and leg action, and presentation.

    There are a lot of experienced teachers offering classes in Luohu District, such as those in Luohu Commercial City next to Shenzhen Railway Station, and in buildings around the area.

    Szwudao.com also has branches in Luohu, Futian, Nanshan, Bao’an and Longgang districts offering ballroom dance lessons. Sports lovers can go to the Shenzhen Catic Wellness Co. Ltd., one of the city’s leading health clubs with 12 venues in the city, and learn ballroom dance there.

    Hip-hop dance

    T his type of dance, popular with high-school and college students, will make you both fitter and cooler. What separates hip-hop dance from other forms is that it is often freestyle in nature and often involves competitions known as dance-offs.

    The dance includes a wide range of styles, notably break, locking and popping. Informal freestyle sessions and battles are usually performed in a cipher, a circular dance space that forms naturally once the dancing begins.

    Break dancing is one of the pillars of hip-hop culture. There is a great deal of hip rolling, waist and pelvic rolling and popping in hip-hop, all of which exercise the abdominal muscles. Popping is a technique that is a quick punch on the emphasis of a beat, many times danced in a combination with arm movements and the abdominal area being popped in the same count sequence. Doing these popping movements in repetition is excellent exercise.

    To some, hip-hop dance may only be a hobby. To others, it has become a lifestyle: both a way of keeping fit and a competitive sport.

    For hip-hop enthusiasts, D2 Dance Club in Carrianna Friendship Square in Luohu District, szwudao.com and the Shenzhen Catic Wellness Co. Ltd. are where they can learn hip-hop dance and compete if they

    Belly dance

    Generally for supple women who are not too thin, belly dance is a Western-coined name for a traditional Middle Eastern style, which also has deep cultural roots in India. In Shenzhen, it is popular among the middle-class.

    The most important body part is usually the hips. Both the costumes and the style have major regional variations.

    Most of the movements in belly dance involve isolating different parts of the body: hips, shoulders, chest and stomach, which appear similar to the isolations used in jazz ballet, but are often driven differently. In much of belly dance, there is a focus upon the core muscles, rather than external muscles, of the body producing the movement.

    Belly dance is a non-impact, weight-bearing exercise and is thus suitable for all ages, and is a good exercise for the prevention of osteoporosis. Belly dance can be healthy for the spine. Dancing with the veil can help build strength in the upper-body, arms and shoulders.

    The colorful and gorgeous belly dance costumes have added to the charm of the dance. The Shenzhen Catic Wellness Co. Ltd. has a list of experienced belly dance teachers and offers weekly classes. The szwudao.com also has lessons.

    For those that wish to learn jazz, Greenmax and Storm workshops in Dongmen offer jazz classes. The Shenzhen Catic Wellness Co. Ltd. and szwudao.com teach folk dance too.