Street Dance: The Style of Freedom 台湾街舞炫风
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- 最后更新于 2024年5月25日
- 发布于 2012年2月10日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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Despite the cold January weather in Taipei, things are getting hot in the mall between the Zhongshan and Shuanglian MRT stations. Bodies and limbs are whirling about in a frenzy of windmills, headspins and handglides. It may sound like a street fight, but there’s nothing violent about what’s happening here. The combatants are actually taking part in a street dance competition.
尽管台北一月的天气很冷，但是在捷运中山站和双连站之间的商场，气氛却非常热闹。许多人分别以背、头、手为触地支点，疯狂地舞动四肢。这听起来或许像街头格斗，但这里发生的事可是一点都不暴力。格斗者其实是在参加街舞比赛。
Street dance has its roots in American hip-hop culture, which emphasizes the expression of self and spirit, and the courage to try new things. It began as a way for African-Americans to express themselves and their frustrations through dance. The trend found its way to Taiwan in the mid-1980s, and has been growing in popularity ever since.
街舞源于美国的嘻哈文化，强调的是自我和精神的表现，以及尝试新事物的勇气。它起初是非裔美国人以舞蹈表达自我和挫折感的方式。这股风潮1980年代中期来到台湾，自那时起，街舞越来越受欢迎。
From Ximending in Taipei to Hualien on the island’s east coast, more and more young people in Taiwan are discovering liberation and the freedom of expression of street dance. It is a welcome escape from the relative rigidity of other forms of dance, such as ballet or ballroom dance. There are no set rules in street dance. Instead, it’s all about testing the body’s limits and the limits of one’s own creativity. More and more battle-style competitions are popping up all the time. There are more than 30 competitions in the summer, the hottest time of the year for street dance.
从台北的西门町到东岸的花莲，越来越多台湾的年轻人在街舞中找到解放与表达的自由。它跳脱了芭蕾舞或社交舞等其他舞蹈相对上的呆板。街舞没有固定规则，相反的，街舞正是要考验身体的极限和创意的极限。一直以来，有越来越多战斗风格的比赛出现。在街舞当红的每年夏季，就有30多场比赛。
Vocabulary
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whirl about 旋转；打圈子 whirl around; fly around
combatant [ˋkɑmbətənt] n. 战斗人员
competition [͵kɑmpəˋtɪʃən] n. 比赛，竞赛
frustration [͵frʌsˋtreʃən] n. 沮丧; 受挫
pop up【口】出现, 发生(尤指出乎意料) to arise suddenly; to appear without warning
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frenzy [ˋfrɛnzɪ] n.（暂时的）疯狂；狂热
windmill [ˋwɪnd͵mɪl] n. 风车; 螺旋桨(舞步)
headspin 头旋
handglide (霹雳舞中的)单手撑(地)旋转
hip-hop [ˈhɪpˌhɑp] n. 嬉蹦舞乐曲；街舞；嘻哈
ballet [bæˋle] n. 芭蕾舞
ballroom dance（两人跳的）交际舞
set [sɛt] adj. 规定的；（书等）指定的
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In street dance competitions, competitors take part in a battle in which one will pull off a move, and the other has to follow. The first one who is unable to pull off a better move is the loser. Dance groups, known as crews, will practice for weeks in preparation for a competition.
在街舞比赛中，一名参赛者先完成一个动作，另一人必须照做，第一个无法做出更好动作的人就是输家。街舞团体称为舞团，他们会为一场比赛练习好几个星期。
The moves of street dance take the human body to its absolute physical limits. In doing the windmill, a male dancer rotates on his upper body while his legs spin around in the air. The headspin, one of the most visually stunning moves, has the dancer spinning around on the top of his head. From the headspin or the windmill, dancers can change into a handglide, in which they support their entire body weight with just one hand. This move gets high marks for degree of difficulty.
街舞的动作将人体带往身体的极限。在「风车」舞曲中，男舞者以其上身触地旋转，双腿在空中转动。视觉效果惊人的「头转」，则是舞者以头触地旋转。舞者可由「风车」及「头转」动作转成「直升机」，即是以单手支撑全身重量。这个动作在难度项目可拿高分。
Street dance has little of the prestige of other forms of dance. However, for many street dancers, this style of dance represents something more than just movement. For Peng Ying-lun, a street dancer for 17 years, “Dance was my only way of reaching out and communicating with the world.” The young dance crews that have followed in this veteran’s footsteps agree, and it is they who will take this underdog of the dance world to new heights.
街舞没有其他舞蹈所拥有的声望。然而，对许多跳街舞的人来说，这种舞蹈风格代表的不只是动作。跳街舞长达17年的彭英伦说：「跳舞是我向外伸展与世界沟通的唯一方式。」追随这位前辈的年轻舞团同意他的看法；正是这些年轻舞者会将舞蹈界的小兵带往新高峰。
−Adapted by Joe Henley
Vocabulary
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absolute [ˋæbsə͵lut] adj. 完全的; 绝对的
rotate [ˋrotet] v. 旋转
stunning [ˋstʌnɪŋ] adj. 令人惊奇的; 令人震惊的
prestige [prɛsˋtiʒ] n. 名望，声望
veteran [ˋvɛtərən] n. 老手
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take part in (something) 参加, 出席 to participate in something
pull off (something) 成功完成 to succeed in doing something difficult or unexpected
reach out 向外伸展 move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
underdog [ˋʌndɚˋdɔg] n. 处于劣势的人[队]; 〔竞赛中〕可能会输的人[队]
Reading Questions
1. What does the author consider street dance to be?
A. A violent and competitive battle.
B. A frustrating sight to watch.
C. A stiff and limited form of communication.
D. A liberating and exciting activity.
2. According to the article, why might someone be interested in street dance?
A. To understand the history of African-American culture.
B. To express their creativity through movement.
C. To see ballet and classical dance performed outdoors.
D. To become part of a well-known dance group.
3. When a young man performs a handglide, what is he doing?
A. He is holding his body up with his hand.
B. He is spinning on his head without using his hands.
C. He is rotating his hands while his legs spin.
D. He is motioning with both of his hands.
4. What is the main purpose of this article?
A. To encourage everyone to learn street dance.
B. To describe the many different moves of street dance.
C. To introduce an increasingly popular type of dance.
D. To explain how the hot weather affects street dancers.
Headspin Worldrecord Spinboy Aichi
Hand glide
Most breakdance windmills in 30 seconds -- Video of the Week 2nd August -- Guinness World Records
Answer
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1. ( D ) |
2. ( B ) |
3. ( A ) |
4. ( C ) |