Poco - Poco Dance, Maluku

Poco-poco dance is a kind of dances original from Indonesia, which many used as the basic movements in rhythmic gymnastics. This dance took elements of dance moves from various regions in Indonesia. Therefore, at this dance can be encountered such as javelin throwing motion, release the arrow and so forth because these movements found in many local dances in Indonesia. Poco-poco dance became popular in the early 2000s. At first, Poco-Poco dances known only within the military and police as a motion for rhythmic gymnastics.

This dance is accompanied by song which originated from Maluku who also called poco-poco. Poco-poco song created by songwriter, from Ambon named Arie Sapulette.

Basic movement poco-poco dance is relatively easy so it is favored by the people. In fact, poco-poco dance then used as a kind of rhythmic gymnastics by schoolchildren in Indonesia. Poco-poco dance moves are two small steps to the right, back to the place, then go back one or two steps backward, then forward while spinning. And so on, the movement is repeated. The principle is to rotate the whole body to the winds and then back into place.

Currently, poco-poco dance has grown rapidly so that it has about 50 variations of movement. Musical accompaniment was a wide range, from poco-poco musical accompaniment version dangdut house music (disco) to cha-cha.

Posted : Cornelia  Debby  Kumalasari

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