ABSTRACT
Electric slide which was popular in the middle 1970s, chicken walk jive in the 1980s and Macarena
Syllabus of Gym Course of Universities and Colleges has been implemented in common institutions of higher education all over the country since 2003. Article 7 of it states to integrate extracurricular physical activity, after-school activities (include social activity and outdoor sports), exercise training and other activities with aims, plans and organization into the gym course so as to form organic connection of curriculum structure both inside and outside school. Meanwhile, Article 8 states, “In order to meet different students’ need who have different levels and interests, Colleges and Universitites should offer all kinds of physical education courses for students according to general requirement of school education as well as the principle of physical education course.” Besides, when designing the content, it emphasizes the combination of the fitness and culture, selectivity and effectivenss, nationality and internationality, scientificity and acceptability. Linedance just meets the requirement of the syllabus. Currently, the linedance has been one of the important promotion program in State General Administration of Sport. And gymnastics administrative center is in charge of the training of linedance coaches. Besides, they also formulate the linedance competition rules.
