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1. entertainment
2. work
3. worship
4. expressing joy
5. art
6. education
7. romantic interest
8. physical strength
9. therapy
10. exercise
11. military tactic |
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7 Elements
Watching Dance |
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1. Dancers
2. Choreographer
3. Visual design
4. Location
5. Audience
6. "Music"
7. Dance history |
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-Physical characteristics (gender, race height, age)
-Style of movement (all the same? forceful, delicate)
-Emotional Expression |
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-Style (they are the author of the dance)
-Theme
-Structure |
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-Lighting
-Costume
-Set Design (props) |
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-Stage
-Temple
-Site-specific
-Film |
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| -not always music; sometimes sound |
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-Dancers: mostly guys, 2 girls, black and white, in 30s?, forceful movement, powerful, sweat
-Choreographer: "unstructured" style - street dancing; choreographed, but not together. hip-hop/latin
-Visual Design: lots of light changes. "street clothes" props= things you could find on the street |
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Cambodian Classical
Dance
power, oppression, revival |
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P: 12th century King Jayauaran VII "The King's Dancer"
O: mid-15th century invasions -Khmer Rouge
R: University of Phnom Penh |
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Cambodian Classical
Dance
other notes |
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*dancers are essential in this culture
*1975-Khmer Rouge invasions - capture and kill dancers
*after Khmer Rouge, only about 35 dancers left (they need to pass down dances)
*worshipping dance. delicacy and detail, ornate dress
*hard for us to understand because we didn't grow up in culture
*why preserve the dance? preserve history |
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Polynesian
Dance
power, oppression, and revival |
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P: 1767 Dancers entice explorers w/ dance, danced for all reasons
O: London Missionary Society
R: Dance is preserved in secret
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Polynesian
Dancers
other notes |
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*European explorers see women in coconut bras & dancing w/ hips - then, when europeans are "hypnotized," throw fruit at them
*Arioi- traveling dancing group. went island to island. entertainment. only ones allowed to make fun of leaders
*Europeans think it's innapropriate |
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American Indian
Dance
power, oppression, revival |
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P: Snake Dance, Ghost Dance
O: wounded knee, South Dakota; US gov't "discouraged" ceremonial dances until 1930s
R: Pow-wows |
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American Indian
Dance
other notes |
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*man=nature
*they believe that through embodying animal they are hunting, it will sacrifice itself to them
*Snake Dance - snakes in their mouths - snakes were considered the brothers of the gods of cloud and rain - rain dance
*Ghost Dance - lasted for hours w/o food, drink, or sleep; bring back buffalo herds - tribes are being separated by US - all will be restored if they performed this dance: 1. all tribes come together, 2. White clothes
*Wounded Knee- didn't fight back because they thought the white clothes were pullet proof
*Pow-wow: conferences to protect culture |
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~American Indian
*all men, costumes represent eagles
*music=drums and singing
*synchronized dance
*represents being in clouds
*slow music=just arms
*faster music=arms and legs |
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~American Indian
*fast music - more crazy sounding; very hyper
*just 1 person that is always moving
*moves the hoops all around=circle of life |
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Zezuru-Shona
South African
Dance
power, oppression, revival
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P: military strategy w/ dance - when enemy would get there, young women would line up and dance. The warriors would gather behind. then, the girls would part, and warriors would burst through (mbende)
R:European missionaries - a man went to them and said he had a dream of the zezuru doing mbende for baby Jesus under new name: Jerusarema - it worked- they were allowed to do it |
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Capoeira
Dance
power, oppression, and revival |
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P: military tactic (slaves in Brazil)
O: banned by Brazilian gov't 1890
R: underground practice until 1920s when it became a martial art |
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Capoeira
Dance
other notes |
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| *evolved during slave trade in Brazil - slaves had no self defense - began to train themselves for combat - slave owners would prohibit training, so they disguised defense as a dance |
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*voodoo
*danced religion - body is essential to worhip
*dancers dance to particular god to come to earth - the dancer's body is taken over by god then dances like the god
*Yanvalou - dance ceremony - initiates, drummers, and congregation of community members - wear white "costumes" and dance sundown --> dawn
*Lau (spirit) - that which enters the body |
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*Southwest india
*2 young virgins - initiates
*serpent gods - believes to dwell in groves behind higher caste families
*Pullavas - the lowest caste
*Mandala - made out of ground spices - colorful
*high caste priest
*to ward off misfortune
*the young girls are pullavas |
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Bharata Natyam
Hindu
Dancing |
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*Shiva - the lord of the dance
*Krishna - god that flirts & dances with village milk maids - sensual
*body is under complete control
*7 movements of eyebrow, 9 of eyelid that must be mastered
*mahahharatia - poem
*natya shashtea - theater and dance manual (Bible)
*one of main values in dance and theater - evoke the 8 rasas (universal emotions) |
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