Dance Appreciation

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Martha Graham

"contraction and release" technique

Doris Humphrey

"fall and recover" technique

Savoy Ballroom

"the home of happy feet" home of a lot of dancer of swing, tap and jazz

What is the role of the Pahu?

Alert the gods and keep them entertained with rhythmic beats and movements

What is Hula Kahiko?

Ancient Indigenous Original Hula

Olga Najera-Ramirez

Anthropologist that talks about the history of folkloriko

Giselle

Choreographed by the Dutch National Ballet and story about a dead bride. She calls out the dead brides and they all dance together

What events effected Hula in 1820?

Christianity took over the island. Oppressed all their culture

Sally Banes

Credits herself with bringing hip-hop culture to the mainstream

What is the Kaona?

Hidden massage or meaning in a song

Patrick Makuakane most valuable characteristic of Hula

Is hulas ability to adapt and work its way around adversities

What was the effect of tourism on Hula?

King David Kalakaua and English languages help flourish hula dancing

Who is the Hula goddess?

Laka

What is Hula 'auana?

Modern Westernized New Hula

Yvonne Rainer

No manifesto "No to spectacle, glamour, trash imagery, anti-hero movement etc)

What is mele?

Poetic text that the Hula dancers recreate in their movements

Contact improvisation

Steve Paxton's "invention" constantly touching while having fluidity

What happens if you're late to an Uniki?

You're expelled

Katherine Dunham

bringing African American moves and aesthetics

Paul Taylor

choreographed "Esplanade" supposed to be "natural movement" running walking, skipping and rolling but just looks like another ballet piece

Alvin Ailey

choreographed "Revelations" and depicts a spectrum of black religious worship, including richly sculpted group prayer, a ceremony of ritual baptism, a moment of introverted, private communion a duet of trust and support for a minister and devotee, and a final, celebratory gospel exclamation

Pearl Primus

choreographed "strange fruit" used emotion and powerful images and stayed "Authentic" to afro-latin American dances

Mark Morris

his idea of the quality in the moves he incorporates in his dances and how he prefers the movement to show signs of energy, exhaustion, and struggle.

Butoh

japanese contemporary movement

Jose Limon

sculptor and choreographer. Choreographed "Moors Pavane" which is the story telling of Othello by Shakespeare.

Merce Cunningham

show a body capable of extending itself beyond the predictable and beyond the confines of any one dance technique

Isadora Duncan

was killed by her scarf emphasized natural movement


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