Dance terms

volador

100 ft pole 13x makes you a better person

What do dance anthropologist explore?

Dance anthropologist explore idioms and sources of power of dance by viewing it in social & cultural contexts

What four types of dances used for religious purposes?

Imitative, medicine, commemorative, spiritual

What is ritual dance?

Traditional clusters of movement used to worship and appease the gods & to hold magical and spiritual powers

Another important tradition of religious dance is from sub saharan africa...

Yorubs, dental

some cultures value cooperation over competitiveness. How is this reflected in dance?

cooperation- all dancing at the same time competitiveness- men competer for women

four types of world-wide social dances

courtship, work, war, communal

Plato and aristotle thought

every educated man should know how to dance gracefully

folk dances imitating work

fisherman's: coastal areas Woodsmen's: Romania Czech

spains couple dancing

flamenco, sensuality, foot, gypsy

what kinds of behaviors are taught through social dance

gender roles/how to be polite

platonic ideals

harmony, modesty, order

communication between two realms

initiate, orishas, Egungus, osun

Dances approved by the early church fathers were

labyrinth and processional

How do the dances of polynesia differ from morocco?

morocco separates sexes

what was the origin of african step dancing

motivational war dances

Sacred hindu tradition relates how the world was created through

shiva, vishnu, krishna, Rama

Dance channels communication of important messages

social skills

By the fifteenth century, dancing masters were writing manuals of ___ and ___ and giving daily dancing lessons in the European courts

steps, etiquette

what culture allows for more self expression than this

village dance of Nigeria

The dance stresses two complementary styles of movement

virtuosity, expressivisity