Quiz 1 dance 301
He would die in the hands of his own people
Sitting Bull had participated in the Sun Dance several times and experienced visions predicting future events. What premonition did he have about his death?
Wovoka
The Sioux Indians accepted the Ghost Dance religion in hopes of restoring the old ways before the settlers arrived. Who is credited with creating the Ghost Dance religion?
To bring peace and ultimately be reborn
The Sun Dance is a sacred ritual lasting 8 days. The first 4 days are dedicated to prayer and meditation including time spent in the sweat lodge and the passing of the peace pipe. On the last day a sacrifice of flesh is offered to the gods. What is the purpose of this ritual.
valley of the sun
The modern Hoop Dance was originally performed by Tony White cloud in the 1930's. In which film did he perform the Hoop Dance.
The olmec culture
The oldest civilization of Mexico was populated in the region of what we now know as Vera Cruz and Tabasco. It was known as the ________________________.
False
The ritual Los Voladores is done in honor of the god of spring and agriculture Xipe by the Totonac Indians in Huehuetla Puebla who created it. There is no evidence that the Aztec Indians performed this ritual.
Center
This component of dance is related to balance and gives the dancer a greater sense of strength and connectedness to bring forth a spiritual essence that can be displayed and expressed with confidence.
The baleen
In 1867 The United States purchased Alaska and the whaling ships constantly occupied the Arctic waters. These whalers took as many whales as they could but unlike the Inuit that made use of the whole whale these commercially minded whalers only wanted what part of the whale?
Ralph Zotigh
In 1991 the first Hoop Dance Competition was held at New Mexico State Fair Indian Village using the Olympic Likert scoring system. Who initiated this competition?
It was a healing dance
In modern times the Hoop Dance became a storytelling dance as a solo dancer creates shapes depicting animals of nature reflected in the traditional stories. What was the original purpose of the Hoop Dance?
Deme
In the Aztec culture each individual was a member of an extended family. Within this structure there were three principle officers: a secretary/ treasurer, a war officer and a speaker. What was the name of this extended family.
Calmecac
In the Aztec culture when a young man reached puberty he underwent initiation rites to prepare him for the responsibilities of adulthood. At the age of 15 he was sent to a boarding school to b e educated for community work or to become a priest. Which school educated the priests?
Anerca
In the Inuit language, "poetry" and "breathe" are derived from the same word that also means soul. What is that word?
True
In the Snake Dance the medicine man or priest carries the snake in his mouth and is accompanied by a hugger guard and a gatherer as he performs this ritual dance.
The souls of dead warriors and sacrificial victims
In the ritual dance Los Voladores five dancers climb a pole. One dancer performs a dance on top of the pole representing the deity. The other four dancers sit on the wooden rigging and secure themselves with ropes then they cast themselves off and the weight of their bodies turn the frame as they descend suspended by the rope. What do the four dancers suspended by ropes represent?
True
Animism is the belief system that honors all elements of nature including plants, animals, stones and natural phenomena believing they all have a spirit that interacts harmoniously with humans.
True
According to Alan Lomax two-dimensional movement displays curved or circular movements and can be found in dance styles from economies that use metal tools.
False
Choreometrics is the term coined by Alan Lomax to describe how a choreographer creates movement to different rhythms.
True
Lomax classified the single-unit style as using a solid torso, mostly moving the legs, feet and arms, sometimes bending or using a rhythmic rocking motion forward and back at the waist.
Kisi
What do they call the shrine that is built to house the snakes before the Hopi Snake Dance ceremony.
Rhythm
What is the component of dance that joins one movement to the next connecting the fluidity of movement?
It is the study of ethnic dance as it represents a society
What is the definition of dance ethnology?
Karigi
What is the name of the ritual dance houses that were created by the Inuit?
Friderich Nietzsche
Who said, "In song and dance man expresses himself as a member of a higher community: he has forgotten how to walk and speak and is on the way towards flying into the air, dancing." ?
Steven Guttenberg
Who was the contestant on Dancing with the Stars that made the comment that dancing with a partner requires a level of cooperation and communication that is highly sophisticated and if the world leaders would learn the cooperation and coordination of dancing, the world would be a better place?
