Introduction: Dancing is one of the most creative art forms that many people enjoy watching. We live in a world full of diversity. This is one of the most beautiful things. It is the fact that we do not see the same thing everywhere we turn. Every dance around the world has a unique story to tell through its music, movements, and lyrics. One can find similarities amongst different dances. Today I will be describing and analyzing three different dance forms using the Feldman Model. These dance forms are Bhangra from India, Doundoumba from West Africa, and Chinese Fan Dance from China.
Identification and Description: The Bhangra dance style visually seemed to be a celebratory dance. Throughout the dance, performers maintained joyful
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I was not able to get a count for Doundoumba dancers because there were many. Analysis: The Bhangra dance style was extremely energetic with springing movements. The music was fast-paced and some movements had repetition. I saw a lot of horizontal arm movements, clapping hands, and bent knee movements. The twelve dancers got into straight line formations and groups of three. All of the dancers had synchronized arm and leg movements for the most part. A lot of stage space was covered because of the different formations and traveling movements. American music played for a few seconds between song transitions. I felt that they were trying to match movements according to the lyrics. For example, there was a part that went “wake up” in English and they formed a circle and did arm movements representing a clock. Similarly, the Doundoumba dance style had energetic movements. The dance begun with the dancers sitting down and using their arms to act like they were drumming. Dancers were interacting with each other. There was a part in the dance where one of the male dancers appeared to push another dancer down. The fallen dancer rose up quickly. They made good use of the stage space with their running movements. The dancers had great upper body strength as they spun rapidly in the air. A difference between Bhangra and this style is that Bhangra started out with both genders, whereas women came into this dance in the middle. The style of movements in the Chinese Fan Dance
The reason that the traditional dance has remained apart of the world is because of the teachers and students. But in order to dance the students required movements, steps, and music to put them to. The dance masters—teachers of the 18th and 19th centuries—all had the same original dance steps, while they invented their own steps on top the original ones. There are two different roots, which
There were many Indigenous Australian Aboriginals that danced different dances in different ways, when and where they performed dances varied immensely, as did the way they were taught or the reasons behind why they danced.
Given that this “visit” was more like a virtual experience, I was still able to access a couple of my senses, just as if I was at the actual exhibition. Through the use of anecdotes and detailed images, I am able to see all of the personal experiences an individual had while practicing a particular dance and what it meant to them. In this exhibition, there are ten different dances displayed, including the: Yup´ik Yurapiaq and the Quyana (Thank You) Song Dance, Yakama Girl’s Fancy Shawl Dance, Cubeo Óyne Dance, Yoreme Pajko’ora Dance, Mapuche Mütrüm Purun, Tlingit Ku.éex ' Entrance Dance, Lakota Men’s Northern Traditional Dance, Seminole Stomp Dance, Hopi Butterfly Dance, and finally, Quechua Danza de Tijeras (Scissor Dance). All parts of the exhibit were insightful, but the two that sparked my interest the most were the Yup´ik Yurapiaq and the Quyana (Thank You) Song Dance and the Quechua Danza de Tijeras (Scissor Dance).
Many may know that it can be almost impossible to completely identify what African Dance is. Africa is a huge continent that holds many different cultures, beliefs and overall ways of living. It is said to be the most “socially and racially diverse on the planet (wikipedia).” Even though Africa can be one of the most diverse places on earth, there can be similar dance styles being established throughout many other larges countries. Creativecareerguice.com states that “history, language, song, background, and purpose and cannot be translated to another dance of the same culture much less another
Bangarra Dance Theatre is important to Australia because it has so much history behind every single dance that Page creates. It celebrates the communities and cultures of the indigenous people in a unique way. It’s living traditions go back at least 40,000 years with the Indigenous people of Australia and reflects the lives of Indigenous people today. Contemporary dance embraces traditional stories that admire the histories and identity of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. The culture, values and traditions of Indigenous Australians inspires movement in Bangarra Dance Theatre. This company tells a story about the history of the indigenous people to Australia to the world. It is important that the Indigenous culture is never forgotten and Bangarras artistically creative works make sure that they aren’t.
Dance is one of the most beautiful, expressive forms of art known to mankind. It expresses joy, love, sorrow, anger, and the list truly goes on for all the possible emotions that it can convey. Dance not only can express how one feels, but it can tell a story or even be used to praise a higher power. Dance has intricately played an important role to every culture over the course of time. Two forms of dance that have not only stood against the test of time but have influenced the development of other various styles of dance is none other than Classical Ballet and Modern Dance.
Culture and dance cannot remain stagnant, we must always move forward keeping with the times and keeping in touch with one another, and there is no better or more expressive way than through
I must say that my hole spring quarter has been dedicated to deepening my overall understanding of West-African dance alone. In preparation this to study with the Urban Bush this summer I wanted to make sure that I was able to develop a stronger foundation in my West-African dance technique this quarter. My Mondays and Wednesday from 2:00-6:30 were dedicated to Professor Parker's ( Makeda- Kumasi) West-African dancing and drumming classes held at UCR. I also seeked outside the classroom to gain a community experience of this dance genre so that I could compare and contrast the similarities and differences I found. My goals were to truly embody the many elements that are associated in this dance genre. In my discoveries I was able to
Within the past two years, dance has become a more prevalent part of my life. Dance has provided me with a source of diversion and a creative outlet from the monotony of classes. A research colleague invited me to attend a UF Volaticus Aerial Dance Club meeting. Aerial dance is a form of modern dance that incorporates the use of hanging silk ribbons to fully utilize all physical space. I was hesitant to attend at first because I have little formal training in dance, but I became hooked and was a regular attendant. Aerial dance not only pushed me physically, but it also taught me to control my body more gracefully and fluently. Last year, I performed Bhangra, a style of dance from the Punjabi region of India/Pakistan, for the Asian American
The movements were very specific and showed the story of the dance. The partners used many movements that contained many body
Dancing is popular around the world, especially the minorities, they love using dance to express their feeling. This essay will compare and contrast two types of dance: Samoan Sasa and Turkish folk dance. It will discuss what these dances are, who dances them, where, when and why they dance. Samoan Sasa and Turkish folk dance are both filled with a variety of people that dancing as a group. However, Turkish folk dance has more women than men, and the costumes that people dress are beautiful and colorful.
Bollywood dance is an art form derived from Indian classical and folk dances that originated in the 1950s’s and 60’s1. The dance practice involves fast paced, precise hand movements, each of which has its own unique cultural significance. While many of the hand positions look similar and were easy for me to mix up, Megan explained that they are very distinct, and it is important to use the correct motion. The word itself comes from a combination of two names, Bombay (a city in India, now referred to as Mumbai) and Hollywood1. Mumbai hosts what is considered to be the Hollywood of India, where many of the Bollywood films and dancing occur. It is often considered a film dance, due to the
Dance is a form of art which is related to the body movement. Through dance, dancer can express their feeling or emotion. In order to produce a nice and attractive dance, dancers should have passionate toward the learning and patient while learning about the dance. This is because dances have a lot of skill to learn. There are many types of dance. Different dance have different dancing steps and different types of music rhythms for the dancer to dance. However, there is one kind of energetic dance which is hip hop. Hip hop dance has many styles which included breaking, popping and locking. Breaking is one kind of style which performs by the break dancers. Break dance is also commonly known as B-boys or B-girls. Break dance elements include top rock, down rock, power move and freeze. Break dance will look nice is because of the combining of these four elements. It divided into three levels which are included beginner, intermediate and advanced. Besides, break dance required a good fitness levels for them to perform the dance. In order to perform a dance which can make people to enjoy it needs a lot of practicing of the skill and experience.
The men and women do not dance together. They form separate groups. Folk dances are generally not the same for men and women but some dances are common to both. Bhangra is the men's dance and Giddha is the women's dance. Bhangra and Giddha are the most popular folk-dances of the Punjab.
There are eight individual and unique classical dances in India. Each has its own distinctive dance movements, make-up, and costumes. The classical dance forms that have developed in India all have set rules which have been followed traditionally over the years. This set of rules that the classical dances follow is called the Natya Shastra. This is the ancient text that all Indian classical dances obey by in order for them to be called a “classic”. The eight forms that have succeeded in reaching the conventions of the Natya Shastra are: the Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali, Kathak, Manipuri, Odissi, Mohiniyattam, and Sattriya. Among all eight of these dances I argue that Bharatanatyam is the most elite form of all these dances