Sioux Grass Dance Summary

Different aspects of dances all represent something special and meaningful to each specific tribe. Firstly, the purposes of the Native American’s dances are for entertainment, religious rituals, successful hunts, harvests, to give thanks, prayer, victory, mythology, along with many more. (Weiser- Alexander and Alexander) In the video Native American Indian

In the point of view of actual affect, this ceremony constructs a solid peace between the individuals or tribes joined it. In the ceremony held between Sioux and Ree, they exchanged foods and lots of other goods. After the ceremony, Ree get corns which is what they need as food and a symbol of sacredness. Sioux get tobacco. They also exchanged other important and sacred goods like buffalo meat, bladder and skull. Life was rough in North America back then; people could survive only when they learn to help each other. They form bigger communities to keep the stability of their nation. The representative of Sioux, Matohoshila, said that is should be their responsibility to extend the relationship to different people, and this could be an example of other nations.

For this choreography, I decided to stick to Ballet/Jazz dancing. I was inspired to create my dance based off of a phoenix. In Greek mythology, a phoenix is a long-lived bird that has been regularly regenerated or reborn. There is not a specific way of how a phoenix truly dies; some say a phoenix dies in a shower of flames or simply perishes and decomposes. Once it dies, a phoenix is reborn rising from the ashes of its predecessor. My intention for this assignment was to choreograph something my peers would clearly understand. I hoped to accurately represent the process of its rebirth, as well as include a feature of the phoenix. Although my dance explained the process of death and rebirth, I know if I had more time to plan and create my dance

The Shawnee Indians were know for a style of dance called the Stomp Dance. Men, women, and children would participate in this dance. During this dance, a lead man would dance one round, in a counter-clockwise circle and sing. Then, alternating women and men would line up behind the leader in a single-file with the children at the end. This dance is performed during the summer several times a year. They are danced on ceremonial grounds which was usually a square dance area with a fire. The Shawnee Indians do this dance to celebrate their culture.

It is important to note that the majority of the academic sources concerning Sun Dance are written by anthropologists, primarily those who participated in cultural genocide in the 19th and 20th centuries. There are very few recorded accounts in existence of the intimate details of Sun Dance that are authored by the Indigenous people who actually practice and participate in it. There are no videotaped records available online. Before the criminalization of Native spiritual practices, rituals like the Sun Dance were mutually respected and therefore shared between Indigenous peoples. Settler violence forced these practices underground, and therefore they are still hidden and heavily protected from outsiders. In 2003, there was a gathering of Bundle Keepers and spiritual leaders of the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Nakota, Dakota, and Lakota Nations to discuss the exploitation of sacred ceremonies. Chief Arvol Looking Horse of the Lakota Nation, 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe, released a statement

The Sioux Grass Dance is considered to be the most popular style of Native American Music. As one dances to this music, they follow a pattern known as “toe-heel.” This consists of the individual placing the left foot in front of the right and repeating with the other foot. Each male dancer makes many

The most interesting part that I found was the dancing part. The Native Indian are always good at express their emotion through the dancing. Every tribe has they own way to express the reverence for natural, the delight of hunting and the desire of victory. These wonderful conversations between the Manitou and people, has formed the special art in the Native American. Certainly, there are music accompany with dances, and the instrument are contain spiritual symbol as well. For instance, drum plays an important role in the Powwow. The article “Without the drum, there would be no Powwow” mention that “ Our drum has character, we have that powwow spirit, and people dance.” Drum is not only represent the core of Native people faith, but also is the heartbeat of the creator. Powwow drum are often make by circle, because circle stands for lifecycle. People surrounding and beat the drum, like the life turning and returning.

The dance a lot and the one they are mostly known for is called “Stomp Dance,” which is held for social and religious purposes. The Shawnee get a lot of their music and dances from another indian tribe called the “Cherokee Indians.” The Cherokee Indians and The Shawnee don’t get along too good, but they do come together for dances such as the “Stomp Dance.” The Shawnee’s children also have their own form of entertainment and it teaches them how to get ready for adult life. For example, the little boys have games that teach them how to shoot a bow and arrow and the girls have games with dolls that teach them how to sew and make

The dance was performed for the people, it was a tribal expression. The power of the Sundance Way of Self-sacrifice required that everything be handled in a sacred way in order to attract the energy of the Great Spirit. According to Fisher, (56) the chosen participants could dance as many as 4 day. Each tribe had their own structure of a Sundance. The structure of the group’s (the Lakota) ritual dance/ceremony was the participants would dance without food or water, not just looking but staring at the Sun and praying for blessing for their people and protection and return of the land and the Buffalos.

These dances are harmful but threatening to the white man. They are told to tolerate only for a little, soon the whites will fall off the earth. This frightens the whites, they take action. Troops are brought into the reservation. Many are obliterated. The first accused is sitting bull. When the last offer came he spoke along with red cloud. “You teach our children the words of your God, "Be fruitful and multiply." But it seems these words are not meant for the Indian. For what kind of man would take a wife and have children he cannot feed? No Indian man. Not a Lakota, not an Arikara, not a Crow. You would have us cut off our balls and end our race right here on a patch of land on which nothing can live, and that will not happen! I have spoken. Then Henry Dawes, commander of the reservation says We did not put you on this land. Red Cloud surrendered - he made peace with the government. Have you forgotten the bloodshed that came before? Red clouds respond with, Sitting Bull is a great leader. I believe this, no matter that the whites see us men all as the same. But he did not sit with us in the council those many snows ago when our reservation was made. He did not sit with us in the next council when these borders that we were told were like marks in stone were moved. And the Black Hills and our hunting lands were taken from us. Sitting Bull might have had his say, but such

In chapter ten, author Bruno Nettle takes the reader to the town of Browning, Montana, where he is about to witness a modern Native American ceremony. As he observes, he notices that only one-half of the people there are actual Native Americans. The rest are are white tourists and innocent observers just like himself. Eventually, somewhere around eighteen singing groups appear from different tribes and reservations. They will be summoning the dancers into what is known as the grand entry. Nettle notices that the overall style of the music remains the same among all of the different groups, or `drums.' People are able to interact by taking pictures, video and tape recording what goes on. In that

It had a visible rhythm. The dancers started with just using the walls and dancing with the walls. They dropped them to the floor, slid them into different spots, let the walls fall on the them, and passed them to each other. Then they started to tell the story. Throughout the dance there was unison dancing, non unison dancing, duets with partnering, trios, and quartets. There was a lot of pedestrian movement especially walking. A lot of the transitioning locomotor movement was walking or running. There was lot of small little movements with the hands and fingers and that was the only body part they were moving. They did movements like opening up the hand slowly, twisting one finger, and tapping one finger. Some of the movements were very literal, and visibly went along with the words in the story. Other movements were not literal; they were very abstract. One literal movement happened during the part in the story when the one daughter died from the failed abortion. One female dancer touched her stomach as if it was in pain. There was also contrasting movement. While one or two dancers were doing more complex movement phrases the other dancers were doing simple movements like walking or were in stillness. The partnering was untraditional and included weight sharing. The females lifted the males sometimes which is unusual. For example, there was one lift where the female dancer lifted the male dancer onto her back while she had the microphone in her hand and was talking. Her voice did not change one bit either. Different choreographic elements were used. One that was used a lot was repetition. The end of the dance had more of a distinct rhythm than the beginning, and was lighter. The first part was more heavy looking due to all the sadness. It ended with the dancers holding their hands in a

Five, six, seven, eight! Point! Smile! Energy! These are words I have heard countless times throughout my experience as a dancer and they have impacted my life. Freshman year of High School I thought to put myself out there by joining the Rangerette Dance Team. I had no prior dance experience and no understanding of what I was putting myself through. Furthermore, the thought of performing in front of thousands of students and parents made me shiver, similar to an actor stepping on stage for the first time. But my dauntlessness took over my insecurities as I stepped into tryouts. My parents and I waited hours for the results until I found myself shocked at the sight of the results, I had earned my spot on the team.

Gravity' was a dance performed by Kayla Radomski and Kupono Aweau that featured in series five of 'So You Think You Can Dance'. The presentation was choreographed by Mia Mitchell and incorporates the song 'Gravity', sung by Sara Bareilles. It includes a great storyline that expresses the stressful journey of a young woman going through emotional trauma as she faces a demanding drug addiction. No matter what she does the drug continues to follow her and slowly it begins to control her thoughts and actions. Together through the combined use of the movement components: space, actions and dynamics this performance is brought to life and expresses a powerful story through dance.

Hindu culture is the culture which always wants to stay together, you can say Indian culture is joint family oriented. Usually, people prefer to dance with people of their age or generation but Garba is the dance form which unites all age people and inspires them to dance on same music rhythm. Raas- Garba is symbol of spirituality where prayers are offered to goddess in the form of dance. This form of dance is practiced for a specific time in Hindu calendar during every year in India. Before this research project, I had never given a thought of looking at the history of Hindu cultural dance; therefore, I thought this is the great opportunity to know about Garba “the Hindu culture dance”. I also have some American culture background from past four-five years, but still I chose Hindu cultural dance to learn about something that I love most. Also, I have been raised in Hindu culture for 20 years, also my parents are from Hindu Gujarati family, so I have been related with Hindu culture for very long time that is why I chose this project. Also, Hinduism is all about holy stories and gives us an idea about how we are supposed to live our life through great motivational real life stories which interests me a lot. For me, it was important to know how it is originated and what are the transitions it under went after its origination. So, I took an opportunity to connect with my grandparents and parents on this cultural topic. It was great experience and I would like to share this