Tibetan Ritual Deer Mask Dance

always been known for the risky and powerful movements which are often why dancers retire from the company. The dancer’s movements were often very intense and emotive, such as the “throws” across the stage in which the dancers would, almost violently, launch themselves across the stage in different forms (leaps, falls and flips to name a few). Another section where the movements were emotive is where the dancers were thrusting their hips in different positions to perhaps show sexuality in “self”.

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

The third section within the dance is entitled ‘black’. The main inspiration for this section was male energy and men’s ‘’business’’. This section links to yellow as it shows 2 contrasts – night and day/women and men. The section is solely based around hunting and protecting the male spirit. There is a stick dance near the beginning of the section which represents a war dance that shows the men competing for hunting grounds and to have the right over landmarks and knowledge. The section is performed by four male dancers dressed in black long pants with props such as traditional weapons and camouflage. The colour black represents Death which is then linked to hunting or could also be linked to mourning. The emotion shown through the colour black could often be depressing and sad as a life is lost or a battle is lost but also happiness as one life is lost to save another. The specific movements that show black through a non literal interpretation include hiding as to not disturb their prey. As the colour black is linked to death and hunting the section shows many parts where the men are hiding in camouflage as not to disturb or startle their prey. The use of weapons as a prop also shows this. There are also many moments of animal mimicry including mimicking a kangaroo, through jumps of easy, effortless motion, the swatting of flies throughout the section and also the acting of butterflies. Animals are linked to the

The music changes now as the musicians start to play a march. The dancers then remove the flower from their hats pull their hats down low to resemble a soldiers headwear. In addition, they turn their canes upside down holding them as if they were guns and start marching off stage. Simultaneously, the lights turn dark blue on stage and the dancers faces turn serious. Their once extravagant and lighthearted movement is now stiff and somewhat serious. The audience however, laughs at this shift in theme. All the dancers march off stage except the center girl, she continues to march in a circle making faces and poking fun at the others. Finally, she leaves the stage laughing loudly and dramatically at herself. She comes on one more time only to

When the traditional Chilean music starts, we notice the ghosts immediately look USR (Up Stage Right) which is where the villagers enter from at a later time of the dance and every 10-15 seconds, they look back, in hope of finding the villagers arriving. Whilst the ghosts are dancing to the traditional music, they go against the timing of the music, to show ignorance towards the Chilean culture and no respect for the villagers, for they will be killed soon. Also, the lighting that was used for the performance was dark at the beginning, to represent a dark cave, and as the ghosts are alone, the atmosphere is nothing but darkness and despair. But when the ghosts realised that the villagers were coming, the stage lit up, as if

The fork of the lodge represents the eagle's nest. The eagle plays a large part in the Sun Dance for it is one of the Plains Indians' most sacred animal. The eagle flies high, being the closest creature to the Sun. Therefore it is the link between man and spirit, being the messenger that delivers prayers to the Wakan-Tanka (god). (Atwood) In addition to being a messenger, the eagle also represents many human traits. We can see what values and traits these cultures saw as being important in a person by those traits imposed upon such a sacred animal. The eagle is seen as courageous, swift, and strong. He has great foresight and knows everything. "In an eagle there is all the wisdom of the world." (Atwood) During the Sun Dance the eagle is the facilitator of communication between man and spirit. The Crow may be accompanied by a dancing eagle in his visions, the eagle "instructing him about the medicine acquired through the vision." (Atwood) The eagle's feathers can cure illnesses. During the Sun Dance a medicine man may use his eagle feather for healing, first touching the feather to the sun-pole then to the patient, transferring the energy from the pole to the ill. It is the buffalo, however, that makes up the main theme of the Sun Dance. In various stories it was the buffalo that began the ritual. The Shoshone believe that the buffalo taught someone the proper way to carry out the dance and the benefits in doing it. Buffalo songs, dances, and feast

In the Iroquois Quiver Dance the first thing to strike the ear is what is often known as a “call and response” form. One singer announces a phrase of “lexical text,” known as the call, the other singer answers him in a vocal pattern. This continues throughout the song. In illustrating many of the musical styles among Native American music, this has another name known as the “Warrior’s Stomp Dance.” The voices in the Iroquois Quiver Dance are relatively relaxed compared with that of the Plains singing.

By swaying in the delicate phrases and jerking with the harsh ones, the performers became the dancers in the ballet. They expressed different levels of emotion when required which reflected their playing.

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).

Throughout the entire performance the dancers’ are surrounded by a line of haunting tree branches which provide physical as well as visual boundaries

One on Hernandez’s most famous creations was named, ' 'Deer Dance of the Yaqui Indians”. This dance was associated from a Mexican tribe. It resembled a hunter hunting a deer. In the act, a male artist wore antlers, resembling the deer the hunter was after. The text stated, “The Times in 1976, Anna Kisselgoff called the dance ' 'a deeply moving testimony to the empathy of the hunters for the hunted. ' ' The message she was trying to get across was that this is the way one must live to survive. Also quoting, ' 'Man must kill his prey, but he respects that prey and endows it with noble qualities. ' '

These are the traditions of the Nootka tribe.The tribes around Vancouver Island have a history of songs and ceromonies.Their main ceremony they had was the wolf dance also called the Tlugwana.Another ceremony they had was Tsayek. Daring witch they fast and pray for

Dance movements are very synchronous throughout the entire performance. Dancers move gracefully but with the force and energy, their faces express pride and joy.

Dance was not a new element in the theatre realm. It had been used for years as a way of interpretation of feelings of a character that the writer or director wanted the audience to feel visually. Through movement, expression of those feelings was portrayed and helped the audience to somewhat

The movements were very specific and showed the story of the dance. The partners used many movements that contained many body