Origins of Jazz Dance in American Culture The varieties of jazz dance reflect the diversity of American culture. Jazz dance mirrors the social history of the American people‚ reflecting ethnic influences‚ historic events and cultural changes. Jazz dance has been greatly influenced by social dance and desired music. Like so much that is “from America‚” the history of jazz dance commences somewhere else. The origins of Jazz music and dance are found in the rhythms and movements brought to America
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Colombian traditional dance has much to do with their culture and history.It can be traced back to the sixteenth century. Colombia culture has many different varieties of Colombian dance. The popular styles are: Vallenato‚ Salsa‚ Cumbia‚ and Bambuco. Vallenato is more known for having the popular rhythms. Salsa is the native rhythm part‚ from Barranquilla. Bambuco represents the Andean zone of Colombia‚ And is performed mostly in trios or duos. Cumbia is the most popular‚ especially if one wants
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The Origins and Developments of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) and Contemporary Nightlife Musical Culture The origins and developments of Electronic Dance Music initially started with the development of the synthesizer. It was with these first uses of synthesized sounds that prompted the development of sequencers‚ sampling‚ effects processing‚ musical instrument digital interface (MIDI)‚ use of computer technology‚ hard disk recording systems and modern day virtual studio technology (VST’s). These
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Tarantella In Italian culture‚ the word “tarantella” evokes images of a frenzied spinning dance traditionally played at weddings. However‚ this popular native dance of Southern Italy has a history and myth spanning several centuries. The dance‚ originally an Italian folk dance of the lower- and middle-classes‚ has been labeled as a dance to cure sickness and as a dance of courtship. In the courtship version of the dance‚ the woman uses rapidity and liveliness to excite the love of her partner. In
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Define what commercial dance is. Support your answer with examples and justify why these are classified as commercial dance. In this essay I will discuss what defines Commercial Dance referring to different styles that are often seen and how these can be caught under such a massive umbrella term. I will also be discussing the impact that integration has had on Commercial Dance. Commercial Dance can be defined as any style of dance that can create revenue‚ involving any style or technique out
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Chinese Fan Dance (Group Nica) Members: Jhana Tinga Rem Gesultura Camille Guardino Joyce Bereber Jaymee Salangsang Stephanie Abaya Collin Ramos The art and tradition of the Chinese fan dance have captivated audiences for two thousand years. Just one of many forms of traditional folk dances‚ fan dances has been preserved to share the stories and beauty of Chinese culture. Chinese Fan Dance the Chinese fan dance is performed in celebration of Chinese culture. It represents beauty
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The History of Hula Dancing Molly Silven ’13 Professor Wise Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body‚ usually rhythmic and to music‚ used as a form of expression‚ social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting. There are multiple forms of dance ranging from hip-hop‚ Irish step dancing‚ ballroom dancing‚ jazz‚ tap‚ ballet‚ lyrical‚ tribal dancing‚ and even hula dancing. Dancing is way to express oneself by using the body. Sometimes
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Bangarra Dance Theatre – Ochres 1995 Co-Choreographers: Stephen Page and Bernadette Walong Composer: David Page Cultural Consultant: Djakapurra Munyarryun Lighting Design: Joseph Mercurio Set Designer: Peter England A Passion for Dance “For me‚ I think the importance of going back to the traditional style of dance was that I was able to observe and watch our traditional teachers‚ not just for the dance steps but to be aware of what environment they came from‚ what their landscape
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Jazz dance dates all the way back to 5‚000 – 9‚000 years ago. Although many people believe that jazz dance originated from United States‚ it actually came from early African cultures. In Africa‚ natives danced to celebrate cycles of life such as birth‚ puberty‚ marriage‚ and death. Child‚ adults‚ and the elderly depended on jazz dance to express their culture and beliefs. People from Africa who were later sold into the slave trade around the late 1800’s to mid 1900’s brought the dance with them
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Girls Raised by Wolves” by Karen Russell‚ there is a dynamic character and a static character. “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Werewolves” is about girls who were raised by werewolves then brought to a school in the woods to make the girls more civilized and human-like. The dynamic character in the story is Jeanette because she is handling this change to human culture perfectly fine and the static character is Mirabella because she is struggling in changing to the human culture. In Stage 1‚
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