Historical Context Originating in the United States‚ tap is a combination of African tribal dances‚ Scottish‚ Irish‚ and English clog dances‚ hornpipes‚ and jigs. In the last few decades of the 20th century‚ it was believed that African slaves and Irish servants observed each other’s dances on Southern plantations and tap was born from this. Tap dance was a dynamic art form‚ and dancers continually molded and shaped it. Dancers such as Harland Dixon and Jimmy Doyle impressed audiences and influenced
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“Dance isn’t a sport. It’s not in the olympics!” People constantly say. On the contrary‚ dance is a sport. Competitive dance requires hard work‚ dedication‚ determination‚ perseverance‚ endurance‚ and confidence‚ just like any other sport‚ for example‚ football. Found in the Random House Webster’s College Dictionary‚ its states‚ “sport-an athletic activity requiring skill or physical and often of a competitive nature. Dance takes a lot mentally and physically. Dance is a sport. Dance takes hard
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the Sun Dance‚ which is a sacred annual summer ritual that was performed by some twenty tribes of the Plains Indians (the nomadic tribes of the American mid- west). The performance of the Sun Dance varied among different tribes people‚ but certain activities were common throughout the various Plains Indian tribes. In a word‚ the performance types and structure are different between varies tribes. Just like other native dance and music‚ the purpose of the Sun Dance‚ which is a sacrificial dance‚ and
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Brandon Pereira Dance History Final Jillian Pena In most dance forms and styles‚ references are made from historical dances that people may not even be aware of. Dancing is influenced from all sorts of cultures‚ based on historical events or the region these countries belong to. Through slavery American dance was influenced by African dance‚ and in turn the African slaves were influenced by the dances already performed in this country. This can be seen in many dance forms created and altered
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into the world of the tradtional dance used in the arab I will be talking about how to dance my traditional lebanese dance dabke commonly practices in certain events and ceremonys so if you would like to show the fomouse traditional arab dance to your friend I will be willing to show you how. Requirements to complete this traditional dance are having the required clothes‚ approporiate music‚ dance steps. Firstly‚ you start by preparing for your fast pased dance by getting a suitable pair of clothing
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Dance Assignment Draft In 1981 Christopher Bruce choreographed a dance about the human rights of people in Chile and how they were tortured or killed and left to rot on the side of the road until they were found. The dance is called Ghost Dancers. In Ghost Dances there are a eleven dances‚ there were three people who represented the dead and the rest of the dances were the Sullivans who were just doing their normal everyday activities and didn’t know when death was going to come and take them away
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Dance Facilitation Essay Discuss the meanings of authoritarianism and anti-authoritarianism in practices of dance teaching. Make specific reference to examples from practice and from the literature. Discuss ways of working that might be appropriate to working with a group of GCSE students and prepare a lesson plan for a specific session with GCSE students. On an online dictionary the definition for authoritarianism is; "Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority‚ as against
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Expression Carrie Noland Dance Research Journal‚ Volume 42‚ Number 1‚ Summer 2010‚ pp. 46-60 (Article) Published by University of Illinois Press DOI: 10.1353/drj.0.0063 For additional information about this article http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/drj/summary/v042/42.1.noland.html Access Provided by University of Manchester at 07/08/10 10:18PM GMT Photo 1. Merce Cunningham in his Sixteen Dances for Soloist and Company of Three (1952). Photographer: Gerda Peterich. 46 Dance Research Journal
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Before deciding to do this assignment‚ other than the clips we watched in class I had never seen the show before. The episode of Dance Moms I watched was actually very entertaining. The episode I watched was in Season 3. In the episode there was a new girl who joined the competition dance team her name was Nicaya. Of course‚ she came along with her mom whose name was Caya. Caya wasn’t at all like the rest of the moms. She didn’t dress anywhere near as proper as the rest of the moms. Shockingly‚ she
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Needs Analysis The style of the chosen solo is Contemporary. This needs analysis focuses on fitness components required from the dancer‚ whilst also specifying muscle groups targeted during this piece. Physiological Analysis: The solo requirements are high and many components of fitness are applied. To create improvements in weaker areas of required components of fitness‚ the dancer will focus on flexibility and balance‚ enabling her to improve both dynamic and static movements. Boreham and Sharp
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