Types of Dance Ballroom Dance: The Ballroom dance is one of the most entertaining and elite styles of dancing. In the earlier days‚ Ballroom dance was only for the privileged class of people. This style of partner dance originated in Germany but is popular all over the world. Today‚ the popularity of Ballroom dance has spread to many corners! This dance includes many other dance styles (Tango‚ Waltz‚Foxtrot‚ Swing‚ Cha-cha‚ Rumba‚ Samba‚ Salsa‚ etc.). There are many dance techniques that have been
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LION DANCE THE HISTORY EARLY BELIEF According to traditional Chinese belief‚ the lion signifies courage‚ stability and superiority. The lion’s dance is performed to chase away ghosts and evil spirits. This is derived from folklore about a monster called Nian. This lion-like monster eats human-flesh for living and hunts for food in a village near the mountain. One day‚ the villagers decided to chase the monster away by throwing firecrackers and playing loud music. To come to their surprise‚ it
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For my music review I saw the MDC Jazz Band & Jubilation Dance Ensemble. The conductor was Matt Bonelli and the dance coordinator was Michelle Grant Murray. The concert was held in the McCarthy Auditorium Room 6120 on Tuesday‚ October 28 2012. The concert started at 7:30 pm and ended at 8:40 pm. There were five jazz performances and four dance performances happening mostly simultaneously. The first piece‚ "Wind Blues‚" had a very harsh sound and was hard to listen to‚ partly because it was very
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LeJeune October 12‚ 2014 English 101 Types of Dance Styles When a person dances they create a series of rhythmic and patterned body movements that are usually performed to music. Rhythm and tempo of the music and movements of ones body creates different variations of dance styles. Shoes and outfits help to identify what type of dance is being performed. Every dancer has their own style. Main types of dance are jazz‚ ballet‚ or modern dance. Dance is not just a female dominated activity. Many men
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Merak Dance‚ Traditional Welcoming Dance from West Java Merak dance is a traditional folk dance originating from Pasundan land‚ West Java. This dance was created by Raden Tjetjep Somantri in 1950s and it had been rearrange by Irawati Durban in 1965. Merak in English means Peacock bird. From its name‚ it clearly describes the dance that symbolize the elegant of peacock movements. Merak dance is can be performed solo or in groups. The dancers of this beautiful dance are wearing scarf that perform
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DANCE ELEMENTS RELATED WITH MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES INTRODUCTION OF KATHAK The word ‘Kathak’ comes from the root katha‚ which means story- telling. Literal meaning of the word kathak is related to katha‚ the art of story-telling‚ “Katha Kahe So Kathaka Kahave”‚ which means “one who tells a story is a story-teller”. According to M. Monier Williams‚ Katha denotes conversation‚ story‚ speech‚ tale or fable. Katha also means to ‘ sing in praise’‚ ‘to say or inform something’. Thus‚ kathakars were originally
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Dancers Health To be a dancer is very hard work. Not only do u have to have a flexible body‚ you must learn quickly‚ facial expressions should be great‚ Dancing should be synchronous to the music‚ involve with the audience and yes‚ you have to smile. Dancers put their bodies at risk to injured or hurt at anytime period. They can hurt their spine‚ shoulder‚ ankles‚ knee‚ wrist‚ feet‚ etc. at point of dancing. Some common injures that dancers have with their hip(s) include Trochanteric Bursitis
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Brunswick‚ New Jersey. There were four different parts that I saw that day. All of the dances were very interesting and very different from each other. All of the dances had its own unique key factor that separated it from each other. I enjoyed the entire show very well. Out of all the dances I had strong reaction to “Lapa’s Lament”. I believe this specific dance stood out to me compared to the other dances from the show. This show had many different factors that stood out from other shows in
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The “wide cultural perspective” mentioned refers to the fact that Soyinka’s writings‚ especially the dramas for which he is best known‚ are at once deeply rooted in traditional African expressive and performance forms like myths and rituals‚ dance and mime‚ music and masquerade and are also greatly influenced by such diverse Western dramatic and theatrical modes as classical Greek drama‚ Shakespearean and Jacobean theatre‚ and modern European and American antirealist and avant-garde forms and techniques
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What is dance? Why do we love to do it‚ and more importantly where did it come from? Dance is the way we move our bodies to the rhythm and sound of the music. It’s not just a form of exercise; it is a passion‚ the feeling of expressing yourself through movement. It is art. There are several types of dance such as jazz‚ ballet‚ hip hop‚ lyrical‚ contemporary‚ African‚ along with many other genres. I will give you a general history from where dance came from‚ and then be more specific when I talk
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