Bibliography: Dickstein‚ Morris. Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression‚ W. W. Norton & Company; 2009. Dills‚ Ann. Moving history/dancing cultures: a dance history reader‚ Wesleyan University Press‚ 2001. Young‚ William H. The Great Depression in America‚ Greenwood Publishing Group‚ 2007. Stearns‚ Marshall. Jazz dance:
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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 popular music. But‚ like so much that is “from America”‚ the history of jazz dance begins somewhere else. The origins of jazz music and dance are found in the rhythms and movements brought to America by African slaves. The style of African
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The world as people knew it before the Second World War was drastically different. People were forced to move from their homes‚ and most children were forced to move far away from their family and friends. In Good Night Mr. Tom‚ Michelle Magorian tells a story of a young boy‚ Willie‚ who is stripped from his home in London. Willie is forced to move in with Mr. Tom‚ an angry man who lives in the country. Soon after arriving‚ Willie and Mr. Tom hit it off but Willie is called back to London and Mr
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Astaire‚ so he soon began taking tap dancing at a neighbor’s house. Ailey was once a student of Katherine Dunham. Ailey’s pursuit in dancing grew when a close friend took him to stop by a modern dance school ran by Lester Horton- Horton’s school was the first that accepted all races. Ailey had grown somewhat self-conscious as he wondered what opportunities would come to him as a dancer‚ so after one month of learning at Horton’s school‚ Ailey left. Ailey was dancing in a nightclub before going back
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Fred Austerlitz‚ or as we know him Fred Astaire‚ was born May 10‚ 1899 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. At the age of four his parents put him in a dancing class with his sister. Astaire and his sister were very good dancers so their family moved to New York so that they could continue their training. Fred and Adele‚ his sister‚ performed in Vaudeville in 1905. Shortly after that they changed their names and started performing in musicals. From 1917 through 1932 the Astaire siblings performed in ten musical productions
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During the beginning of the 20th century‚ styles like ballroom‚ the Charleston and tap dancing were mainly the only styles portrayed. Later on in the fifties musical theatre and jazz was portrayed in Singin’ in the Rain (1952) and Jailhouse Rock (1957). Through the seventies and eighties‚ more and more styles started to be introduced to movie dance numbers. Throughout this time disco dancing‚ country line dancing‚ a new style of jazz that involved more technique‚ and hip-hop were shown in the dance
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you put it all together‚ Bharatanatyam means the expression of music through music and dance. Today‚ Bharatanatyam has spread far beyond India but is still not well known to Americans. No matter where you go in the world‚ you will always see dancing. Dancing has blended into societies and holds a spot in any culture. For example‚ in America‚ one traditional dance is the Waltz. Over time‚ dances change based on the changes in society. Bharatanatyam was very popular throughout India but slowly declined
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together And tap‚ tap‚ tap (tap Baby’s feet together) Baby Hop (from Diaper Gym by Priscilla Hegner & Rose Grasselli) You’re working out together Baby don’t stop You’re working out together Now hop‚ hop‚ hop (pick up Baby and “hop” Baby up and down) Beehive Here is the beehive‚ where are all the bees? Hidden inside where nobody
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Senegal‚ Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Stereotypes of African dancing were created in Europe and the Americas that even most westernized Africans began to accept‚ but the history of African dance dates back more than 3‚000 years ago. Scholars have found drawings of people dancing on the walls of rocks in countries like Algeria and Egypt. This shows how important dancing was to the early humans. The earliest official records of African Dancing go back to fifteenth century when France and Britain controlled
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Young Ireland Movement. Near the end of the Young Ireland Movement the Great Potato Famine took place. This lead to the formation of the Gaelic League‚ which protected the culture of Ireland‚ and the most popular part of the culture today is Irish Dancing. The “Act of Union” was an act formed in 1801 between the two countries of Ireland and England‚ this act was formed to join Ireland and England together. The first time this act was proposed was in 1798‚ but this act was not officially
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