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    Dances of Luzon

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    Dances of Luzon ( see side bar for pictures of many of the dances ) 1. * Dance: Idaw This dance sometimes has many names and different versions. Most common is this dance depicts the hunting ritual performed before a tribal war. The tribes men would go out and look up and watch for the scared Idaw bird. Which is said to lead the tribe to victory. Also look at the clothing‚ Philippines being a very hot climate‚ plus the use of as little material as possible‚ the traditional clothing was not

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    Sun Dance Origin

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    preceded by a sweat-lodge ceremony for purification; Dancers danced around a cottonwood pole (symbolizing the grandfather) for a period of days‚ during which they fast and abstained from drink; The male dancers may have undergone a piercing in which: cuts are made to the chest or back and a wooden skewer is inserted through the wounds and the dancers and are tied to buffalo skulls or to a ceremonial cottonwood pole in the center of the camp; The dancers then underwent self-torture designed to extricate

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    Kudo and three other dancers in a sweet-tempered‚ fluid work that makes subtle allusions. The style each dancer’s movements were very graceful‚ soft and controlled. Baryshnikov was dressed in business casual clothing with white socks. Kudo and the rest of the ballerinas were dressed in cocktail dresses with pointe shoes and hair in a bun. The ballerinas were gracefully in the background as Baryshnikov and Kudo danced. The music would change the tone and harmony with the dancers every movement. There

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    There’s something about dancers I have always been in love with. I’m not quite sure what it is. Maybe it’s how dancers are so driven to perfect their technique. Or maybe it’s how they have so much passion‚ emotion‚ and character in their movements without having to say a word. Those were the thoughts going through my mind when I went to go see my first ballet. It was only a few years ago and I still can remember how excited I was before watching it‚ during‚ and after. My mother and I went one afternoon

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    Ballet Dance History

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    talented choreographers. The dancers practice for several months‚ sometimes years‚ before the actual performance. During competitions‚ judges look for feet‚ arm‚ and body formation. The body position makes the movements easier‚ and it also makes

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    Alvin Ailey - Cry

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    sections. Ailey has used various manipulations of motif to present his perception of the African American women who have endured years of slavery. Divided into three sections‚ the piece introduces the dancer in white costuming as she holds the main motif of the phrase‚ the white shawl. The dancer begins holding the shawl above her head with her arms outstretched‚ and brings it forward in front of her in a slow and sustained manner as the music begins to play. Holding it carefully across her body

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    participate in‚ therefore her eating disorder went away. Throughout the years of dancing her eating disorder came in and out until one day when she was at the studio and her teacher pulled her aside and said that people will not higher professional dancers with eating disorders. That is when she finally took those words to heart and changed her habits. She is now healthy and learning

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    jazz dance

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    they enjoyed the music and dance the slaves had created. In minstrel shows‚ white entertainers parodied their conception of slave life and popularized the African style of dance and music. With white dancers as the star performers of the minstrel and vaudeville show‚ it was difficult for a black dancer to gain stature as part of a dance troupe. Because of this‚ many black performers migrated to Europe‚ where they introduced the newly emerging forms of jazz music and jazz dance. In Europe‚ these talented

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    Dance Chapter 1 Summary

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    that is results in confusion‚ anger‚ and violence. Cambodia- -The royal treasury supported thousands of court dancers who played a central role in the fertility rights and ancestor worship. -King jayavarman VII paid honor to spirits of his mother and father by adding over 3 thousand dancers to those already in service. -The king had an all-female troupe known as “the king’s dancers” -the star of the troupe was the daughter of Prince Sihanouk (the last reigning monarch)

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    Jazz Dance

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    Playing notes on the weak beats creates syncopation. An unexpected step on a strong beat‚ rather than shifting weight‚ is a dancer syncopating. The African influences tie the personality of each individual into a unique rhythm and create a variation of styles. The foundation of Jazz dance‚ regardless of the changing movements‚ the Rhythm‚ born in Africa and rebirthed in America

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