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Shiva
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dance the world into creation
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apollo
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sun god
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dyanices
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god of fertility, creativity
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ices
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egyptian goddess
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sufi
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turn in ecstasy to be united with allah as they are expressing the love and joy that they feel
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dance
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the impulse to move is the raw material that cultures shape into evocative sequences of physical activity
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dance is ______ but so intensely ________ that to question or belittle other people's dances is to challenge the right to _________
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universal, personal, be themselves
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dance is such a part of being human that it is used as what?
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a metaphor of life itself
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what do dance anthropologists explore?
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idioms and sources of power of dance by viewing it in social and cultural contexts
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The entity of dance is not seperable from the ______
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concept of culture; every dance is ethnic
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what are the raw materials of dance?
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time, space, body, energy
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what two realities does dance affirm?
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physical and spiritual
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how do we know what dance might have been like in pre-historic times?
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primitive societies today, wall paintings
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what were some of the functions of dance in prehistoric societies?
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fertility, pray for favor, train warriors, to heal the sick, to solidify a sense of community, commemorate victories, preserve history, seasonal events (bringing the sun back), storytelling
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how did the first europeans in tahiti (1767) view the dancing of the natives?
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lewd and provocative
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in the 1820's dance had been suppressed by who?
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the London Missionary Society
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what were the polynesians actually saying through the movement of their dance?
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they were young, strong, and happy with themselves
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through time, highly skilled dancers were highly _______as performers
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valued
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training in dance became as important to powerful leaders as
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the training of warriors, as important as communication with words
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court entertainers were ______of today's theatrical dance
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precursors
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Rudolf Von Laban movement theorist who gave us Labanotation and Effort/shape theory stated that all movement is defined by
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effort, time, shape
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George Balanchine said that movement
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must be self explanatory, if it isn't it has failed
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how does a successful dance performance transform an audience?
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from passive performers to active participants
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Are a stage, costumes, makeup or music required the dancers to transform an audience?
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no but it makes it more exciting
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what are two reasons that dance has not always occupied a position of equality among other arts?
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it's too closely linked to music to stand on its own; the difficulty to preserve choreography
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the purpose and style of dance are determined by whom?
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the choreographer and performer
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what is meant by having an aesthetic experience?
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anything that moves or changes you?
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how does one develop his/her own personal aesthetic?
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experience; linked to background and familial choices
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kinesthetic sympathy?
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knowing how something feels
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what is the main problem with defining dance strictly in western terms?
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judgment: our way is the best way
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why has dance always been an optimal way for connecting with the spirit world?
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the dancing body is where the two worlds of the physical and spiritual meet
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what are life's daily rhythms to which primitive peoples are strongly connected?
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night and day, seasons, stages of life, weather, sickness and health, war and peace
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what is ritual dance?
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traditional clusters of movement used to worship and appease the gods and to hold magical and spiritual powers
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what are four types of dances used for religious purposes?
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imitative, medicine, commemorative, spiritual connection
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what are considered to be the oldest dance formations still used today?
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processionals--> used in choir
circles--> geometric shape with distinct shape to keep things in or out (seen in nature) labyrinths=takes you to the center and leads you out again |
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how do we know about the ancient dances of egypt?
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stone carvings on tombs, hieroglyphics
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Communication bw two realms of exisistence is possible through dance for the _____
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initiate
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orishas
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deified ancestors or personified natural forces that take possession of initiates
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egunegun ceremonies
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festivals held in honor of the initiates and orishas
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oshun
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a cool river goddess
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sango
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god who wields a lightning bolt
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Influenced by yoruban tradition, Nigerian christians invite the ______ to possess them
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holy spirit
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dance is an integral part of life in the ______
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sub-saharan africa
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bantu greeting
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what do you dance?
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asante greeting
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we dance because we are not stones
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For the Australian aboriginal culture......
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all of their life's journey is inseperable from dance
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How were Dionysian energies channeled constructively?
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choral and dramatic competitions
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the philosophers ______ left an elaborate literature on dance theory in which they recognized the power of dance, but they disagreed on how it should be used and controlled
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socrates and plato
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Plato and his student ______ thought that the educated man should know how to dance gracefully
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aristotle
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what underlined platonic ideals of dance?
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harmony, modesty order
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who held that real men do not dance unless they are drunk or insane?
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cicero
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what form of theatrical dance arose after cicero's death?
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pantomime
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_____ incarnations of _____ and ____ have inspired epics that have been celebrated through the centuries with dance dramas
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Vishnu's; Rama and Krishna
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is a sol dance, descended from devotional dances of 10th century temple dancers for females
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Bharata Natyam
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a dance/drama depicting tales from Hindu mythology by a troupe of highly trained male performers
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capicali
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rasas
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emotions common to everyone's experience
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rasika
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knowledgable spectator
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in bharata natyam the dancer is more concerned with what instead of space?
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time
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in bharata natyam the dancer is trying to achieve the perfect pose which will convey a sense of ____
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timelessness
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bharata natyam stresses two complementary styles of movement?
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virtuosity (abstract, imporvised sequences) expressivity (poetry through mime)
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Balasaraswati?
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well known indian dancer known for her rendering bharata natyam
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what is the most demanding form of indian dance?
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kathakali
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where do student study the demanding curriculum of kathakali
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karala for a min of 7 years
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who are the pullavas?
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low caste and very primitive; they are like spiritual garbage collectors
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what is the basic vehicle of dance?
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dancing bodies
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a commandment of jewish life is
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that jews must dance at weddings
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Right dance in jewish culture?
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david dancing before the lord, miriam
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wrond dance in jewish culture?
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golden calf
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Biblical hebrew has _____ different verbs to describe the act of dancing
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12
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hasidim
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Group of 18th century European rabbis→ they feel that joy and prayer and ecstatic connection with God is through music; men with men women with women
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give examples of native american imitative dances
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deer dance, eagle dance, wolf ceremony of the innuits
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what does the hoop dance signify?
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wholeness
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for what and for whom do the hopi perform the snake dance?
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rain, great father
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what dance arose among the plains indian tribes after the US gov banned all danced ceremonies?
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ghost dance
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who did the ghost dance bring together?
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enemy tribes
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what were the major ceremonial dances of the incas about?
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agricultural rights
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what is the volador dance?
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5000 years old from c. america, mayans tie rope around a 100 foot pole and circle 13x to make you better person
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what is happening to the religious dances of Tibet and Napal?
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banned by religious persecution in china; dances that are banned are usually kept alive in secret
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how did the eastern orthodox view of dancing differ from the roman view?
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Roman: excluded dance from the litergy Eastern: kept dance in the chuch
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what were dances that were approved by the early church fathers?
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processionals, labyrinths of the floor of cathedrals in france, germany and italy, the dance of the innocents
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Shakers
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a protestant christian sect who in the 18th century moved from england to NA and used dance centrally in worship services
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when did traditional folk dances begin to disappear?
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the industrial revolution
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cecil sharp
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dance ethnologist who researched and collected dances of various cultures
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Country Dance Society of America
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led to this group with the resurgence of interest in dance
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what are four types of world wide social dances
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courtship, work, war, communal
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where was couple dancing thought to have first arisen?
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provence
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The nomadic Wodaabe women whose marriages have been arranged by their families have the chance to leave an unhappy marriage how?
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once a year all the men dress up nicely and dance for the women in a line and the unhappy woman may choose a new man to be her love husband
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by the 15th century, dancing masters were writing manuals of what?
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steps and etiquette
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Why do you think most of the important dancing masters of the renaissance were jews?
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bc dance was a cultural function
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who was the most famous jewish dancer?
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William the Jew
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Spain's flamenco is different from other european dances because
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it is infused with sensuality and strong rhytmic patters
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the flamenco is a mixture of
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andalusian, moorish and gypsy
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how did this style of dance reach the new world and where can its influence be found?
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through spanish settlers in the new world
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what took europe by storm in the 1830s and why were they considered risque?
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polkas and waltzs because you linked arms wiht partners and had to hold on tight
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slavic wedding dances depict?
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women's work: sewing, cradle rocking, bread making, taking care of babies
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what were the origins of today's african american step dances
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war dances
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chinese weapons dances gradually evolved into what
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martial arts
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where might the english moors dances have originated?
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spain; active from christians and moors fighting
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what does the scottish sword dance emphasize?
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agility and fast footwork
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dance is one of the channels of communication used to pass along important___ from one generation to the next
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social skills
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what kinds of behaviors are young people taught through social dance?
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what is expected of them as men and women, how they respect and behave around each other
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How do the dances of polynesia differe from the dances of morocco?
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Polynesian: both affirm sensuality in the celebration of sexuality together but they dont touch
Morocco: sexes are separated to express these things |
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why are the dances of USA so diverse?
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because of our numerous immigrant groups
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what kind of dancing as early as the 7th century tested the limits of church control?
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the wild dancing of carnival
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during what era did the processions of flagellants appear?
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black death in europe 1348-51
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what is the purpose of dance in yorubaland
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human interaction with gods and ancestors
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why are the egungun festivals held?
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these are animal masquerades, satirical masquerades to honor the ancestors
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