Early Christian Dance

ancing has been a part of countless cultures for over thousands of years. There are a wide variety of dances that date the entire way back to the Middle Ages, all the way to our modern dances now. After watching these videos the most important factor established was the history of each dance group. If the dance was from an earlier time period religion really played a factor. Religion is represented through the music and also the style of the dance. The different moves incorporated by the body were very important and their outfits even played a large role as well. One thing that I found interesting is that there is no actual start date upon when dancing really began. After watching the videos and saw the different groups, I saw that some looked …show more content…
One way that dance does this for me is simply by the tempo of each dance. I believe different tempos can help to portray the culture better. An Irish dancer is going to use their feet more and I have always thought that was an interesting thing. When I see Irish dancers, I sometimes think of the bagpipes and the different dances that they do. Furthermore, the Early Christian Dance helps me develop deeper insight by thinking of how the Early Christian Dance is performed. One example that helps me appreciate other cultures is the Hawaiian dance. Many people might think of hula skirts when they think of Hawaiian dancing. This has a lot to do with the culture. Dance has increased our knowledge in the world by causing people to evaluating culture. As years go by we are developing different moves to dance and even different costumes or apparel. I think the progression is very interesting because it doesn't necessarily make us smarter but it increases our awareness. If one culture is doing a specific move, another dance culture is trying to duplicate the move or create something better. It has also increased our knowledge in the world by learning about different cultures. I remember learning in high school about the Native Americans. One thing I remember learning about were their rituals. Some of the rituals included torches and wooden instruments. …show more content…
With dances we are able to preserve the past because that's where the dances originated. Dancing helps us understand our past by the evaluation of culture. By evaluating dances from the past we are able to understand the type of culture. The present offers the same thing as the past. We are incorporating those past dances to the future, and therefore, we are preserving the past. One thing that I learned about the dances presented in these videos is that even though there are different cultures, dancing offers different styles. Just like there are different styles of singing there are different styles of dancing. At first before I even watched these videos, I thought dancing was very straightforward. After watching these videos, I have learned that dancing is more than just moving bodies. It is a lot of knowledge and also takes a lot of effort and time to establish real dance. I have learned that you do have to be skilled and not everyone can pick up each of these cultural dances. Another thing that I learned about were some of the dances. The dances that I learned about were the Polynesian dance, which is very similar to the Hawaiian Dance. I found this extremely interesting because I was already familiar with the Hawaiian dance but not the Polynesian dance. The other dance that I learned about and found interesting was the Aboriginal dance. At first I thought this was a dance using instruments, but instead it reminded me of the