Transcending time, containing pieces of every single known culture, showing the beauty that is movement, and telling a story. Dance does all of these things and more. It is a very important staple of our world. Because of dance, we can connect to our cultures, and know more about how people have lived in the past. Celebration will never be a thing of the past. People will always feel emotions. People will always want to express those emotions. Therefore, I believe that dancing is something that will never ever go away.
I believe that the most important aspect with folk dance is the history. Folk dances are used to reflect the traditional life of the people of a certain country or region. It is a kind of ethnic dance, but not all ethnic dances …show more content…
Also, all of these dance styles have a type of value whether it be aesthetic or symbolic. Most performance dance is based on ballet; this includes even swing or jazz dance. Classical ballet and modern dance can be loosely linked to tap based on the control needed to execute the style properly. For most, dance is at the heart of their culture. Shaman’s journey, Stomping ground, and Dance of Death seem to be on the ritualistic side of dance. Their purposes are more than just celebrating culture or religion. Their purposes are greater, such as for healing. Polynesian dance, Native American dancing, and Hawaiian dance, as well as being ritualistic, seem to be a religious experience similar to Early Christian Dance. They use dance to praise their deity and with some, nature as well. Aboriginal Dance, Balinese Dance, and Irish dance are all types of folk dance whose purpose is to celebrate the culture or lifestyle of a certain country or region. These dances are a way for a story to be passed down through generations, for a song to last multiple lifetimes. All dance tells a story. All dance is an expression of something. All dance has …show more content…
Other than that, they have different ways of expression through dance. Traditional Greek dance seems to be more about community and footwork because they physically touch one another as they hop and scoot in a circle-like formation. Native American dance uses circles as a symbol of the universe, and how everything is connected. A while back, their dances were seen as war dances and were outlawed due to fear and ignorance of the true meaning. Now, Native American dance is sacred, but still shared and enjoyed by all people. And though the number of Native Americans in the world is not what it once was, their culture is very much still here. In the interpretation of Roman dance video, the dancers are shown using props. It is said that our ancestors sang the world into existence. The Australian Aborigines use dance to connect with their dreams. These dances come to the dancers in a dream which they believe is a way that their ancestors are speaking to them. For Aborigines, movement carries their history, their dreaming, their moments of awake, and their
I believe that the most important aspect with folk dance is the history. Folk dances are used to reflect the traditional life of the people of a certain country or region. It is a kind of ethnic dance, but not all ethnic dances …show more content…
Also, all of these dance styles have a type of value whether it be aesthetic or symbolic. Most performance dance is based on ballet; this includes even swing or jazz dance. Classical ballet and modern dance can be loosely linked to tap based on the control needed to execute the style properly. For most, dance is at the heart of their culture. Shaman’s journey, Stomping ground, and Dance of Death seem to be on the ritualistic side of dance. Their purposes are more than just celebrating culture or religion. Their purposes are greater, such as for healing. Polynesian dance, Native American dancing, and Hawaiian dance, as well as being ritualistic, seem to be a religious experience similar to Early Christian Dance. They use dance to praise their deity and with some, nature as well. Aboriginal Dance, Balinese Dance, and Irish dance are all types of folk dance whose purpose is to celebrate the culture or lifestyle of a certain country or region. These dances are a way for a story to be passed down through generations, for a song to last multiple lifetimes. All dance tells a story. All dance is an expression of something. All dance has …show more content…
Other than that, they have different ways of expression through dance. Traditional Greek dance seems to be more about community and footwork because they physically touch one another as they hop and scoot in a circle-like formation. Native American dance uses circles as a symbol of the universe, and how everything is connected. A while back, their dances were seen as war dances and were outlawed due to fear and ignorance of the true meaning. Now, Native American dance is sacred, but still shared and enjoyed by all people. And though the number of Native Americans in the world is not what it once was, their culture is very much still here. In the interpretation of Roman dance video, the dancers are shown using props. It is said that our ancestors sang the world into existence. The Australian Aborigines use dance to connect with their dreams. These dances come to the dancers in a dream which they believe is a way that their ancestors are speaking to them. For Aborigines, movement carries their history, their dreaming, their moments of awake, and their