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25 Cards in this Set
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Four types of religious dance
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1 imitation
2 medicine 3 commemorative 4 spiritual |
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egungun
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Lots of spinning white on feet monkey skull drummer controls dance ancestor spirits return spiritual connection
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Serpent ritual
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Profession possession of virgin girls words I mandala floor painting made with spices erratic movement
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kathakali
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Controls body movements lots of hand gestures yeah circle only done by men tell stories with either moral lesson face painting offering story to God
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baharata natyam
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Only women solo elaborate facial expressions devotion poem about the creation Krishna
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Courtship dances
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How to genders relate to each other
1 - flamenco 2 - waltz |
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Work dances
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Finding people in same occupation
fisherman's dance |
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war dances
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Intimidation done by warriors agility strength
Sword dance haka |
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Communal dances
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Simple whole village dances
Hora |
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bugakuh
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Passed from fathers to children 1200 years old derived from Chinese operas men only opened in ww2
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Plié
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To bend
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tendu
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To stretch
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De`gage`
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To disengage
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Re`leve`
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To rise
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Port de bras
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Carriage of the arms
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jete`
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To leap
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passe`
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Toe to opposite knee
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rond de jambe
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Rounding of the leg
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chase`
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To chase
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Pirouette
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To turn or spin
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Classical
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Shift from France to Russia Romanov family Western dancers figure aerial work greater pointe Work greater turns lengthy invention of the tutu petipa choreographer of the Nutcracker Swan Lake and sleeping beauty
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Early ballet
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Catherine de Medici noblewoman spread dance with dance master Balthazar de beaujoyeaux comique de LA reine. Louis xiv frightened nobles to Versailles made dancing important established the Royal Dance Academy moves ballet out of the palace into the theatre Pierre Beauchamps turned out leg 5 basic ballet positions
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18th century
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jean Georges noverre letters of dancing and ballet
1 - dance should be technically correct and emotionally moving 2 - plots should be unified as well as movement and 3 - unified through scenery music and plots 4 - pantomime should be simpler and understandable Marie Camargo known for fashion dress above the ankle and technique Marie salle` known for being an expressive artist and creating her own choreography |
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Romantic
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Glorified the common person on pointe used fairies now part of ballet light ballet skirt
August bournonville Director for Royal Danish Ballet he made men more a part of the dance Jules perrot he was a choreographer for Giselle pas de quatre |
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4 elements of dance
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1 - body or bodies - what
2 - time - when - fast or slow 3 - space - where 4 - effort - how - quick short |
