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    Hula In Hawaiian Culture

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    Before contact with the Western world, Hawaiians danced hula simply for social enjoyment. Its chants also preserved epic tales, myths, history, and philosophy (HawaiiHistory). One must practice it long enough for the dance to be within them and the meaning to deepen. Wāhine would grace their audience with the kahiko. The hand woven ti leaf skirts swish to the pounding of the homegrown ʻipu heke. Melodies of the ʻoli fill the sea-salted…

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    Dance throughout different cultures What is Dance? We use the umbrella term of dance to describe movement that inhabits our lives daily, whether it be to tell stories, to perform, to have fun, or to teach lessons. Throughout history dance has mesmerized countless audiences and been a safe haven as well as a joyous celebration. Our culture versus the Euroba’s culture and the Indian culture incorporate dance very differently into daily life, some ways that dance is incorporated into their lives is…

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    Domm, Daniela Perazzo. “Traces of History: Jonathan Burrows’ Rethinking of the Choreographic past.” Contemporary Theatre Review, vol. 20, no. 3, Aug. 2010, pp. 267-282. EBSCOhost. Scope: Contemporary Theatre Review, Vol. 20, No. 3 (2010), pp. 267-282 Published by Routledge Oxforshire U.K. Topic: This article uses delves into choreographer Jonathan Burrow and his view on how choreography has evolved throughout history. He looks at the process of creating works, what each work is supposed to…

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    Mock Trial, and also spent time at Young Women’s Book Club. In addition to that, I also tried out for and made the Warriorettes, my school’s student-led dance team. In my sophomore year, those clubs certainly took time, but not enough that I was running around like a crazed person from school, to a club meeting, to my dance classes at Encore Dance Center three nights a week for four hours, to my house to get my homework done. I even accomplished another goal in May – I was inducted into my…

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    Seventies Dancing Intro: The dances of the seventies were all about disco music. Disco music features soaring vocals over a steady beat, an eighth note or sixteenth note hi-hat with an open hi-hat on the off-beat, and a syncopated bass line. During the seventies, disco clubs, which were very common, were filled with disco dancers. Common dance moves included “The Hustle,” “The Bump,” “YMCA,” and many others. Detailed description of dance and the music: Disco dance is moving to music with your…

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    piece that caught my eye was the Meprobamate choreographed by Abby Hinchley, I believe the dance was about a 1950s housewives, who were told how to live and who they were to be. I liked how each dancer was introduced separately showing that the second and third…

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    Little Egypt

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    evidence for the beginnings of dance in this country and its very unique and special relationship with Little Egypt legends. The title of the book is a very apt one as the book not only “looks” for Little Egypt but also exposes it in all its different forms and dimensions. In doing so, Ms. Carlton has established the pedigree of the modern dancers tracing it all the way back to Little Egypt and all of its legends. The book has enlightened the modern dancers with the history of their chosen art…

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    The article that I viewed was a Psychology Today article online called “Why Is Dancing So Good for Your Brain?” by Christopher Bergland, this article explored the many ways that dancing is beneficial to the life of the brain. This article presents how dancing can propose many things that can help while dancing by “blending cerebral and cognitive thought processes with muscle memory and ‘proprioception’ held in the cerebellum”. I learned that dancing can help the brain in many ways and eventually…

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    Soulja Boy Critique

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    You know who should listen to Soulja Boy? YOOUUU! Soulja Boy was only 17 when he made “Crank That”, which was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in 2007. At one point, “Crank That” was the highest selling digital song in history!. The song “Superman” by Soulja Boy makes you feel energetic because of it’s lyrics and the rhythm of the beat making you want to “hit that soulja boy”. The song, “Superman” by Soulja Boy makes you feel energetic because of it’s lyrics and the rhythm of…

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    hailed as the queen of south indian cinema in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Born in Travencore, Kerala, on 12th June 1932, she was the middle sister. Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini became popular dancers in different genres like Kathakali, Bharatnatyam and folk dance and came to be called the Travencore Sisters. The trio were the disciples of Indian dancer Guru Gopinath. They learnt Kathakali and Kerala Natanam styles of dancing from him.The trio were the disciples of Indian dancer Guru Gopinath. They…

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