Dance I can perform a dance ( ) to explain the purpose of cultures. I can build or connect through dance.
Can these things bring us together…
Or tear us apart?
Culture What parts can make up culture?
Culture Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.
Dance Culture
Activity Choose 5 partners (cultures), take 15 seconds each to tell someone about parts of your culture. 1. MUSIC (4 jumps) 2. FOOD (grapevine 8) 3. SOCIAL HABITS (skate 8) 4. CLOTHING hip/back/clap/roof 5. LANGUAGE (walk back 4)
Modern dance 1.4 jumps 2.Hustle right, hustle left 3.Skate 8 4.Hip, Back, clap, roof 5.Walk back 4
Notice the cultural language Raise the roof Grapevine All modern words to describe movements. These words can begin to describe modern parts of dance and your body movements are a language.