1. Rhythms that Dance!
Experiencing Music 2200

2. What will you learn in this unit?
Various forms of dance
How music influences dance
How dance influences music
Musical terms and genres associated with dance

3. Evaluation
In class worksheets
In class listening log
Project

4. How music inspires dance
Many dancers and choreographers use music to influence dance styles
Rhythm, being one of the main components of music, will influence different dance styles
In this unit, we will explore how music influences different dance styles

5. Ballet Ballet often, not always, uses classical music
Many ballet productions use classical music. For example, Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies from the Nutcracker.
Watch how the dance uses music to influence the music.
Is she following the rhythm of the melody?
When the music stops does she stop?

6. Cha-cha
Cuban origin
It is danced to cha-cha music introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrin in the early 1950s.
In ballroom competitions it is often danced to Latin Pop or Latin Rock
Energetic music with a steady beat

7. Charleston
The Charleston is a dance named for the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina.
The rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United States by a 1923 tune called "The Charleston" by composer/pianist James P. Johnson.

8. Lindy Hop
The Lindy hop is an American dance that evolved in Harlem, New York City, in the 1920s and 1930s
evolved with the jazz music of that time.
It was very popular during the Swing era
Lindy was a fusion of many dances that preceded it or were popular during its development but is mainly based on jazz, tap, breakaway and Charleston

9. Samba Samba is a lively, rhythmical dance of Brazilian origin 2/4 time
Samba is a dance authentic to African people in Brazil who brought much of their music and dance culture into Latin America with, them upon arrival.
It has also been influenced by many other Latin American music genres and dances.
The Samba music rhythm has been danced in Brazil since its inception in the late 16th century.

10. Tango
a partner dance that originated in the 1880s along the River Plate, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay, and soon spread to the rest of the world
Tango is a dance that has influences from African and European cultures.
Dances from the ceremonies of former slave peoples helped shape the modern day Tango.
The dance originated in lower-class districts of Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
The word "tango" and "tambo" around the river plate basin were initially used to refer to musical gatherings of slaves, with written records of colonial authorities attempting to ban such gatherings as early as 1789

11. Tap Dance
Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion.
Two major variations on tap dance: rhythm (jazz) tap and Broadway tap.
Broadway tap focuses on dance; it is widely performed in musical theater.
Rhythm tap focuses on musicality, part of the jazz tradition.
The sound is made by shoes that have a metal "tap" on the heel and toe.
Broadway Tap:
Rhythm Tap:

12. Irish/Celtic Step Dance
is a style of performance dance with its roots in traditional Irish dance.
It is generally characterized by a stiff upper body and quick and precise movements of the feet.
It can be performed solo or by groups.
Uses Irish/Celtic music – fiddles, percussion, etc.
Irish stepdance is performed in most places with large Irish populations, though many stepdancers are not of Irish ancestry.
Riverdance, an Irish stepdancing interval act in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest that later became a hugely successful theatrical production, greatly contributed to its popularity.

13. Hip Hop
Street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture.
It includes a wide range of styles primarily breaking, locking, and popping which were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States.
Hip-hop dance is practiced in both dance studios and outdoor spaces.

14. Modern Dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance
primarily from Germany and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Began as a rejection of, or rebellion against classical ballet.
Uses many different styles of music
Can be performed solo, as a duo, or in a group

15. Jazz Dance is shared by a large range of dance styles.
Jazz dance was an integral part of jazz music until the end of the swing era in the late 1940s.
In the 1950s, a new genre of jazz dance — modern jazz dance — emerged, with roots in Caribbean traditional dance.
Every individual style of jazz dance has roots traceable to one of these two distinct origins. Jazz was a big hit in the early 1950s and it is still a well-loved style of dance all over the world.