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1 Purposes of dance Arts and Humanities

2 Why do people dance? Ask students to give different reasons/ locations for dancing. Group them on the board in different categories with different colors. Then give the categories after they have exhausted all possibilities.

3 Why do people dance? Ceremonial Recreational Artistic
Three main categories of dance Ceremonial Recreational Artistic

4 Ceremonial Dance performed for rituals or ceremonies
Typically unique to specific cultures Ex) Native American Pow Wow How would you describe their movements? Ex) Greek Orthodox Wedding

5 Recreational Dance intended for entertainment purposes
Also can be used for exercise

6 Recreational Examples Zumba Bluegrass clogging
Where is the focus of their movements? Ballroom video begins at 1:04

7 Recreational Line Dance Examples
A line dance is a well-known dance that is typically simple and repetitive It does not have to be performed in a line Cha Cha Slide Cupid Shuffle Chicken Dance Wobble Electric Slide Cotton Eyed Joe Virginia Reel Dance made popular in Civil War

8 artistic Dance that is intended to communicate emotions, feelings, and ideas Choreography- a designed, thought-out sequence of movements. Also includes theatrical dance

9 artistic Examples Classical Ballet Modern Ballet Contemporary Dance
“Dying Swan” Modern Ballet “Polyphonia” Contemporary Dance Alvin Ailey’s “Revelations” I normally have questions about each video that they must answer.

10 Dance your phd Dance Your PHD Ted Talk


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