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Purposes of dance Arts and Humanities
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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.
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Why do people dance? Ceremonial Recreational Artistic
Three main categories of dance Ceremonial Recreational Artistic
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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
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Recreational Dance intended for entertainment purposes
Also can be used for exercise
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Recreational Examples Zumba Bluegrass clogging
Where is the focus of their movements? Ballroom video begins at 1:04
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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
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artistic Dance that is intended to communicate emotions, feelings, and ideas Choreography- a designed, thought-out sequence of movements. Also includes theatrical dance
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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.
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Dance your phd Dance Your PHD Ted Talk
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