1. “An Anthropologist Looks at Ballet as a Form of Ethnic Dance” Joann Kealiinohomoku Presented by: Katie McClellan and Edited By: Laura Pratt and Dr. Kay Picart

2.  Anthropology NOT Archaeology

3. Author’s Intro “It is good anthropology to think of ballet as a form of ethnic dance.” “It is good anthropology to think of ballet as a form of ethnic dance.” Goal of article: to bridge the communication gap between scholars of dance and anthropology Goal of article: to bridge the communication gap between scholars of dance and anthropology

4. Ethnic

5. Definition of ethnic in relation to dance  For anthropologists: ______________________________ ______________________________  For dance scholars: ______________________________ ______________________________

6. Dance Scholars DeMille, Haskell, Holt, the Kinneys, Kirstein, La Meri, Martin, Sachs, Sorell, Terry. Basically, they generalize “_____ _____” and also make fun

7. Myth According to myth where did dance come from?

8. Discussion Have you ever experienced this tendency of “mobs” to spontaneously begin dancing?

9. Paradigm  Hopi dances Complete Freedom? Orgy? Exuberance? Pelvic?

10. Let’s be consistent  Folk: __________________________  Primitive: ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________  Ethnic: ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________

11. Ballet is Ethnic Decidedly cultural Decidedly cultural European European Promotes our ____________ Promotes our ____________

12. To dance scholars… Stay in your box Stay in your box Don’t be “comfortably complacent” Don’t be “comfortably complacent”

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