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25 Cards in this Set
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Awalim |
Egypt Female performers were considered learned women Only heard by men not seen Political unrest in society changed Became singers and dancers and labeled as prostitute and immoral |
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Devadasi |
India Dance sidar Married to the temple Could have sexual relations with priest European education came into play and they began to have to be prostitutes |
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Bharatanatyam |
India Used to be sadir and was reinvented by the brahmins Transformational Act out song very expressive face |
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Bhangra |
Punjab region in India |
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Samba |
Brazilian national dance Cultural Fusion European and African |
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Candomble |
Yoruba people in West Africa Commune with Spiritual Beings Orixas Was seen as Devil's Worship in South America Practiced in secret Scared it would unify slaves |
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Savory Ballroom |
Center of new dance Social interaction between black and white Located in Harlem |
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Diasporia |
People have been moved and Scattered about... Culture follows |
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Ring Shout |
Replace drum with beating stick and rhythmic clapping Developed as form of expression by US slaves to hide dance and worship since they were banned |
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Lindy Hop |
Fuse African elements of spontaneity and rhythm with European Ballroom partner dance |
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Katherine Dunham |
Dunham technique size lace each piece individually help African American dancers find ways to perform |
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L'ag'ya |
African and European fighting dance developed by slaves because they couldn't fight Tells a story |
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Yoruba |
The body serves the spiritual and opens the Gateway between this world and spirit world Spirits have the power |
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Osun dance |
Protect our children... Special music and dance... Graceful, unhurried, elegant,... White costumes... |
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Zar ritual |
Egypt dot-dot-dot healing ritual with possession... Have to identify the spirit to get it to leave |
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Whirling dervishes |
Turkey dot-dot-dot Muslim Brotherhood dance... Repetitive Sound and Music to induce trance state... |
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Serpent ritual |
From India... Purify body and spirit... Virgin girls 2 be snake woman... Create Mandela with spices on the floor... Girls become blind while in trance... |
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Cook Islands |
Polynesian Dance... Children dance at school... Men flap legs and women are more graceful... Part of identity... Dance tied to religion celebrating fertility... London missionary Society destroyed God's images... Drumbeat determines hand movements based termans hip movements... Dances about social joy and expression... |
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Morocco |
Men and women don't socialize... Women body doesn't belong to her... Women dances with each other, sexual... About expression... Professional entertainers chichate have loose morals... Males don't usually dance... |
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Capoeira |
African roots-kongo ppl Martial art dance and game Done in a Roda Circle Sound of hoofs when someone was coming Connected players to the culture |
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Natyasgastra |
2000 year old texts with dance and drama movements |
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Padam |
Poem set to music |
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Namaskarum |
Prayer before and after dance |
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Shiva |
Lord of the Dance he dance the world into existence Indian culture |
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Krishna |
God that is portrayed in bharatnatyam |
