Dance Experience Final
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Do you have to be a dancer to appreciate its value and meaning? ANSWER -*NO*
Viewing a dance performance is a very personal experience. In order to fully appreciate
what you are seeing when you are having a dance experience, what questions can you be
asking yourself? ANSWER -One must ask what he or she saw or heard that evoked such a
personal experience. Was it a specific movement, feeling, theme, visual, song, etc.? The
main idea is to ask *'what made you feel that way?'*
Dance is an essential part of this world culture. One of these world "subcultures" is dance as
performance. Name four more: ANSWER -1. Collaborative art
2. Preservation of the customs of an ethic group
3. Pure enjoyment
4. Meeting partners
Modern dance and Ballet are considered to be ANSWER -*CONCERT* dance
When participating in a new dance experience a checklist can help to approach any type of
dance in any cultural context. The five stages of looking at *cross-cultural* dance are:
ANSWER -1. observation
2. description
,3. explanation
4. interpretation
5. evaluation
We know in this burgeoning international culture there is a lack of understanding and
acceptance of other lifestyles. How can dance be a way to educate and combat this
intolerance and hate? ANSWER -Dance uses the movement of the human body to
communicate as well as discover cultural roots. This allows us to understand and appreciate
different lifestyles. Also, cross-cultural study of dance allows the unity of distinct cultures
into one... all internationally connected by our differences.
two very famous African American trained dancers/anthropologists who came to
prominence in the Harlem Renaissance. They were instrumental in researching Afro
Caribbean dance and bringing an embodied knowledge of the cultural meaning of the
African American dance experience. ANSWER -- Katherine Dunham
- Pearl Primus
Dance can be considered a *"nutrient"* for some as it feeds their soul. ANSWER -TRUE
What is the FIRST thing we can imagine each individual experienced as movement?
ANSWER -swishing around in mother's womb
For more than 100 years, this country has been a major center for classical ballet producing
such great dancers and choreographers as *Mikhail Baryshnikov* and *George
Balanchine* ANSWER -Russia
language spoken in ballet class is uniform throughout the world? ANSWER -FALSE
a communication form (using the body in dance) that is in our bones, stronger than the
content of words or meaning of words. ANSWER -gesture
While *Bhangra* is now a celebration for everyone, who did it used to be danced by
exclusively? ANSWER -men
, *Bhangra* is a folk dance in India danced by _________ to celebrate the _________
ANSWER -farmers, harvest
West Africa is at the crossroads of competing faiths. The Yoruba people dance for and some
with their .... ANSWER -gods
Dance in Christian worship has been very controversial. ANSWER -TRUE
The ___________ dance where dancers intertwine ribbons attached to a tall pole is a
remnant of a pagan fertility rite. ANSWER -*maypole*
When religious dances leave the church and continue to preserve one's heritage and
traditions they become ______ dances. ANSWER -folk
In the _____________ tradition the physical is there to serve the spiritual. ANSWER -
*Yoruba*
The Egungun dancers of Nigeria's Yoruba people wear masks to represent their
_____________ ANSWER -ancestors
*Osun* is the protector of children. In the dance for Osun, what color do the dancers wear
AND describe the qualities in their movements. ANSWER -wear *white*, movements are
slow and graceful.
Virgin girls are used in the *serpent* (or snake) *dance* in the Hindu religion of India.
This dance is meant to ANSWER -ward off evil
Religious dance forms can become a performance art as in *Bharatanatyam* and
*Khatakali*. Which form is danced only by men and which is danced only by women?
ANSWER -Bharatanatyam: *women*
Khatakali: *men*
(Verified Answers) Fully Solved &
Updated (Latest Version Verified
For Accuracy)
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Do you have to be a dancer to appreciate its value and meaning? ANSWER -*NO*
Viewing a dance performance is a very personal experience. In order to fully appreciate
what you are seeing when you are having a dance experience, what questions can you be
asking yourself? ANSWER -One must ask what he or she saw or heard that evoked such a
personal experience. Was it a specific movement, feeling, theme, visual, song, etc.? The
main idea is to ask *'what made you feel that way?'*
Dance is an essential part of this world culture. One of these world "subcultures" is dance as
performance. Name four more: ANSWER -1. Collaborative art
2. Preservation of the customs of an ethic group
3. Pure enjoyment
4. Meeting partners
Modern dance and Ballet are considered to be ANSWER -*CONCERT* dance
When participating in a new dance experience a checklist can help to approach any type of
dance in any cultural context. The five stages of looking at *cross-cultural* dance are:
ANSWER -1. observation
2. description
,3. explanation
4. interpretation
5. evaluation
We know in this burgeoning international culture there is a lack of understanding and
acceptance of other lifestyles. How can dance be a way to educate and combat this
intolerance and hate? ANSWER -Dance uses the movement of the human body to
communicate as well as discover cultural roots. This allows us to understand and appreciate
different lifestyles. Also, cross-cultural study of dance allows the unity of distinct cultures
into one... all internationally connected by our differences.
two very famous African American trained dancers/anthropologists who came to
prominence in the Harlem Renaissance. They were instrumental in researching Afro
Caribbean dance and bringing an embodied knowledge of the cultural meaning of the
African American dance experience. ANSWER -- Katherine Dunham
- Pearl Primus
Dance can be considered a *"nutrient"* for some as it feeds their soul. ANSWER -TRUE
What is the FIRST thing we can imagine each individual experienced as movement?
ANSWER -swishing around in mother's womb
For more than 100 years, this country has been a major center for classical ballet producing
such great dancers and choreographers as *Mikhail Baryshnikov* and *George
Balanchine* ANSWER -Russia
language spoken in ballet class is uniform throughout the world? ANSWER -FALSE
a communication form (using the body in dance) that is in our bones, stronger than the
content of words or meaning of words. ANSWER -gesture
While *Bhangra* is now a celebration for everyone, who did it used to be danced by
exclusively? ANSWER -men
, *Bhangra* is a folk dance in India danced by _________ to celebrate the _________
ANSWER -farmers, harvest
West Africa is at the crossroads of competing faiths. The Yoruba people dance for and some
with their .... ANSWER -gods
Dance in Christian worship has been very controversial. ANSWER -TRUE
The ___________ dance where dancers intertwine ribbons attached to a tall pole is a
remnant of a pagan fertility rite. ANSWER -*maypole*
When religious dances leave the church and continue to preserve one's heritage and
traditions they become ______ dances. ANSWER -folk
In the _____________ tradition the physical is there to serve the spiritual. ANSWER -
*Yoruba*
The Egungun dancers of Nigeria's Yoruba people wear masks to represent their
_____________ ANSWER -ancestors
*Osun* is the protector of children. In the dance for Osun, what color do the dancers wear
AND describe the qualities in their movements. ANSWER -wear *white*, movements are
slow and graceful.
Virgin girls are used in the *serpent* (or snake) *dance* in the Hindu religion of India.
This dance is meant to ANSWER -ward off evil
Religious dance forms can become a performance art as in *Bharatanatyam* and
*Khatakali*. Which form is danced only by men and which is danced only by women?
ANSWER -Bharatanatyam: *women*
Khatakali: *men*
