Dance Chapter 1 Summary
Chapter 1 Notes
The impulse to move is the raw material that cultures shapes into evocative sequences of physical activity that we call DANCE
-So intensely personal is dance, so closely linked to cultural identity.
-Some people disagree abou the meaning and value of dance that is results in confusion, anger, and violence.
Cambodia-
-The royal treasury supported thousands of court dancers who played a central role in the fertility rights and ancestor worship.
-King jayavarman VII paid honor to spirits of his mother and father by adding over 3 thousand dancers to those already in service. -The king had an all-female troupe known as “the king’s dancers” -the star of the troupe was the daughter of Prince Sihanouk (the last reigning monarch) …show more content…
-words of many traditional chants have been lost or are no longer understood. -perform gender-specific steps.
-tamure: the dance with Tahitians do in nightclubs and dance halls (fuses western-style couple dancing with traditional Tahitian body movements
-embody important aspect of these societies (both nurtured by judeo Christian tradition)
-The relationship between the dancer and the audience is at the heart of one of the world’s oldest uses of dance- the dance performed for an invisible audience of spirits, ancestors, deities and other entities whose good will is considered necessary to the well- being of the community.
HOPI
-arid southwest, have native American societies managed to keep their traditional dances intact in the face of efforts by outsiders.
-the hopi calendar has revolved around a cycle of danced ceremonies that are performed in every hopi community.
-not everyone dances every dance. Everyone who attends is thought as a non dancing participant since their faith helps make it spiritually powerful.
-the hopi get in touch with the forces of nature that govern the world. The ultimate purpose is to bring rain to the patient crops in the
The impulse to move is the raw material that cultures shapes into evocative sequences of physical activity that we call DANCE
-So intensely personal is dance, so closely linked to cultural identity.
-Some people disagree abou the meaning and value of dance that is results in confusion, anger, and violence.
Cambodia-
-The royal treasury supported thousands of court dancers who played a central role in the fertility rights and ancestor worship.
-King jayavarman VII paid honor to spirits of his mother and father by adding over 3 thousand dancers to those already in service. -The king had an all-female troupe known as “the king’s dancers” -the star of the troupe was the daughter of Prince Sihanouk (the last reigning monarch) …show more content…
-words of many traditional chants have been lost or are no longer understood. -perform gender-specific steps.
-tamure: the dance with Tahitians do in nightclubs and dance halls (fuses western-style couple dancing with traditional Tahitian body movements
-embody important aspect of these societies (both nurtured by judeo Christian tradition)
-The relationship between the dancer and the audience is at the heart of one of the world’s oldest uses of dance- the dance performed for an invisible audience of spirits, ancestors, deities and other entities whose good will is considered necessary to the well- being of the community.
HOPI
-arid southwest, have native American societies managed to keep their traditional dances intact in the face of efforts by outsiders.
-the hopi calendar has revolved around a cycle of danced ceremonies that are performed in every hopi community.
-not everyone dances every dance. Everyone who attends is thought as a non dancing participant since their faith helps make it spiritually powerful.
-the hopi get in touch with the forces of nature that govern the world. The ultimate purpose is to bring rain to the patient crops in the