African Heritage Dance Essay
African Heritage of Cuba spoke great volumes to me because I actually got to witness the dance in person. To see them perform the dances and to hear how powerful their voices are.
The African Heritage dances represent freedom and respect. It was a way to pay respect to fellow god that are no longer living. It represents freedom because they are express themselves through movement and they are letting the spirit control their movement. They are also releasing the worries.
While watching the dances the dancers moved with ease across the floor. They would go into the crowd of onlookers and dance around them. The dancers never stayed in the same space for long periods of time in any of the dances. The movement of the dance gave me the understanding because the dancer did not seem to be in their own bodies. They who be seen swaying left and right and falling on the floor. Depending on the dance they would have props in their hands which may be their way of clear out the demons.
The music was done with drums and you can hear …show more content…
The “Elegua is the mediator between gods and humans, symbolizing the liminal state of being between worlds or categories. He deals with transformations, opposites, magic, dance, and sex. He is a trickster, and like any trickster he is ambivalent, but serves to unite or mediate opposites. His symbols include the phallus, horns, the cross, and crossroads. He also limps.”(Hutchinson 98) Which explains why in the video I thought that it was said fighting off a demon and I knew that it had some type of a ritual. In the video it seems as if he hooping with his legs and is moving as if he is hurt. His movement is seen as painful and as if he is fighting his way through the pain. There is also a part where the male is swing the stick in his hand. I also can recall when the male performing gives offering of candy to the
The African Heritage dances represent freedom and respect. It was a way to pay respect to fellow god that are no longer living. It represents freedom because they are express themselves through movement and they are letting the spirit control their movement. They are also releasing the worries.
While watching the dances the dancers moved with ease across the floor. They would go into the crowd of onlookers and dance around them. The dancers never stayed in the same space for long periods of time in any of the dances. The movement of the dance gave me the understanding because the dancer did not seem to be in their own bodies. They who be seen swaying left and right and falling on the floor. Depending on the dance they would have props in their hands which may be their way of clear out the demons.
The music was done with drums and you can hear …show more content…
The “Elegua is the mediator between gods and humans, symbolizing the liminal state of being between worlds or categories. He deals with transformations, opposites, magic, dance, and sex. He is a trickster, and like any trickster he is ambivalent, but serves to unite or mediate opposites. His symbols include the phallus, horns, the cross, and crossroads. He also limps.”(Hutchinson 98) Which explains why in the video I thought that it was said fighting off a demon and I knew that it had some type of a ritual. In the video it seems as if he hooping with his legs and is moving as if he is hurt. His movement is seen as painful and as if he is fighting his way through the pain. There is also a part where the male is swing the stick in his hand. I also can recall when the male performing gives offering of candy to the