Lectures 1, 2, 3

Question 1

What is an example of a goal directed study of dance?

Answer 1

How High or How Fast

Question 2

Dance is part of (7)

Answer 2

Religion, Power, Theater, Spiritual Exploration, Intoxication/Trance, Self Expression, Form of Fitness

Question 3

Who said “ Dance is the mother of all arts” ?

Answer 3

Curt Sachs

Question 4

3 aspects of body Movement

Answer 4

Time: Speed/Rhythm manipulations
Space: Medium in which the body moves, designs, acts
Effort: dynamics and amount of force expended

Question 5

What is dance?

Answer 5

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Question 6

Functions and Roles of Dance (10)

Answer 6

Self Expression
Popular Entertainment
Social Affirmation
Identity
Social
Recreation
Religion
Fitness
Therapy
Occupation

Question 7

3 forms of Dance and an example of each

Answer 7

Folk/Ethnic: Cultural or National
Social: Jive, Waltz, Square
Artistic: Ballet, Jazz, Modern

Question 8

What is sympathetic magic and what age is it from?

Answer 8

SM is the idea of taking power or becoming more inline with a divine power by performing an act or ritual.
Examples: Karma, Synchronicity
From the Paleolithic Age

Question 9

Why did Christianity forbid dance and how did dance survive?

Answer 9

Forbade dance because the end of the world was near and people needed to prepare their souls not their bodies.
Dance survived through Morality plays, which were used to disseminate information and educate since the public couldn’t read.

Question 10

What is a Morris Dance?

Answer 10

Early folk dance that celebrates the passage of seasons and life and/or allegorical battles good and evil.

Question 11

What is Dancing Mania and what was the name of it that was seen in Italy?

Answer 11

Occurred in England and seen as groups danced until they collapsed from exhaustion to ward of evil (seen also as speaking in tongues and foaming from the mouth).
Seen in Italy as the Tarantella.

Question 12

What is Folk/Ethnic Dance

Answer 12

Statement of Identity, Unification of group members, Used to pass on traditions of groups

Question 13

What are the 4 things that dance reflects about culture

Answer 13

Movement (gestures - think hands of Apsera) , Music (Cultural musical arrangements), Costumes (Traditional cloths), Male/Female relationships

Question 14

What is Folk Dance and what is the Folk Process?

Answer 14

Applied to dances of European Origin (Folk=People) meaning Dance for the People.
The Folk Process sees dances change, adapt, and alter overtime with performance

Question 15

Is dance static?

Answer 15

Nope

Question 16

What is the purpose of Folk Dance?

Answer 16

Pass on tradition
Statement of Identity
Traditionally not formally studied but this is changing
Reveals self image

Question 17

What is Ethnic dance

Answer 17

Forms of Folk dance that is applied to group dances from non-western tribal rituals. MORE Static than folk
AKA Nationality Dance

Question 18

Where does one see social dance and what are the 4 types?

Answer 18

Social Dance appears in current culture and the 4 types are, Courtship, Work, War and Communal.

Question 19

What are the 3 recreational dance types?

Answer 19

Folk, Ethnic and Social