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Midterm Flashcards

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Dance definition

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Physical behavior where the head, body, limbs move through space. Has the capacity of promoting a feeling. Body is instrument, movement is medium

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Dance in lineage based societies

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Business of living

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Ways to view dance

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Artistic expression
Emotional expression
Nonverbal communication 
Societal role
Collective unconscious
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Artistic expression

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Of the aesthetic. What we consider beautiful. Classical form

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Emotional expression

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Self expression

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Nonverbal communication

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Telling story through movement

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Societal role

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Based on the business of living, as in dance rituals

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Collective unconscious

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Part of your people

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Movement characteristics

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Harmonious. Ecstatic

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Harmonious

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Mellow, simple, contained, little movement

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Ecstatic

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High energy. Expended energy. Trance state is climax

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Trance state

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Climax of ecstatic dance. Person is embodied by spirit for cleansing or healing of themselves or community. Spiritual leader breaks trance

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Primary dance form

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Spiritual dance

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Rituals

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How tribal groups respond to the business of living. Cyclical or specific

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Cyclical ritual

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General, repeated at same time each year or season

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Specific ritual

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Needed immediately. Used to cure a person, expel spirits, mourn death, perform burial

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Elements of rituals

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Formation
Sounds/drumming
Body decoration/mask
Setting
Fire 
Priests/shaman
Holy water
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Mudras

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Hand movements

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19
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Bali

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Legong dance

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Java

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Bedaya dance. Kris dance

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India

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Bharatanatyam dance

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Gamelon

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Musicians in Java’s Bedaya dance

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Legong

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Bali. Performed by 2 young girls. Wear head dresses and fans

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Bedaya

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Java. Theatrical dance. Women wear scarves. Gamelon plays. Balance and unison

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Kris dance

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Java. Dancers go into trance and stab themselves with Kris. Exorcism, purify

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Bharatanatyam

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India. Gods Shiva & Krishna. Mudras (hand movements)

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Commonalities

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Shared characteristics or qualities

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High effect juxtaposition

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Energies or tensions juxtaposed in the body (ex: happy body, sad face. Quick feet, slow hands)

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Greots

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Chosen story teller of the community. Conscience of the community. Chosen as young boy. Knows all

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Orishas

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Deities, gods, spirits

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Ephebism

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Losing oneself in the movement, intensity and flow. Do things you don’t think you’re capable of

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Aesthetic of the cool

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An attitude. Hot engaged with cool detachment. Swagger

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Marathoning

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Go on and on to reach the journey. To do what needs to be done takes time (spirit time)

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Multiple foci

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Everyone is a spectator and participant. Made possible by circle. Circle rules

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Improvisation

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Structured individuality. There’s something structured going on, but you do it your way

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Collective communal trust

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Censorship to maintain communal trust. Created a safety net for community. If someone breaks struts or is offensive, drummer stops and kicks person out

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Epic memory *

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Blood memory of a people. Embodied wisdom

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Call and response

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Dialogue of dancers and song between leader and participants

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Oral principle

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Storytelling, passed on from generation to generation by word of mouth (tradition)

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Polyrhythm *

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Simultaneous multiple rhythms

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Polycentrism *

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Movement from various centers of the body. Allows for slow and fast at same time

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Dimensionality *

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Perception. What we understand from feeling other senses. Perceive energy “texturized”. (Wavy movement)

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Holism *

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The parts of a creation are not emphasized beyond the whole, neither is the individual. Democracy of body parts. (Silence is as important as sound)

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Musician/drummer

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Driving force of the dance. Calls the shots

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Drummer plays “break”

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To change steps. Constant dialogue between dancers and musicians. Musician leads, dancers follow

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Repetition *

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Intensifying movement until satisfaction has been reached. The more you do the movement, the more intense it becomes

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Participation

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Community, society

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Curvilinear *

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Curved, circular movements. Path moves

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Japan

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Influences of both Chinese ceremonial and Hindu dance. Bugaku, Noh, Kabuki

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Gagaku

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Japanese imperial household musicians and dancers. All men. Passed down father to son. Ceremonial. Dance form is Bugaku and Noh

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Bugaku

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Japanese ceremonial dance. Gagaku’s dance form. Pure and stately style. Symmetry and paired movements

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Noh

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Japanese ceremonial dance. Offshoot of Bugaku. Performed by Gagaku. Cyclical. Symbolic theatre. Drama, singing, dialogue based off old stories and myths. Good vs evil moral. MINIMALIST MOVEMENT. ART OF WALKING. Mask used to show characters. Stage is open to audience and musicians

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Kabuki

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Japanese ceremonial dance. O-Kuni founded the idea, turned into prostitution. Men copied this and dressed like women. Entertainment for all people. Tells stories. Lively and energetic

54
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Java motto

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Unity in diversity

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