PE HISTORY, NATURE, AND BENEFITS OF DANCE

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” Before man can do anything, he must draw breath, he must move. Movement is the source and condition of life. To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.”

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• Agnes de Mille (1963)

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t can be recreation, entertainment, education, therapy, and religion.

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DANCE

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• it is an activity that takes many forms and fills many different needs

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DANCE

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focuses primarily on “an aesthetic or even entertaining experience”

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DANCE

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dance differs from many

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athletics or other daily activities

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people still dance mainly for four reasons:

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• to please the God or gods
• to please others
• to please themselves or a form of self-expression
• to build community within an ethnic group or social interaction

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• dances thrive at different periods of history and most were result of intercultural exchange and contact

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DANCE HISTORY

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Origins of dance are rooted from:

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• prehistoric past
• various artistic
• religious and social forces
  started out the corporation and formation of dance

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has been a major form of religious ritual and social expression within primitive cultures

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dance

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used as a way of expressing and reinforcing tribal unity and strength, as an approach for:

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✓ courtship and mating
✓ as a means of worship
✓ communication
✓ and therapeutic experience

Question 11

quotes
“ Man dance originally to suplicate the gods on all important occasions of their lives”

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Kraus and Gaufman

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It was reflected in their wall paintings, reliefs, and in their literary record in hieroglyphics

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EGYPTIAN ERA HISTORY OF DANCE

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It was only during the pre-Christian era that real knowledge of dance came about within the Great Mediterranean and Middle Eastern civilizations

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EGYPTIAN ERA HISTORY OF DANCE

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They also thought highly of dance

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ANCIENT GREEKS

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was taught as an aid to military education among the boys in Athens and Sparta

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ANCIENT GREEKS

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a form of entertainment and display

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ANCIENT GREEKS

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3 people strongly supported this art as an integration of the body and soul as it is like utilizing our body and soul

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Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates

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stated in his “laws” and highlighted the two kinds of dance and music

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PLATO

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two kinds of dance and music

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Noble
Ignoble

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• fine and honorable

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Noble

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imitating what is mean or ugly

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Ignoble

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They give less importance to dancing

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ANCIENT ROME

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Dance became brutal and sensationalized as their entertainers were slaves and captives from many nationalities

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ANCIENT ROME

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stopped valuing such qualities in art as the nation grew wealthy and powerful

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ANCIENT ROME

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It was used more often for gruesome purposes

& It became an integral part of corruption

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ANCIENT ROME

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approved the use of dance, provided that its form and intent were holy and profound

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Christian fathers

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transformed the history of dance

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DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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was the sole custodian of learning, education, and morals

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The Church

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then became part of worship and church and services

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Dance

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when Social dances were also a thing wherein;

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DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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the peasants performed two basic types of dancing:

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1.) ROUND DANCE
2.) COUPLE DANCE

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Dancers hold each other by hand, forming a long chain, and move about in an open or closed circle, or in an extended line

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.) ROUND DANCE

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not as popular as round dance

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COUPLE DANCE

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s considered scandalous when first seen
- Wasn’t really that welcome as it appears to be quite flirtatious

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COUPLE DANCE

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COUPLE DANCE

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Court dances

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Court dances are for the?

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NOBILITY

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danced on the smooth floor or wood polished marble called “BALLROOM”

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NOBLEMEN

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smooth floor or wood polished marble called

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“BALLROOM”

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Dances have large movements and wide-stepping figures

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for PEASANTS

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danced on grass or on the beaten earth of the town

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PEASANTS

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Vast dance movement occurred throughout the court of Europe

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15th and 16th Century

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New court dances performed by the nobility came about

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15th and 16th Century

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rise of the art of ballet in Italy and France

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15th and 16th Century

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” Dance is really fun! It lifts the spirit, strengthens the body, and stimulates the mind.”

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• Wayne Sleep (1986)

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4 BENEFITS OF DANCE AND CREATIVE MOVEMENT

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PHYSICAL BENEFITS OF DANCE
MENTAL/EMOTIONAL BENEFITS OF DANCE
SOCIAL BENEFITS OF DANCE
CULTURAL BENEFITS OF DANCE