Introduction to Dance
Introduction to Dance Syllabus
I.
Tai Chi – China
Cloud Gate Theatre of Taiwan – Bamboo Dreams “Morning Mist”
Yoga – India
Chakra Dance Flow •Root •Sacrum •Solar plexus •Heart •Throat •Third eye •Crown
Jackie Chan and Jet Li are prominent movie figures who have been responsible for promoting Chinese martial arts in recent years in movies.
Kalarippayattu Indian martial art
II.
Kathak - footwork
Kathakali – hands & facial gestures – Monkey Chant (PBS series vol.)
Bharatanatyam – temple dancers (devidish) & stories (PBS series vol.)
Bollywood – Jai Ho – Slumdog Millionaire (SYTYCD)
III.
West African- Yankadi/Macrou (community celebration - greeting) words
North Africa - Belly Dance [ex.-Sadie, male Egyptian dancer & (balance like Moses Pendleton solo)]
Whirling Dervishes – Trance Dance – Turkey, Middle East, Sufi
5 Rhythms – Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors – Maps to Ecstacy:
•Flow •Staccato •Chaos •Lyrical •Dynamic Stillness
IV.
Flamenco (influence on paso doble & tango)
V. Folk Dance -
European, Eastern European, Russian
1. Moiseyev Folk Dance Company – Old City Quadrille
2. Wedding Dances – Fiddler on the Roof, PBS –Indian Folk @wedding- Dancing series, vol.
3. Hora: * from Hebrew horah & Romanian hora Date: 1853 : a circle dance of Romania and Israel
1. Country
2. Line
VI.a
Baroque Court – Minuet/Contredanse (five ballet positions)
Dance masters & notation
Suite: b (1) : a 17th and 18th century instrumental musical form consisting of a series of dances in the same or related keys (from
VI.b
Classical & Romantic Ballet (barre & center floor)
Sleeping Beauty – (PBS – vol. 6 Dance Centerstage)
Classical Kabuki (also Noh) Japan [1603] (PBS – vol. 6 Dance Centerstage, 8 min. ~2nd line from center on right side of video after Kirov ballet; also at end on women in kabuki ~8 min.)
VII.
Asian Dance – Dance in Thailand, Balinese dance, Polynesia: Hawaiian Hula, Maori Haka danceand Poi from new Zealand, Aparima dance from Tahiti and the Cook Islands, Dramyin Cham dance of Bhutan
Japan - Kabuki
AMERICAN DANCE –
VIII.
1800s Vaudeville & Early Modern
1900s Modern Dance Pioneers
Ruth St. Denis & Ted Shawn - Denishawn School of Dancing
IX.
Historical/Vintage Dance
Waltz - Ländler from The Sound of Music
Polka - Tritsch-Tratsch Polka- Johann Strauss , "Feuerfest! Polka francaise, Op. 269" by Kunzel, Erich
Schottische - Vintage Schottische , Rainbow Schottische
Tango - Ragtime Dance Argentine Tango , Ragtime Tango , Tango of 1910, "Adios Buenos Aires"
One-Step - Ragtime Dance: One Step Variation , Castle Walk ,
Foxtrot -
1910s – Harlem Renaissance, Ragtime, & Tap: popular forms of jazz dance included the Cakewalk, Black Bottom, Charleston, Jitterbug, Boogie Woogie, swing and the related Lindy Hop
1915 – WWII. Argentine Tango evolves in South America as a derivative of Spanish flamenco, African Tangano, & Cuban influences & the Brazilian Maxixe
1920s – Charlie Chapman, Josephine Baker, The Four Step Brothers (Four Step Brothers tap dancing in a barber shop)
Ballroom
1930s – Modern Dance
X.
1940s – Movies, Musical Theatre - BroadwayZiegfeld Follies (film)
Agnes de Mille – Oklahoma
XI. Ballet
XII.
1950s – rhythm & blues
A. Rock and roll (section Dance styles)
Little Richie (twist, mashed potato)
Elvis Presley (Jailhouse Rock)
B. Buddy Dean Show (canceled in 1963) see PBS “Dancing” Series, Vol. 5 – New Worlds, New Forms
Jazz Dance – Broadway
Luigi & Gus Giordano
Jerome Robbins – West Side Story, as well as Peter Pan, The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof, Gypsy, & Funny Girl
XIII.a
1960s – rebellious, risky, free-form, self-expression
(Rufus Thomas - funky chicken) (The monkey)
A. American Graffiti, set in 1962 (made in 1973), scene “The Hop”
B. Hair (1967-68)
C. Reggae
XIII.b
Modern Dance – 20th century Concert Dance - Creative Dance – Avant Garde or postmodern dance
XIV.
1970s –
A. Jazz
1. Bob Fosse – Sweet Chariot, Dancin, A Chorus Line (1975 – 76)
B. Carnival Brazil’s multicultural heritage –
1. Samba
2. Capoeira
C. Disco – Saturday Night Fever
D. HipHop
E. Aerial Dance
XIV.
1980s -
A. Breaking / Break Dance
B. Dancehall
C. Cirque du Soleil (youtube Alegria Flying Man)
1990s -
Project Bandaloop - aerial dance
Zumba – •Hip Hop •Salsa •Cumbia •Calypso Reggae •Flamenco •Belly Dance •Funk
2000 -
A. Krumping
B. Rize
C. Step Up (film) Step Up 2: The Streets , youtube final dance scene
Miscellaneous:
Social Dance / Ballroom Dance –
International Standard: Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Fox Trot, Quick Step
International Latin: Samba, ChaChaCha, Rumba, Paso Doble, Jive
American Style Competition Dances -
American Smooth: Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Viennese Waltz
American Rhythm: ChaCha, Rumba, East Coast Swing, Bolero, Mambo
Other dances occasionally categorized as ballroom:
Nightclub Nightclub Two-step - Hustle - Modern Jive / LeRoc / Ceroc
- & the whole swing variety: West Coast Swing / East Coast Swing/ Lindy Hop (always included in the "Rhythm-Swing" category) / Carolina Shag / Collegiate Shag
Latin nightclub Salsa - Cumbia - Mambo - Porro - Cha cha
Dance Hype in Video—A Positive or Negative Force?
Lady Gaga – Just Dance
Flo Rida – Low
T-Pain – Church