DANCE 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Social Dance, Wodaabe
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Dance 100 lecture 7 introduction to social dance. Dances where socializing is the main purpose. Hip-hop, waltz, flamenco, high school dances (wide variety) War: dancers showing strength, agility, or to train soldiers. Communal: get communities cooperating: any social dance that does not fit into one of the other categories. Dances that show affection (differently across cultures) One gender dances at a time, genders dance at the same time but separately, couple/partner dances. Couple dances originated in europe, not common in many cultures: wodaabe people: arranged marriage but women could change husbands. Men dance (supposed to be tall and beautiful), women choose: hungarian: girls only and guys only dances, flamenco started with gypsies, settled in spain, and expanded from there. Partner dances: multiple partners in one dance or single partner throughout the whole dance: waltz: smooth, closed position (hand on waist of woman and hand on shoulder of man), triple time. Earliest were animal imitation dances mostly done by hunters.
