DANC 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Asadata Dafora, Talley Beatty, Ascended Master
9 Feb 2017
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The ostrich danced by charles moore: imitative dance like a ritual dance, by asadata dafora (1932) Male highland sword dance: traditional dance from scotland. All of these dances have all males, they know where their center of balance is, they all have drums, more important to dance with music instead of counts. Native american spirits- ghost dance movement: desperate prayer to bring back buffalo. Kathakali: religious dance in india, natha- statra- theatre book that is 2,000 years old, all male performers. Crown dance of apache people: are lightening and raindrops in spirit. Tuesday, january 17, 2017: teach that we are cosmic beings, drum and dances are circular, everything is within a circle- universe is connected, 30 years of banned religious dances. Hawaii- the hula: fertility of land, praises deities and ancestors (like for pele- goddess of volcano, bent-knee gestures brings them closer to earth. Mirror the culture that exists by re ect the past and present and interactions.
