DANC 1900 Lecture 3: Week 3 Notes 2
11 Feb 2017
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Danc 1900 week 3 strictly dancing. Social dance: as commonly used, the term social dance describes partnered dancing to musical accompaniment by men and women, social dance as originally defined is designed to be heteronormative. What have these five dances the cha-cha-cha, rumba, samba, paso doble and. Jive have to do with latin-ness: all of these dance genres are performed in latin american countries. Minstrelsy and blackface: minstrelsy or blackface is a style of theatrical makeup that originated in the united. States to mimic (black) racial stereotypes of jim crow. : both white and black performers used blackface makeup in their vaudeville routines, the practice continued until the 1960s. In competitive ballroom dance a dynamic and invested performance is key to success. Creating latino or latina fa ade has become part of the expectations for authenticity regardless of ethnicity. For scott and fran in strictly ballroom, authenticity is ultimately derived from fran"s ethnicity as romani (or gypsies).
