DANC 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ballroom Dance, Bedhaya, Gagaku
9 Feb 2017
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Your head cannot be higher than sultan"s head. Good guy vs bad guy (men only dance) Court dancing in java is a gift from the gods: to ensure harvest from grains, unpredictable weather, it is not right for one dancer to stand out against the other. Women dance bedoyo: sense of equilibrium through dance, achieve balance through body and soul= goal of dancers. Architecture, paintings, sculptures, and dancing can re ect a culture: problem with this: politics and opinions change- what happened to ballet. Ballroom dancing and ballet have the same roots. Existing royal courts: japan: green square carpet- represents peace, continuity, intensity, and strength, bugaku dancing, gagaku music (means elegant) Musicians kind of sway when they play instruments: 4 people dancing. Asante: asantihini is not king of ghana but represents the people, bigade- is the festival, umbrellas marks the courts, music, drumming, and dancing as people pay their respects to the court.
