Freedom for American Indians meant something entirely different than it did for the majority of the white population of the United States during the 19th Century. For white Americans of the time, freedom meant being able to being able to own a piece of property from which one could make a living, support a family, and live a comfortable life. This was especially true of the white settlers that flooded the Midwest to claim land. The American Indian view of freedom was different. The plains Indians traveled nomadically across large swaths of land hunting buffalo.
North Americans and Western Africans, although living in vastly different areas, share many cultural similarities with each other. In both areas, the people had similar views on trading, land, religion and the social constructs of their societies. The Western Africans, for centuries, used trade to be able to connect with the rest of the world. The trading network throughout Africa went all throughout the continent and allowed West Africans to deliver goods to the North African hubs and ports, as well as eventually going to Europe and Asia. The Native Americans had a similar trade network.
The dancers do this so that they can display how what kind of instruments their music is made with. Through Korean Traditional Dance, dancers can show that the way they move their body, it displays their cultural meanings and social
The Sun Dance is a very well known ceremony that was practiced by the Native American tribes. The Sun Dance is a “great religious drama in which individuals pledge vows to the Great Spirit in return for his help” (Dolittle, 118), and contains self sacrificing arrangements between the people that represent the ignorance that need to be let go of. It takes at least a year for this dance to be organized, well thought and planned for. Using Deidre Skylar’s article “Five Premises for a Culturally Sensitive Approach to Dance” helps us understand and take a greater look into the Sun Dance. Three of her five premises that will be used to express the culture significance of the Sun Dance are “one has to look beyond movement to get at its meaning, movement
To dance is to be knowledgeable about the stories of the ancestral heroes. Dancing, unlike painting and singing, is learnt at an early age. This allows large groups of people to demonstrate their clan rights in front of an audience. Dance is also seen as an occasion to entertain and to be entertained and through the work of dance to show their love for families and kin. It is for this reason that dance may be performed at the end of every day in some communities.
One appealing quality of modern dance to African American dancers is that the dancers moved by understanding the techniques and their philosophies, instead of recognizing terms. There are traditionalists and expermentialists who would try to understand techniques and try to branch off to their own individual style of dance. This quality is not only technique, it is also symbolic and expressive. Katherine Dunham had her "Dunham techniques", in which other dancers would try to use to their choreographies. Martha Graham, a European-American dancer, adapted techniques which involves her philosophy of movement inside the womb.
(Hula Dancing Culture). Dance and rituals were very important in their beliefs and everyday life. The dance is no longer as serious but still important. The reason the dance is still being practiced is for tourism and that is one way that they are keeping the culture
All having roots of African descent due to the influence amongst the African slave’s that were brought in during the 1500’s. During those times the slaves that were brought over were allowed to have more freedom, allowing the mixture of each regions dance style. Since the mixture occurred, such occasions as this would occur where African slaves found ways to adapt their dancing and continue their traditions in secret. Out of necessity this caused some changes in the dances. For example, since slaves were prohibited from lifting their feet, they created moves that included shuffling the feet and moving the hips and body (“African Culture: More Than Just a song”).
Fortunately, even the royalty came to the conclusion of participating in the dancing. There were simpler dances for the sake of the public, much like line dances in today’s modern time, so that all invited quests may join in. As stated, many of those who were invited were popular people in the society and participating in the dances were critical for political and social reputation (Sparti). The court dances were very common, even in the practice of etiquette, learning simple dance phrases were a requirement for proper behavior. Though the court dancing was first used as entertainment, it become social, there was a need for the human to want to move and so it became common in the culture.
Similarities I found between being African American and Iranian American is that it doesn’t matter what ethnicity you are in America there are always racist people in America. There are great deal of people who believe that they’re the best, consequently believe that the immigrants or colored people don’t have the right to live in America and have the same rights. African Americans are all those people who are called African, and that happens to a lot Iranian American people for the reasons that there some some people in the society who assume that the Middle East is desert and everyone speaks Arabic which is not true.
Native American dance theater is something everyone should consider watching at some point in their life. To many people, Native American dance theater at first glance may only appear to be like any other ordinary dance theater, when it actually actually consists of a much more rich and insightful teaching of what the Native American people were really like. What Native American Dance theater essentially is is a history lesson packed with an elegant style, deep meaning, and plenty of symbolism. This style of dancing has been around for as long as the Native people have been, When watching one of these dances, the first thing that pops into mind is the elegance and grace of the dances.
If you were to look at a single culture, you would probably find so many differences between this culture and the one you consider yourself to be. Now if you consider that group only, and look at the individuals within it, would you find similarities across the board or would you find variation between people? The odds are that you would not find similarities across the board due to many different reasons. In order to illustrate this we will look at individuals within the African American culture as well as the culture in general to see if they are similar or if they are completely off based. We realize that studying everything about their culture would be very hard to do, therefore we are only going to collect evidence on the topics of marriage
Both the cultural dances associated with each group is heavily influenced by the traditions of Africa. They utilized the drums giving these songs a rhythmic
Dance was significant, as it symbolised/represented events, issues and ideas. As listed before the ‘Dragon dance’ and ‘Lion dance’ were one of the most popular dance styles in Ancient China. During the dance, the performers were known for dressing up
Earlier dance was consider as a healing ritual in the influence of fertility ,birth ,sickness, and death ,since way back . Belly dance was consider as traditional birthing practice to help ease the pains of childbirth and along with this it was also consider as religious dance form which helps in relaxing muscles and distressing individual’s from daily hassles but now the introduction of dance as a therapy as well as a profession began in 1950s. From 1840 to 1930 period ,a new definition and introduction of dance developed in Europe and United States that dance movements have an effect on the mover i.e. dance was not simply an expressive art but beyond it . This was further explained by professionals that dance has a effect on the one who is doing that act as well as the one who is following it .
