Experiencing Music 2200 What will you learn in this unit Various forms of dance How music influences dance How dance influences music Musical terms and genres associated with dance Evaluation ID: 568805
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Rhythms that Dance!
Experiencing Music 2200Slide2
What will you learn in this unit?
Various forms of dance
How music influences dance
How dance influences music
Musical terms and genres associated with danceSlide3
Evaluation
In class worksheets
In class listening log
Project Slide4
How music inspires dance
Many dancers and choreographers use music to influence dance styles
Rhythm, being one of the main components of music, will influence different dance styles
In this unit, we will explore how music influences different dance stylesSlide5
Ballet
Ballet often, not always, uses classical music
Many ballet productions use classical music. For example, Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies from the Nutcracker.
Watch how the dance uses music to influence the music.
Is she following the rhythm of the melody?
When the music stops does she stop?
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz_f9B4pPtgSlide6
Cha-cha
Cuban origin
It is danced to
cha-cha music introduced
by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique
Jorrin
in the early 1950s
.
In
ballroom competitions it is often danced to Latin Pop or Latin RockEnergetic music
with a steady
beat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKeUpU446XgSlide7
Charleston
The Charleston
is a dance named for the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina.
The
rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United States by a 1923 tune called "The Charleston" by composer/pianist James P.
Johnson.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kJWdUFzL0Y
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaoDElHUIqwSlide8
Lindy Hop
The
Lindy hop
is an American dance that evolved in Harlem, New York City, in the 1920s and 1930s
evolved
with the jazz music of that time.
It
was very popular during the Swing era
Lindy
was a fusion of many dances that preceded it or were popular during its development but is mainly based on jazz, tap, breakaway and Charleston
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfav2ocUpMs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf55gHK48VQSlide9
Samba
Samba
is a lively, rhythmical dance of
Brazilian
origin
2/4 time
Samba
is a dance authentic to
African
people in Brazil who brought much of their music and dance culture into Latin America with, them upon arrival. It
has also been influenced by many other Latin American music genres and dances.
The
Samba music rhythm has been danced in Brazil since its inception in the late 16th century. https
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiFi-3tIMkQSlide10
Tango
a partner dance that originated in the 1880s along the River Plate, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay, and soon spread to the rest of the world
Tango
is a dance that has influences from African
and European cultures.
Dances from the
ceremonies
of former slave peoples helped shape the modern day Tango
.
The dance originated in lower-class districts of Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
The word "tango" and "tambo" around the river plate basin
were
initially used to refer to musical gatherings of slaves, with written records of colonial authorities attempting to ban such gatherings as early as
1789
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp1P_DT7O-wSlide11
Tap Dance
Tap dance
is a form of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion.
Two
major variations on tap
dance:
rhythm (jazz) tap and Broadway
tap.
Broadway
tap focuses on dance; it is widely performed in musical theater.
Rhythm tap focuses on musicality,
part of the jazz tradition.
The sound is made by shoes that have a metal "tap" on the heel and toe. Broadway Tap:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo6lPifGnGA
Rhythm Tap:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfLjeMrn2eMSlide12
Irish/Celtic Step Dance
is a style of performance dance with its roots in traditional Irish dance.
It
is generally characterized by a stiff upper body and quick and precise movements of the feet.
It
can be performed solo or by groups.
Uses Irish/Celtic music – fiddles, percussion, etc.
Irish
stepdance
is performed in most places with large Irish populations, though many
stepdancers
are not of Irish ancestry.
Riverdance, an Irish stepdancing
interval act in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest that later became a hugely successful theatrical production, greatly contributed to its popularity
.
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgGAzBDE454Slide13
Hip Hop
S
treet
dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture.
It
includes a wide range of styles primarily breaking, locking, and popping which were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States.
H
ip-hop
dance is practiced in both dance studios and outdoor spaces.
https
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=djBUypBaFvoSlide14
Modern Dance
is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance
primarily from Germany
and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Began as
a rejection of, or rebellion against classical ballet.
Uses many different styles of music
Can be performed solo, as a duo, or in a group
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8awlGJUfmWASlide15
Jazz Dance
is
shared by a large range of dance styles.
Jazz
dance was an integral part of jazz
music until
the end of the swing era in the late 1940s
.
In the 1950s, a new genre of jazz dance — modern jazz dance — emerged, with roots in Caribbean traditional dance.
Every
individual style of jazz dance has roots traceable to one of these two distinct origins. Jazz was a big hit in the early 1950s and it is still a well-loved style of dance all over the world
.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbG2nBQfbz4