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Dance, Rhythm, and Movement

Dance, Rhythm, and Movement. Chapters 3-4. Rhythm. It is what the body feels first in music and responds to so eagerly . What are some examples that make your body sway, march, stomp your feet, clap etc..?. The Beat of Music.

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Dance, Rhythm, and Movement

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  1. Dance, Rhythm, and Movement Chapters 3-4

  2. Rhythm • It is what the body feels first in music and responds to so eagerly. • What are some examples that make your body sway, march, stomp your feet, clap etc..?

  3. The Beat of Music • The beat or pulse gives music much of its energy, excitement and drive. • Felt time- the space that music appears to carve out for itself (the beat conveys this)

  4. Momentum of Music • We begin to anticipate what will happen in music and be delighted when something unexpected happens • We feel as if time flies by when engaged in a film, play, speech, or piece of music.

  5. Coordination • Musicians learn to perform more than one rhythm at a time. • Ex. A pianist may play one with the left hand and another with the right hand • Ex. Tap your head and rub your stomach

  6. Syncopation • Deliberate shifts of the accent so that it conflicts with the steady beat and tries to upset the steady pulse • Focuses on the weak beats to create an unexpected imbalance for pleasure.

  7. Dance • Has been part of the life of every tribe, society, and culture. • Marriage, birth, successful hunt, good crop, or a victory. • Evil spirits, prevent sickness or danger, and to cope with life.

  8. American Heritage • Dance is more than just physical movement, it is expression!!! • Dances are popular because of their distinctive rhythms • Today thousands of music videos feed our appetites for dance. • Think of certain tv shows or stations that just focus on the art of dance or music videos…

  9. Latin Influence • Dance music of Latin America and Cuba became popular in the states during the 1930’s and 40’s. • Popular dances: • Cha-cha • Rumba • Mambo • Calypso • Samba • Tango • Roots are traced back to Africa

  10. The Tango • Latin American dance performed at a moderately slow, walklike tempo • Gliding steps and dips • Became popular as a ballroom dance in Europe and the in the states after WWI

  11. The Samba • Afro-Brazilian dance that is faster and jazzier than the Tango • Improvisation

  12. Reggae • Popular music style mixing African and Caribbean rhythms created by Jamaican musicians.

  13. Tex-Mex Music • Dance music created by Texas-Mexicans • 3 influences: • Polka and waltz • Germans, Czechs and poles • Button accordion

  14. Native American Dance • Expresses the mystical elements of religion, love, birth, death, hunting, war, and celebration. • Music is considered sacred and not used just for entertainment. • Native Americans sing and dance to show pride in who they are as a people and to bring good fortune to their people as well.

  15. Theatrical Dance • America began to love this type of dancing in the 19th century during minstrel shows, operettas and vaudeville shows. • Tap dancing – feet are used as percussive instruments - is also distinctly American and made its Broadway debut in the early 1920’s in black musicals. • Bill “Bojangles” Robinson- known as the The King of Tap Dancers • Very integral part of American musical theatre

  16. Ballet • The art of telling a story through music and movement originated in ballet • Style of classical dance that emerged in France during the 16th century • Very strenuous dance lasting only a couple minutes at a time • Igor Stravinsky- wrote the first ballet score (The Firebird) 1910

  17. Modern Dance • Developed by American dancers as an alternative to ballet, made up of a variety of dance styles

  18. Suite • Set of instrumental pieces each in the character of a dance • Composed for a keyboard instrument or a small orchestra

  19. The Minuet • Rather slow and charming old French dance in triple meter • Originated as a country dance • The epitome of the classical period

  20. The Waltz • Started as a social dance and eventually graduated to concert hall • Unsophisticated and unrestrained • Popular for nearly 200 years

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