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Dance Education Chapter 1 History

Dance Education Chapter 1 History. PED 246: Methods and Techniques of Dance and Gymnastics. Beginning. Religion was BIG! Rituals were set to worship Dance began as part of these rituals Animals were used as forms of dance Movements Hunting. Closed Circle. Most ancient of dance types

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Dance Education Chapter 1 History

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  1. Dance EducationChapter 1History PED 246: Methods and Techniques of Dance and Gymnastics

  2. Beginning • Religion was BIG! • Rituals were set to worship • Dance began as part of these rituals • Animals were used as forms of dance • Movements • Hunting

  3. Closed Circle • Most ancient of dance types • Suns rotation • Breaking the circle allowed for spirits (good and bad) to come in or go out. • Sets of circles began • Men inside, women outside • Movement between circles made them more complex

  4. Chain • Similar in structure to Closed Circle • Formed a line, not a circle • Allowed for spirits to be spread over a larger space • Gender free

  5. Processional • Single or double line of dancers • Clean community after a hard winter • Fertility

  6. Music • Related to all phases of life • Birth • Death • Love • Work • Play • War • Peace • Religion • Arouses emotions • Joy • Comedy • Tragic

  7. Music • Rhythms • Seasons • Jumping rope • Drums • Instruments

  8. Instruments • Percussion • Drums • Winds • Flute • Trumpet • String • Guitar • Violin

  9. Cultural significance • Religion • Education • Health • Fertility

  10. Religion • Celebrations • Egyptian Hieroglyphics • Celebrate death • Bible • Gratitude and joy • Celebrate victory

  11. Education • Greek • Everyday life – drama • Total integration of the mind body and soul • Plato – • Integral part of education • To sing well and to dance well is to be well educated. • John Locke • Poise, discipline and manners

  12. Health • Cures to disease • Death Dance – removing a ghost • Immunity from disease • Curing bowed legs?

  13. Fertility • Themes of dance • Passage from youth to adulthood • Transfer of power • Purification

  14. Types of Dance • Artistic • A form of art • Theatrical • entertainment • Traditional • Specific social functions – rituals / customs • Social / Recreations • Enjoyment

  15. Timeline • 4000 BC - China • Pictures of dances on bowls • 3400-525 BC - Egypt • Slaves dance for entertainment of royals • 428-347 BC - Greece • Ideal person • 275 BC – 300 AD - Rome • Dance-drama is popular

  16. Timeline • 1300 AD England • Couples Dance • 1424 AD – Western Europe • Death Dance – inevitable • 1661 AD – France • Dance as an art form • 1780-today • Various forms of dance become popular • Waltz, Ragtime, Modern Dance, Swing

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