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Lord of the Dance from Gerald Jonas’ Dancing

Lord of the Dance from Gerald Jonas’ Dancing. Created by Jessica Labb é Edited by Jessica Labb é and Dr. Kay Picart. Review Questions:. What is the basic vehicle of dance? How does this vehicle influence people’s perceptions of dance?. Discussion Question:.

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Lord of the Dance from Gerald Jonas’ Dancing

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  1. Lord of the Dancefrom Gerald Jonas’ Dancing Created by Jessica Labbé Edited by Jessica Labbé and Dr. Kay Picart

  2. Review Questions: • What is the basic vehicle of dance? • How does this vehicle influence people’s perceptions of dance?

  3. Discussion Question: • Discuss the impact the “Christian world view between the sacred and the secular” has had on dancing in the West.

  4. Review Question: • In Judaism, when is the right or wrong time to dance?

  5. Review Questions: • Contrast Plato’s and Aristotle’s critiques of dance.

  6. Review Question: • What is the interesting contradiction in Plato’s argument in The Republic? What influenced his decision? Portrait of Plato

  7. Discussion Question: • Compare and contrast the Christian and Jewish attitudes towards dance to those of the Greeks and Romans.

  8. Discussion Question: • Why would the Christian vilification of the (sexual) body be especially problematic for female dancers? Indo-Japanese “Nymph of Sensuality” Shakti http://www.love-shakti.com/index.html

  9. Review Questions: • What was the main issue in Western churches’ struggle with dance? How did they attempt to resolve this issue?

  10. Review Question: • How do the dances/beliefs of African culture differ from those of the West?

  11. Review Question: • What is the egungun?

  12. Review Question: • What is unique about Hinduism compared to Judaism and Christianity?

  13. Review Question: • How do Hindus perceive the body?

  14. Review Question: • What is the Natya Shastra? What is unique about it?

  15. Discussion Question: • Do you think that the devadasis practiced a form of “sacred prostitution”? (59)

  16. Review Question: • What is the role of the bharata natyam dancer? Bharata Natyam dancer Kay Poursine http://kpoursine.web.wesleyan.edu/bharata.htm

  17. Review Question: • What is the all-male counterpart to bharata natyam? How is it different?

  18. Discussion Question: • How was the Kathakali “saved”? What are the implications of its rescue for similar arts?

  19. Concluding Question: • How do the dances described in this chapter compare to the numerous other dances we have studied?

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