Dance History 2- Research Paper by k_ematthews
CULTURALISM PRESENTATION: DANCE AND IDENTITY
SLIDE 1:
What is America’s dance and why?
America is the world’s melting pot.
(image)
SLIDE 2:
“A culture is a blueprint for a way of living. As such it must, of course, prescribe a
means of obtaining foodstuffs, but is must also prescribe patterns of kinship,
ethics, political organization, religion, cosmology, and all the other systems
which taken together organize and structure a way of life. If everyday movement patterns and dance
are an embodiment of culture then one must expect that they embody all of these systems- many of which are
far removed from the concrete techniques of food production and preparation and
which, it could be argued, may even shape these techniques themselves.” – Ted
Polhemus
SLIDE 3:
How does culture affect dance and why is it important?
Since America is the world’s melting pot, diversity in dance
allows variety and freedom.
Deidre Sklar’s “Five Premises for a Culturally Sensitive
Approach to Dance”
1.
Movement knowledge is a kind of cultural
knowledge
2.
Movement knowledge is conceptual and emotional
as well as kinesthetic
3.
Movement knowledge is intertwined with other
kinds of cultural knowledge
4.
One has to look beyond movement to get at its
meaning
5.
Movement is always an immediate corporeal
experience
SLIDE 4:
Multiculturalism versus Pluralism: What is the difference?
(image)
SLIDE 5:
Multiculturalism:
Relating to, reflecting, or adapting to diverse cultures.
Sub-cultures are equally present, with no dominating culture.
Example: In the contemporary style, dance is beginning to
fuse together and different dance forms are represented in one company. Dancers are required to be technically
diverse.
(Netherlands Dance Theatre)
SLIDE 6:
Pluralism:
A state of society in which members of diverse ethnic,
racial, religious, or social groups maintain and develop their traditional
culture or special interest within the confines of a common civilization. Other
sub-cultures are not as represented.
Example: West Side Story clip of women talking about how
America has so many great ideas and men argue that white Americans are
separated and Puerto Ricans have their “place” in society.
SLIDE 7:
What are some subcultures in America?
How do we fit ourselves into these categories?
(Alvin Ailey image)
Question for Emily- having a husband with a different ethnic
background, how does she fit into this category and how will her children fit
into this category?
SLIDE 8:
Can we intermix culture within other cultural dances?
(image)
When it comes to dance, does technique have a part even
though it is a cultural dance? Is it about the dance or is it about who is
dancing it?
(Appalachian Spring with other races dancing it)
America allows the ability for dance to be diverse and for
dancers to represent who they are.
The melting pot introduces freedom of dance and expression.
(Which leads into politics)
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