Transcript Chapter 5

Chapter 5
Section 1
Quote
• “The truest
expression of a
people is in its dance
and in its music.
Bodies never lie.”
-Agnes de Mille
American Choreographer (1903-93)
Quote
• What do you think she means when she states
that “bodies never lie?”
• Write a short paragraph describing dances
from another culture with which you are
familiar with?
• What do you think the dances reflect about
that culture?
Aborigines
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Who Are Aborigines?
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Aborigines are Australia's indigenous people. Recent government statistics counted
approximately 400,000 aboriginal people, or about 2% of Australia's total population.
Australian Aborigines migrated from somewhere in Asia at least 30,000 years ago. Though
they comprise 500–600 distinct groups, aboriginal people possess some unifying links.
Among these are strong spiritual beliefs that tie them to the land; a tribal culture of
storytelling and art; and, like other indigenous populations, a difficult colonial history.
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"The Dreamtime"
Aboriginal spirituality entails a close relationship between humans and the land. Aborigines
call the beginning of the world the "Dreaming," or "Dreamtime." In the "Dreamtime,"
aboriginal "Ancestors" rose from below the earth to form various parts of nature including
animal species, bodies of water, and the sky.
The name "aborigine" derives from the Latin, meaning "original inhabitants." There are
approx. 400,000 aborigines living in Australia. Unlike other religions, however, aboriginal
belief does not place the human species apart from or on a higher level than nature.
Aborigines believe some of the Ancestors metamorphosed into nature (as in rock formations
or rivers), where they remain spiritually alive.
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Aborigines
Extra Credit Opportunity
• If you want extra credit, this is worth 50
points.
• You have to look up a culture (not in America)
that you don’t know about.
• Write a 1 page typed paper about this cultures
music, dance, and anything else.
• Make sure to involve how they use music in
what they do.
• DUE: MONDAY OCTOBER 10, 2011
Dance Traditions in America
• Like most music that accompanies it, dance
explodes with energy.
• Music generally serves as the springboard to
dance, giving it music of its expressive power.
• Rhythm provides an important part of this
energy.
American Dance
• Dance is both popular social diversion and
creative athletic art form.
• Native Americans developed a rich tradition of
dance. Dances served social, ceremonial, and
spiritual purposes.
• During the colonial era, other dance traditions
were established.
• Many of these owe their development to
European and African roots.
Clips for American Music
Bell Ringer
• Name the popular group from Ireland that
dances. They had a couple dancing in front of
the group.
European Influences
• Many world cultures have influenced the
American traditions of dance.
• This has ranged from the Irish step dances to
the South American Tango.
Irish Roots
• Early Irish settlers brought with them colorful
songs that became part of the American Folk
Music.
• Native Irish dances including the jig and reels,
became popular with social events and
theatre.
Reel
• The Irish Reel means “A weaving motion.”
• These are dances to quick music in 2/4 (duple)
meter.
• Reels are group dances for two to 16 dancers.
• They are one of the forerunners for the
American Square dancing.
Irish Jig
• Jig refers to the dancers’ vigorous up-and-down body
movements.
• The jig is a celtic dance which takes its name from the
type of music to which it is danced, also called a 'jig.'
• The music takes its name from the French word 'gigue,'
which is an older word for a fiddle.
• Therefore, an Irish jig is one of many cultural dances
that is done to fiddle music, specifically, Celtic fiddle
music.
• There are Irish and Scottish variants of jig music, but
the most well known of the jigs is the Irish jig.
Instruments of Ireland
• Concertina
• Fiddle
• Irish Flute
• Bodrhan
Listening
• Listen to the 2 songs that are similar to those of
Riverdance.
• “The Wild Swans at Coole”
• “The Flock of Wild Geese”
• Try to determine which is a jig and which is a reel.
• Remember: (Reel is duple 2/4 & Jig is in
compound duple)
• Compound duple- where the beat is divided into
three equal parts
Conjunto Dances
• Although dance can be found in almost all culture,
performance varies widely.
• Conjunto – music created by Mexicans in Texas
• Influenced by new European neighbors, tejano (TexMex) music was created based on the steady duple
polka rhythm.
• Traditional conjunto music features the button
accordion.
• This is accompanied by the 12 string Mexican guitar
called “bajo sexto,” electric bass guitar, and drum set.
Listening
• Listen to “Ay te djo en San Antonio.”
• The text of the refrain “Te gusta mucho el
baile, y bailas al compas, te vas hasta Laredo, y
quieres mas y mas.”
• Translation: “You like dancing a lot, and you
dance with the beat you go over to Laredo,
and you want more and more.”
• See if you can identify the 4 instruments.
Conjunto
• Watch the documentary about Conjunto and
how it affected the culture of the Texas and
Mexican people.
Bell Ringer
• What is the difference a reel and a jig?
Quiz
• Get your notes out and number your paper
1-5. *Make sure your name and date is at the
top*
Hula
• Beginning in the
1930s, the
entertainment
industry grew in
Hawaii.
• Was Hawaii a state
then?
Hula
• Hawaii was not a state; it became the 49th
state in 1959.(Tell this to your History teacher)
• A dance style known as hula captured the
attention of tourists and Hollywood film
audiences.
• Movie audiences were entertained with exotic
Hawaiian dances accompanied by the ukulele.
• This is a four stringed guitar like instrument.
Hula
• The term hula literally refers to movement
and gestures.
• The traditional concept of hula kahiko (ancient
hula) was developed thousands of years ago
by Hawaii’s original Polynesian settlers.
• It is the expression of mele, or poetry, in
physical form.
Pictures of Hula
Hula
• Traditionally, body movements and gestures,
whether performed in a standing or seated
position, were the means by which indigenous
Hawaiians interpreted mele.
• This poetry told life stories, recounted family
history, and narrated history from generation
to generation.
Hula
• One of these mele, “He Mele Kaua No
Kamehameha,” depicts the last battle of King
Kamehameha the Great.
• This uses an olapa (those who execute
movements) and ho’opa’a (chanters and
instrumentalists).
• Movements are executed by a group of hula kane
(male dancers).
• The ho’opa’a are playing ipu heke (a Hawaiian
idiophone made of two gourds.)
Ipu Heke
Movie Clip
• Watch the “He Mele Kaua No Kamehameha.”
• How does this show why it’s called the
“Warrior Dance?”