ASIAN CEREMONIES

ASIAN CEREMONIES
EASTERN BODY STANCE:
A. FLUID
B. SPINE UNDULATES
C. HIPS, RIBS, AND HEAD SHIFT FROM SIDE
TO SIDE
D. SHOULDERS RIPPLE AND SHAKE
E. KNEES ARE BENT
F. SHARP DISTINCTION BETWEEN MEN AND
WOMEN’S DANCE
1. MEN SPREAD LEGS WIDE IN LUNGES
2. WOMEN MORE SUBTLE WITH KNEES
CLOSE
COURT DANCE,
YOGYAKARTA,
CENTRAL JAVA
JAVANESE
WAYANG
WONG
DANCER
EUROPEAN DANCE
EUROPEAN DANCE:
A. STABLE SPINE
B. HIPS, SHOULDERS, AND ARMS HELD
QUIETLY
C. FACE AND HANDS LEFT TO INDIVIDUAL
D. HIGH JUMPS AND LEAPS INTO AIR
E. BEND KNEES TO STRETCH THEM
STRAIGHTER
F. WOMEN PERFORM SPECTACULAR FEATS
MOISEYEV
RUSSIAN
DANCE
COMPANY
CLASSICAL BALLET
PAS DE DEUX
HINDU DANCE
OLDEST OF DEVELOPED DANCE FORMS-BEFORE
5000 BC.
HINDU DANCE IS AN EXPRESSION OF BOTH SEXUAL LOVE AND
RELIGIOUS DEVOTION.
MUDRAS - SPECIFIC, LITERAL SIGN LANGUAGE OF GESTURES
67 GESTURES OF HANDS, 13 GESTURES OF HEAD, 36 DIFFERENT
GLANCES
STYLES OF INDIAN DANCE:
A. BHARATA NATYA
B. NAUTCH DANCE
C. KATHAKALI
D. KATHAK
E. MANIPURI
BHARATA
NATYAM
DANCER
KATHAKALI DANCER IN TRAINING
CAMBODIAN DANCE
CHARACTERIZED BY DELICATE, HYPNOTIC
MOVEMENTS.
TRAINING INVOLVES BENDING AND
WRENCHING JOINTS UNTIL THEY CAN
PERFORM EXQUISITE CONTORTIONS.
KHMER ROUGE KILLED 90 PERCENT OF THE
DANCERS AND DESTROYED ALL
LITERATURE.
ONE WOMAN SURVIVED TO REVIVE THIS
ALMOST EXTINCT ART FORM.
STUDENTS AND
TEACHERS AT
THE NATIONAL
KHMER DANCE
SCHOOL,
PHNOM PENH,
CAMBODIA,
1991
JAPANESE DANCE
BUGAKU: MEMBERSHIP IS HEREDITARY
A. STATELY DANCE STYLE
B. SYMMETRICAL MOVEMENTS
C. PAIRED DANCERS
NOH: HIGHLY SYMBOLIC THEATRE
CHARACTERISTICS:
A. ERECT STANCE
B. WOODEN MASKS
C. ELABORATE COSTUMES
KABUKI: TRACED TO PRIMITIVE RITUAL. ORIGINATED IN 1603.
A. THICK, LIQUID WHITE-RICE POWDER
B. STRAIGHT EYEBROWS
C. ROSEBUD LIPS
D. NOT ALLOWED TO SMILE. ONLY EYES COULD BE EXPRESSIVE
BUTOH
JAPANESE AVANT-GARDE DANCE FORM BEGUN AFTER WWII.
A. SHAVED HEADS
B. BODIES COVERED IN UNIFORM WHITE PAINT
C. DISTORTED MOVEMENTS
KABUKI DANCER APPLYING MAKEUP
MALE KABUKI
DANCER
PERFORMING A
FEMALE ROLE,
THE DANCING
MAIDEN AT DOJO
TEMPLE
BUGAKU
DANCER
BUTOH DANCERS
EARLY CIVILIZATIONS
EGYPT
RELIGION BUILT AROUND A KING-GOD (OSIRIS)
IDENTIFIED WITH THE NILE
GODDESS ISIS, WIFE-SISTER OF OSIRIS,
INTRODUCED SINGING AND DANCING TO EGYPTIANS
DANCE PLAYED BIG PART IN TWO FESTIVALS:
A. FESTIVAL FOR ISIS
1. NILE STARTS TO RISE
B. FESTIVAL FOR OSIRIS
1. WHEN THE HARVEST WAS IN
EGYPTIAN DANCE HIEROGLYPHS
ANCIENT GREEK DANCE
GREEK CLASSICAL PERIOD BEFORE AND AFTER 500 BC DANCE
FLOURISHED ALONG WITH MUSIC, POETRY AND DRAMA.
DANCE CROSSED THE LINE BETWEEN RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR
LIFE.
GREEK RITES
A. DIONYSIAN - GOD OF WINE
1. ABANDONED, LICENTIOUS BEHAVIOR
2. RITE OF SPRING
3. DISRUPTED LAW AND ORDER
4. ECSTATIC DANCE
B. DEMETER, GODDESS OF GRAIN AND AGRICULTURE AND
PERSEPHONE, GODDESS OF VEGETATION AND UNDERWORLD
1. DIGNIFIED FERTILITY RITES
2. MOOD WAS SOLEMN AND CHASE
3. DONE IN SECRET
4. HARMONIOUS DANCE
Greek
figures in a
solemn
dance.
From a vase
at Berlin.
The Geranos from a vase in
the Museo Borbonico, Naples.
A military dance, supposed to
be the Corybantum. From a
Greek bas-relief in the Vatican
Museum.
Greek terra cotta dancing
girl, about 350 B.C. (British
Museum.)
DANCE IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
DANCE DECLINED UNDER ROMAN
RULE.
INSTEAD PANTOMIME IS DEVELOPED
TO A HIGH LEVEL BEGINNING IN 22 BC.
IT DETERIORATED INTO A CORRUPT,
SMUTTY FORM.
PANTOMIMISTS BECAME WANDERING
ENTERTAINERS WHO KEPT ALIVE THE
IDEA OF THEATRICAL DANCE
THROUGH THE MIDDLE AGES INTO
THE DAYS OF THE RENAISSANCE.
ROMAN MASKS
FOLK DANCE IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE
IN MIDDLE AGES IN EUROPE THERE ARE NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF A DANCE CURSE OR DANCE MANIA- A
COMPULSION TO DANCE THAT POSSESSED PEOPLE TO
DANCE UNTIL THEY FELL FROM EXHAUSTION.
DANCED IN A CIRCLE FOR HOURS AT A TIME WITH
HIDEOUS, DISTORTED MOVEMENT UNTIL THEY COLLAPSED
FOAMING AT THE MOUTH.
CALLED DANSE MACABRE OR DANCE OF DEATH WHEN
DANCED IN A CHURCHYARD WHERE DEMENTED SOULS
SOUGHT COMMUNION WITH THE DEAD. SIMILAR TO
TRANCE DANCE THAT WE SAW IN TRIBAL RITUALS.
MEDIEVAL DANCE OF DEATH
Judeo-Christian Era
Ritual practices gave way to an attitude of total separation
between body and spirit.
a. The body held all that was evil in humanity
b. The spirit held all that was good
Ritual movement was originally part of Judaism and Christianity.
The Church sought to protect Christians from the seductive
practices of the pagans.
It took many centuries to banish ritual dance entirely from
Christian rites.
In England dancing went on until the 14th century and in France
until the 17th century.
In Spain one dance, “Los Seises”, survives to this day.
West religious authorities caused the art of dance to move in a
direction opposite to the arts of the East.
YUGOSLAV NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY, TANEC
CROATIAN
KOLO
CIRCLE
DANCE
SWEDISH
HAMBO
COUPLE
DANCE
MAYPOLE DANCE-ANCIENT FERTILITY RITE
SPANISH FOLK DANCE
3 TYPES OF SPANISH DANCE:
A. REGIONAL DANCES
1. FANDANGO
2. JOTA
B. SCHOOL DANCING OR BOLERO
1. ACADEMIZED REGIONAL DANCES WITH
ADDITION OF BALLET
C. FLAMENCO
FLAMENCO
FLAMENCO, ORIGINATED BY GYPSIES,
CONSISTS OF MOODY IMPROVISATIONS TO
ACCOMPANIMENT OF GUITARISTS AND
ONLOOKERS WHO CLAP, STAMP, AND SHOUT.
FEATURES OF FLAMENCO ARE:
A. TACANEO (HEEL WORK)
B. CASTANETS
C. PROUD CARRIAGE OF HEAD, TORSO AND
ARMS
REGIONAL DANCE AND FLAMENCO
COMPARISON
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FANDANGO AND FLAMENCO
A. FANDANGO HAS PERFECTLY SET STEPS
B. FLAMENCO IS LIKE A JAM SESSION WITH IMPROV
PERFORMERS AND SPECTATORS SPUR EACH
OTHER ON
SPANISH REGIONAL DANCE-JOTA
JOSE
GRECO
CARMEN
AMAYA