DANC 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ashanti People

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Someone who presides and decides what is right and what is wrong. Involves certain people who are taught the court dances who are there to honor/ is a duty to honor the divine being and elegance. Dancers often royalty themselves: still in ghana"s asante people. In this country: parades, inaugural parades, balls, homecoming court . In traditional court, their elegance and whom they danced with gave them their status: need elegant, noble, serene, and beautiful movements, learning etiquette. Bugaku- world"s oldest court dance (japanese: have emperor, preserves culture, tells stories, myths, and culture. Not restrictive to history: in modern, and traditional societies (democracies, things changed after 19th century (revolutions that gave more power to people) Louis 14: inherited throne of france after civil wars, determined to consolidate total power in himself. Build palace of versailles: had to be well-versed in dance as in military (weapon of state, where you stood in line= social ladder.

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