DNCE 1017 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Time, Stonewall Riots, Social Dance
DNCE 1017
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Cultural perceptions of Dance!•
What is dance!•
Transient mode of expression performed in a given form or style by the human body ◦
moving in a space!
Purposefully selected and controlled rhythmic movements!◦
Recognized as dance both by the performer and the observing members of a given group!◦
DEFINING DANCE- Time, Space, and Energy!•
Sociocultural Lens!•
Studying relationship between dance and culture requires the consideration of race/◦
ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexuality and gender!
Race!‣
Socially constructed concept to signify types of human bodies based on •
physical features!
Ethnicity!‣
Belonging to or deriving from the cultural, religious, or linguistic traditions of a •
people or country!
Socioeconomic status!‣
An individual or groups position within a hierarchical social structure. •
Occupation, education, income, wealth, and place of residence !
Gender!‣
The attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that a given culture associates with a •
persons biological sex!
All dance forms are ethnic!•
Primitive and ethnic as underdeveloped or other!◦
Primitive!◦
A person belonging to a non/pre-literate, nonindustrial society or culture!‣
Ethnic !◦
group which holds a common genetic, linguistic, and cultural ties, with special ‣
emphasis on cultural traditio!
Ethnic absolutism!◦
The perception that all ethnic minorities have the same norms and values!‣
Ethnocentrism!◦
Judging other cultures based on the values and standard of ones own culture!‣
ALL dance is ethnic!◦
Five premises for a culturally sensitive approach to Dance- Diedre Sklar!•
Movement us a kind of cultural knowledge!◦
Is conceptual and emotional as well as kinesthetic!◦
Is intertwined with other kinds of cultural knowledge !◦
Movement is always an immediate corporeal experience!◦
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CARTESIAN DUALISM!•
Renee Descartes philosophy that the mind (immaterial) and body (material) are separate entities!◦
Implies a hierarchy as well: mind/intellect is greater than the body/physicality!‣
Why do we care about this!◦
Now we know that the mind are body are connected, can not function and cannot be expressed wout ‣
each other!
Western culture written texts are highly values and used to analyze culture. Desmond proposed that ‣
dance and the body be used as a text un culture studies!
Dance as a text!•
Dance is a performance of culture, and therefore can be analyzed to gain an understanding of the location,
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values, and social identities of a culture!
Movement serves as a marker for the production of race, class, and sexual identities!◦
Culture values and identities in dance are elucidated by determining !◦
Who is dancing? Who is watching (Who is not)!‣
Where are they dancing!‣
When do they dance!‣
Why do they dance!‣
How do they dance !‣
Aesthetics!◦
A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art!‣
Dance travels!•
Migration!◦
Geographical pathway!‣
Transmission!◦
Process!‣
Terms!•
Holism!◦
Everyone involved!‣
Polyrythmic!◦
Social/Vernacular!◦
Learned informally through cultural and social exchange. Developed informally within a culture!‣
Popular!◦
Frequently and widely accepted, commonly liked or approved!‣
Borrowing!◦
Use of aesthetics with historical understanding and context!‣
Appropriation!◦
Use o7f aesthetic without understanding or crediting presumed culture of origin, generally benefiting a ‣
party with more power than the culture of the origin !
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Document Summary
Transient mode of expression performed in a given form or style by the human body moving in a space. Recognized as dance both by the performer and the observing members of a given group. Studying relationship between dance and culture requires the consideration of race/ ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexuality and gender. Socially constructed concept to signify types of human bodies based on physical features. Belonging to or deriving from the cultural, religious, or linguistic traditions of a people or country. An individual or groups position within a hierarchical social structure. Occupation, education, income, wealth, and place of residence. The attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that a given culture associates with a persons biological sex. A person belonging to a non/pre-literate, nonindustrial society or culture. Ethnic group which holds a common genetic, linguistic, and cultural ties, with special emphasis on cultural traditio. The perception that all ethnic minorities have the same norms and values.
