Purposes: Religious inspiration Cultural expression Entertainment
These are also known as: Ceremonial Artistic Recreational
Pop Rock and Roll
Indy-Rock persuasion? Folk Music
Rock and Roll John Coltrane Bud Shank The Beatles Grateful Dead Rolling Stones Ravi Shankar
Isolation of India unique musical tradition distinctive sounds of instruments
Musical instruments Sitar
Folk Music Maharashtra
Similar to poetry Lavani
Females only!!! Dandiya
Small sticks Warrior training
Sangeet Vocal Instrumental Very ceremonial
Qawwali Devotional music 1 or 2 lead singers Several chorus singers
Don’t forget to look/listen for these: Tempo – how fast or slow the music goes Dynamics – crescendo/decrescendo Distinctive sounds of the instruments
Movie scene Sangeet Music Sitar Recital Maharashtra Lord Ganesha video
Duration – the length of time the movement lasts
Direction – where a dancer moves
Pathway – the path a dancer makes across the floor zig-zag, straight, curved, winding others you can think of?
Tempo – how fast or slow the movement is
Loco motor – movements that usually travel through space
Non loco motor – movements that most often stay in one place
Shape – the design of the body as it exists in space
Space – where the body moves
Personal space – space around me!
General space – space a dancer has to use
Force – how heavy/light, sharp/smooth, tense/relaxed, bound/flowing a movement is
o Isolation of culture or region results in a unique dance tradition o classical dance forms from India, bharata
natyam, kathak
Sangeet Dance Wedding sangeet
Bharata natyam Tempo Force LM or NLM or both?