Merengue Merengue, a style of Latin American dancing originated from the Dominican Republic, as well as Haiti, and is also popular though South America and the Caribbean’s. A dance which involves two partners one leading (usually male) and the other following (usually female). There is variety in tempo for Merengue music that range from a slow tempo to a quick tempo. There are two versions of rumors of how Merengue came about. The first story is told about slaves who were chained together and were forced to drag one leg as they cut sugar to the beat of drums.
I loved Poor Little Eva, King Simon, Little Topsy, and Geoooo-rge!. Though it has been said “it wasn’t until they filmed it until they caught the delicacy, humor, and poignancy all at once” (Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theatre, His Dance, pg 47) this paper will discuss the history of The King and I on Broadway. The King and I is one of the most well loved musicals of all time. With musical geniuses Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II writing the score, Jerome Robbins brilliantly choreographing “Small House of Uncle Thomas” and “Shall We Dance?” as well as many other dance sequences. Jo Mielziener was the set and lighting designer, Frederick Dvonch was the musical director, and Irene Sharaff was the costume designer.
I kind of heard a triangle being played, but sounds like a telephone ringing. I was sort of smiling while I was listening to it because the music piece has a silly and funny sound. The third piece I think it was “Dance of the Clowns” where it also has a funny sounds. The dancers were still dancing here and the music is fast. I can still hear the triangle being played here also it gave me an attention because it sounds like an ice cream bell and now I can also here something like a tambourine and drum more.
“” was a really fun opening dance, it was full of inspiration and energy and got people interested and hooked to the show. “Time Out” was one of the most fun performances I thought, it was so silly and goofy. The dance had one female dancer on a chair playing around while she is supposed to be in time out, then there is a male dancer who is keeping an eye on her and keeping her in check. The
They then escaped to England where they sued for their freedom, and finally made their way back to Old Calabar. The account of these two princes comes from many different sources coupled together by Sparks. Letters written by Ephraim Robin John and Ancona Robin John, brothers native of Old Calabar, are principal sources for the Atlantic slave trade in the eighteenth century. These letters provide insight to the transatlantic slave trade centered on the lives of two individuals. In Sparks’s writing, the Robin Johns’ story allows us "to translate those statistics (of the slave trade) into people" (5).
It is an entertainment dance that is the most common of the male masquerade requiring the greatest amount of agility. Nafali dance includes acrobatic maneuvers, dancing atop bamboo ladders, handing on ropes suspended high about the ground and dancing on rooftops. The mask is made of colorful cloth and the dancer wears two capes. One hangs from the neck to the lower chest area and the other serves as a skirt. Bawaa is a dance from Ghana; it is a harvest festival dance of joy.
Also, many Africans knew about farming so they would be accustomed to the work involved. Third, Africans were strangers to the Americas and would know no places to hide from slavery. From 1500 to 1870, when the slave trade in the Americas finally ended, about 9.5 million Africans had been imported as slaves. The Spanish first began the practice of bringing Africans to the Americas. However, the Portuguese—looking for workers for sugar plantations in Brazil—increased the demand for slaves.
The slave trade saw massive amounts of slaves being brought into this area at this time. Slaves that were brought here through the slave trade probably suffered from much despair. Slaves were often split up from their families and sold and then transported to areas that they have never been. Slaves that got moved to Mississippi buy
Angelica Davis Infinito: World Civilization African Dance & Statues African Dance is a performing art deeply woven into the social fabric of Africa and generally involving aspects of music and theatre, as well as rythmetic bodily movement. (http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory/article-9384736). Traditional African Dance was created to express the life in the community by not the typical going to church and praising God through song and clapping. Traditional African Dance mostly refers to the Sub-Saharan Africa. African Dance is important to Africa to show many cultural differences in musical and movement styles.
Salsa This week in our World Music class we focused on the history and characteristics of salsa music and dances. I learned how to dance salsa when we had guests Johnny and Hannah who also came to teach us African dancing. I liked dancing salsa it was easy to grasp and fun in the way that I picked it up easy. Most people don’t know that salsa might be sang in Spanish but it is unique combination of the Puerto Ricans migrating to New York bringing Cuban music and the African Americans already living in New York Jazz music. When your learning the salsa it is very important that you know about the history.