Chelsea Aichinger Dance History Final Paper Hula Dancing This historically sacred dance is unique with its chants and costumes. The training, because of its religious background, was very strict. Each movement from Hula dancing has a particular significance and different parts of the body symbolize plants, animals, and other parts of nature. No one is really sure the origination of Hula dancing, but it is said that Hula dancing is an expressive form of Hawaii. The costumes they wore consisted of leis made of flowers around the neck.
Though these two versions are based off the same Chinese folktale, they each have a different representation of the strange that they must attune to in terms of their intended audience. In the beginning of the children’s version, it starts with a subplot, consisting of a grandmother and her two grandchildren, Ah Shung and Yu Lang. As a reward for doing well in his studies, the grandmother gives Ah Shung their flag of a dragon trying to grasp a pearl. Ah Shung is delighted as is Yu Lang because they love dragons. They have been told of a dragon’s goodness and power, indicating that in this story, the dragons are seen as heroes.
Natives, who had their own highly developed musical traditions, quickly mastered European musical practices. African music was also brought to Mexico during the early colonial period. With all the sweet sounds of the violins against the brilliance of the trumpets, and the deep sound of the guitarro, the resulting sound is the heart and soul of Mexico. It is important to remember Mariachi music- is not just music to be played and sung. From the very start it was music to be danced.
Styles of Dance Mariam Ahmed, KeChia Rivers, Michelle Wendt, and Amber Zigler ARTS/100 Introduction to the Visual and Performing Arts July 1, 2012 Katie Rodda Styles of Dance In every culture, there are dances that represent people traditions along with language. Dance has different styles, such as ballet, modern, folk, world concert, and jazz. One style of dance performed differently from a culture to another. For instance, African folk dance varies from English folk dance. Through dance, a story can be told.
World famous for its spectacular and imaginative productions including Le Rêve and Céline Dion’s A New Day in Las Vegas, Franco Dragone Entertainment Group has been working on the development of his new Macau show for City of Dreams for almost four years. Mr. Franco Dragone toured China exploring the country’s cultural and artistic history as inspiration for the show and was drawn to China’s deep story-telling heritage within its art and traditional Chinese opera before deciding on a dramatic love story theme. ‘The House of Dancing Water’ involves a compelling storyline of a spectacular epic love story that transcends time and space – an epic journey set within the power of love and the irresistible forces of destiny – and strongly reflects the historic Chinese story-telling tradition. The purpose built, approximately 2,000 seat state-of-the-art ‘Theater of Dreams’ is the world’s most spectacular and technically advanced
The music is bright and festive which makes you want to fly onto the stage, dance, singing and celebrate the New Year with them together. Every single dancer and singer made up each pieces into a beautiful picture. It also makes me think of a music box as I play when I was a child,
to A.D. 939) have profuondly influenced the life, culture and music of the Vietnamese people . Musical instruments, such as the 16 stringed zither, the 4 stringed pear shaped lute, 3 stringed lute, 2 stringed fiddle, vertical and transverse flutes, the oboe, large and sall drums, cymbal, stone chime, bell chime, undoubtedly orignated from China . Names of musical instruments are written in Chinese characters but their pronunciation differs according to whether they are read by a Chinese or Vietnamese (16 stringed zither ZHENG in Chinese, TRANH in Vietnamese, pear chaped lute PIPA in Chinese, TY BA in Vietnamese, etc….) During the Lê Dynasty (1428-1788) the first theory of Vietnamese music was copied from the Chinese (the theory of five degrees, of seven tones and twelve LYU or basic tones, and the eight categories of court music : music of the esplanade of heaven, temple music, music of the five sacrifices, musi for helping the sun and the moon in the event of the eclipse, music for formal audiences, music for ordinary audiences,
In Spanish theatrical productions music and dance were very important elements and were very popular to the Spanish speaking culture. In the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries a typical Spanish theatrical orchestra included instruments such as violins, harps, and guitars. From this, a variety of regional music was developed and amongst them was mariachi. A mariachi band is usually composed of six to twelve musicians dressed in charro clothing, which brings out the essence of Mexico and its people. The word mariachi according to OxfordDictionary.com means, “denoting a type of traditional Mexican folk music, typically performed by a small group of strolling musicians dressed in native costume.” Although this definition sums up the
She also sang on television specials, commercials, and even broke a glass with her voice! Ella Fitzgerald is very talented. Bruno Mars Bruno Mars grew up in a very musical family. At age 4, he was an Elvis impersonator and loved the stage life. Bruno was born October 8, 1985 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Today dance is found all around the world, crossing cultures of all kinds. For many of these cultures dance is not just an art form, but a way of life. There are hidden meanings in all types of dance. This paper will take a deeper look into the Polynesian culture and the Hula dance that is native to them. It will define and discuss the important terms associated to the Polynesian/Hawaiian culture such