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| the process of absorbing new cultural traits, especially by transference from another group of people |
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pertaining to pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality
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| used to describe art that is created for the touring consumer |
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from latin amator: lover; french amare
- one who engages in a pursuit as a pastime rather than as a profession |
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characteristic of or containing anecdotes
-narrative, usually brief, of an incident or event |
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| an explanatory, note, remark, or commentary that informs the reader about the contents of a book, article, or work |
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a position in which the dancer holds the hands of the people adjacent to their immediate neighbors. In other words, not the hands of the people on either side but of the hands of the peoples two positions over
Front basket-holding hands in front of neighbors |
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| a position in which the dancer holds the belts of the dancers on both sides of him and they in turn hold his |
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| a musician or performer who busks for money. To busk is to play music or sing in a public place so that epople who are there will give money |
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| The basic command or commands, that in contra or square dance caller uses to direct the dancers from one figure to the next. These basics must complement each other and fit in a logical movement sequence so that each call puts the dancers in position to execute the next call |
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| regarding ones owndance form as the center of dance |
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| the creation and composition of dances |
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- a group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics or as having the same status; as the educated class.
-the system of thus dividing society;caste;social rank, especially high rank, as the upper class |
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from Latin, classique. relating to the classes of the Roman People, and esp the first class
- a work in literature or art, of the highest class of acknowledged excellence
Classical- in music, appealing to critical interest or developed taste |
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| Broadly speaking, in dance the term classical may be used to characterize any form or period of dance distinguished by qualities that are mainly suggestive of or derived from, classical times and associated with the upper or ruling class |
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| (From dancers' perspective) Partners stand facing eachother. Mans right arm is around the women and his right hand is placed on the center of her back. Womens left hand rests upon a man's upper, right arm or shoulder. Man's left arm is raised sideward to the left and he hols her right hand in his left palm. (closed ballroom position, and social dance position) |
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| a verbal direction that is given to the dancers by a caller or instructor to indicate which figure or movement to do next. Commands are always given on the last counts immediately preceding the required action |
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| a verbal description or direction that is given to the dancer by an instructor or called to indicate which movement is to be made on which count (beat). Cues are always given with or on the count. Cues can describe weighted foot, action, or musical count. |
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| the totality of learned, socially transmitted behavior |
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| as it pertains to dance, putting the dance and dancing within the context of the dance event of that particular culture |
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| the shock or anxiety felt when encountering a new culture and experiencing the realities of the differences between two cultures |
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| the totality of learned and socially transmitted dances that have similiar characteristics and are identified as belonging to a particular society or group |
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the ethnological study of dance
the anthropology of dance
studying dance as a behavioral traits of human |
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| refers to the foot of the set or hall and away from the music or the caller |
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| the amount of force and perhaps the quality of force use in any movement. one of the three elements of dance. dynamics |
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| the amount of force and perhaps the quality of force use in any movement. one of the three elements of dance. dynamics |
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said of the meaning of something as it is perceived and understood by the participants in a culture rather than the observers or outsiders
-an insiders view |
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said of the meaning of something as it is perceived and understood by an observer (outsider) rather than by the participants themselves.
-an outsiders view |
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pertaining to races or groups of races discriminated on the basis of common traits, customs
-a group with a more or less distinctive culture |
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| regarding one's own race, ethnic group |
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| study of individual cultures; descriptive rather than theoretical |
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the science that treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, relations and peculiarities.
- a comparative analysis of many cultures/races/people |
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| needed to support a position, argument or theory |
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| a basis sequence of one or more step-patterns. In contra dance it always involves action between two or more dancers and frequently involves interchanging places and sometimes moving from one formation to another |
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-a group of kindred people, forming a tribe or nation
-in a people bound together by ties of race, language, religion, etc: that great proportion of its number which determines the group character and tends to preserve it civilization, customs |
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| a form of dance is one that is technically and stylistically different enough from another to be considered a from. the most readily agreed upon major forms are folk dances, ballroom, jazz, modern, and ballet |
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| the manner or pattern in which the dancers are arranged on the floor. Typical formations in the various social dance forms are circles, broken circles, squares, sets and line. |
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| a country-western term that indicates the dancers will be facing one wall while completing a dance sequence and then repeating the exact sequence while facing each of the subsequent walls |
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| genetic and linguistic grouping |
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| a group of people with a shared genetic pool, and a common language |
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| of the same composition; alike; similiar |
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the study of the identification, description, and the interpretation of the content of images.
-in art the study of subject matter
-dance is both the art of representing dance by pictures or images and the study of whatever pictorial sources may be contributory to recording the history and art of dance |
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| a person who is willing and able to impart information about his/her culture |
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| sensation of bodily motion: the perception or sensing of the motion, weight, or position of the body as in muscles, tendons and joints move. |
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| to guide ones partner, or line of dancers into the next movement or movements. In couple dancing usually involves some degree of physical transference of energy (resistance); while in line dancing usually involves only leading by example |
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| One who leads. In couple dancing it has traditionally been the man because of his greater size and strength, while in line dancing either gender may lead depending on social conventions |
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| in manner that is smooth and connected |
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| a type of formation. Dancers stand side by side, all facing in the same direction; they may or may not be connected via a hand hold or in some other manner |
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| refers to the direction of movement of dancers around the circle or dance floor. Culturally prescribed as counterclockwise |
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| an operational framework within which the facts are placed so that their meaning may be seen more clearly |
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| the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group. Moral attitudes. Habits; manners |
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| actor; a masked merrymaker in a street carnival; a performer in pantomime; orginally, one who made sport by gestures without speaking |
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| the couple are side by side with the man on the left, the woman on the right and both are facing in the same direction; she is resting her left hand on his right shoulder and her right hand is hanging down at her side, the man's right hand is on his partner's back and his left is hanging down at his side |
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| the study of the development of human consciousness and self awareness as of preface philosophy or a part of philosophy. the typological classification of a class of phenomena |
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| the manner in which the dancer is standing or arranged on the floor; their shape. Usually the way they are arranged with other dancers; their deportment, carriage. Dance positions vary from one dance form to a another with some forms being highly prescriptive and other quite plastic. |
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| beginning or origin; earliest age or period |
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| one that engages in a pursuit professionally; participating for gain or livelihood in an activity often engaged in by amateurs. In dance: One who can maintain a majority of their financial sustenance through dance activities is a professional; one who cannot, but is still paid is considered to be semi professional |
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| partners stand side by side, facing same direction, with the woman standing to the right of the man. The man holds the woman's right hand in his right and her left in his left. The man's right arm is crossed above the womens left arm. This is considered the most standard position for Promenade position but in some places couple will be seen using Varsouvienne or Skaters position instead |
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| empirical evidence; controlled experiments |
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| the study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication |
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| refer to group formation. it is a term that is used interchangeably to refer to Square, Contra, and Longway formations |
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| a boundless three dimensional extent in which objects and events occur and have relative position and direction. In dance usually involves floor or a stage |
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| in a manner that is disconnected or apart. Separated, not linked as in legato |
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| a single transference of weight from one foot to the other |
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| any combination of two or more steps or movements that can be identified, labeled and repeated |
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| the particular manner by which something is done by the dancer. the dynamics of movement |
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| standing in a line and all facing in the same direction, the dancers hold one anothers shoulders with the elbows more or less straight |
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| the manner in which basic physical movements are used by a dancer. The Mechanics of a movement |
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| a continuum which lacks spatial dimemsions and in which events or actions succeed one another from past through present to future |
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| oral transmission of information, beliefs, customs from ancestors to posterity |
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| pertaining to or conforming to tradition |
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| a country western dance term that indicates the dancers will be facing one wall while completing a dance sequence and then repeat the exact sequence while facing the opposite wall |
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| the systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics |
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| refers to the head of the set or hall, and toward the music and caller |
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| the position in which the dancers holds one anothers hand at about hip height with the elbows straight |
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| an emotionally charged preference, or standard of worth |
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| the position in which the couple are side by side with the man on the left, the woman on the right and both are facing in the same direction; she is holding both of her hands up at shoulder level, the mans right arm is behind his partners shoulders, he is holding her right hand in his rigth and her left hand in his left hand |
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| the everyday language of the people in a particular country or region as opposed to the official or formal language. |
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| the position in a line dance in which the dancers hold one anothers hands up at shoulder height with their elbows bent |
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| a vernacular term among some dancers used to describe the process of learning dance steps, movements, figures etc. from an experienced dancer. the term comes from going to the woodshed to receive instruction away from the eyes of others. In some cultures there is a fairly large woodshed behind the main house. |
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