World Cultures 6

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

Tabla

Sarangi

Sarod

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?