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Dance Anthropology: "Even when borders blur, dance movements retain ethnic roots"

by lorenz on May 27, 2005 in culture traditions, Us and Them, language, music, art

SanDiego.com Union Tribune

The way we move tells us who we are. The rhythm of our walk, the sports we play and our dances define us as individuals and cultures. Movement also can cross borders. That makes modern dance a stunning example of global communication, since, according to dance anthropologist Judith Lynne Hanna, there may be as many dance languages as humanity's 6,000-plus verbal languages. >> continue

SEE ALSO:

Exotic dancing - is it art? Interview with dance anthropologist Judith Lynne Hanna (Minnesota Public Radio)

Book review: Heartbeat of the People: Music and Dance of the Northern Pow-Wow. Tara Browner (American Ethnologist)

Book review: Shaping Society through Dance: Mestizo Ritual Performance in the Peruvian Andes. Zoila S. Mendoza. (American Ethnologist)

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Comment from: dafin

dafin

i love to dance

16.03.07 @ 00:58

Comment from: dafin.interize.com

dafin.interize.com

Spiritual dancing is a cross cultural phenomenon, a testament to its power and authenticity. Cultures from every continent on this planet simultaneously embraced unique dance forms. Purpose in dancing is to `enter the consciousness’ or `become the spirit’. Dance rituals Connect us to Spirit and empower us with abilities such as courage and compassion.

Dance could be seen as a moving prayer and a doorway to the soul or `spirit within’ and if you dance into the state of ecstatic trance you will connect completely to the healing powers of Holy Spirit.

“To the universe belongs the dancer, who ever does not dance does not know what happens.”
Jesus Christ, from the Round Dance of the Cross, Acts of John, 95, 16-17, New Testament Apocrypha, Henneck-Schneemelcher Philadelphia 1964 Volume 2.299

20.03.07 @ 02:25


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