Dance, Expressive Arts - Developing a Culturally Inclusive Curriculum

Expressive Arts – Dance Dance from around the world New and innovative dance forms and styles that catch our attention are often the product of fusion or importation from other dance styles. Students in the UK may be very aware of some UK and US dance forms but not aware of dance from around the world. Street dance, break-dance often borrow from other forms including African dance. Some street styles in Africa borrow from US styles. Dance forms borrow from each other. With access to YouTube students can explore a range of popular and traditional dance forms. Here are some dance forms associated with music of the same name that students could explore.

Examples of traditional and new dance styles for students to explore and possibly use some moves in their own work.

Capoeira Capoeira is both a dance form and an martial art originating in Africa and taken to South America, principally Brazil, by enslaved Africans. On the plantations it was practiced as a dance to hide its martial origins from plantation owners. Some break- dancers use capoeira moves. http://senzalaoxford.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeira

Dance off – Kuduro vs Jerkin – Angloa vs US (Kuduro is also a musical style not heard on this clip) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy_gf8CuxpI

Décalé Techno – France/Ivory Coast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siRCZVoUxL8&feature=related

Funana, Cape Verde – a traditional music and dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsaz9jAl-jc&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIAiQWomx6Q

Gwo Ka, Guadeloupe – a traditional form of music with call and response singing and a dance, the dancer does not just follow the beat but makes the drummers respond to their moves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6h1MJNchoQ

Kuduro, Angola – street dance with American and Angolan origins Rough quality video showing young people dancing Kuduro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPyweEqvhYQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSteVkV6xDg More commercial version of Kuduro http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=rwUW2Kk87zU&feature=related

Logobi, France - Recent dance form developed by young people, mostly of African origin, in France, follows on from Coupé-Décalé – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhrgnCAydu4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_kMUuvIFgQ

Sabar, Senegal – a traditional form of music and a dance - best danced to live drumming as there is an interplay between dancer and drummer, the dancer does not just follow the drum beat, the drummer has to respond to the dancer’s moves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrSEWmcSiFY

There are teachers for a variety of dance styles in the Bristol area. DMAC UK is an organisation that can put you in touch with dance teachers. http://www.dmacuk.com/DMAC_UK_CIC_2/Home.html

Dancers Carlos Acosta Considered as the world’s leading male ballet dancer. Carlos Acosta is a Cuban ballet dancer who has been with the National Ballet of Cuba, English National Ballet, Houston ballet and is now with The Royal ballet where he is Principal Guest Artist. http://www.carlosacosta.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Acosta http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_03/jun03/aw_producers_di ary.htm Li Cunxin Mao’s last dancer Born in poverty in the People’s Republic of China he became a ballet dancer, first recruited by Madame Mao's Beijing Dance Academy he then went on to become one of the world’s leading male ballet dancers. http://www.licunxin.com/ http://andreabooth.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/discovering- potential-li-cunxin/ The LXD The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers The LXD are a group of dancers who appear in many hit music videos. They also perform in their own right. http://thelxd.com/

Short videos of dance and brief accompanying talk. http://www.ted.com/talks/the_lxd_in_the_internet_age_dance_evolves.html Dance/ IT - Virtual Breakdancer - Explores the origins of Breakdancing and allows you to create an animated dance using Virtual Breakdancer software.

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