https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-dancing-just-feel-good-or-did-it-help-early-humans-survive/ 1 Dance is not Only a Ritual Anna Maria Davis Throughout this semester, we have learned as a class the importance of history and its evolution with dance. There have been many historical time periods that represent various dances each highlighting the culture of that civilization at the time. Dance requires one to have a very open mind towards trying new moves and techniques. During the semester, I had trouble with some dances over others as some were more difficult to learn. Nonetheless, all techniques were unique in their own way. Dance is not only a ritual, but a unification and social aspect of our society. In our class, we even started at the point of Hominims, which were the first people with dexterous fingers. The Neolithic era came after showing the domestication of plants, and animals. The point of the Middle A...
I Unit: Baroque & Rococo Theme: Minuet & Contradanza Introduction The Baroque is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. Rococo, less commonly Roccoco, also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding. In dance, the spirit of Rococo is present in its depiction of the curving lines of the hoop-supported skirts, the delicate lace and flower. II Learning Objectives Understand the main characteristics of the Baroque Explain relationship between the Baroque, Rococo and the Renaissance Gain an awareness of the pre-clasic aspect of these dances Experience dancing the contradanza III Main Lesson 1 The Baroque General Notes The Baroque is a style of architecture, music, dance, pain...
Timeline First Hominins Period: The earliest, dating 7-6 million years ago. Early Hominins Period: From 2.7 - 1.5 million years ago. Paleolithic Period: Roughly from 2.5 million years ago to 10,000 B.C. Neolithic Period: From around 4300 BC down to 2000 BC Indigenous Caribbean 1492 AD (Spider web idea) Syncretic Caribbean 2022 AD (Spider web idea) Copper or Chalcolithic Age: 3500 to 2300 BCE. Bronze Age : 3300 BC to 1200 BC, Iron Age: 1200 B.C. and 600 B.C. The Portuguese, in the 16th century , were the first to buy slaves from West African slavers and transport them across the Atlantic. In 1526, they completed the first transatlantic slave voyage to Brazil, and other Europeans soon followed. Syncretic Caribbean: 2022 AD (Spider Web idea) Ancient Egypt: First Dynasty: 3150 - 2890 B.C. / Apis Bull Ritual or The Running of Apis Old Kingdom / 2,700-2,200 B.C., Middle Kingdom, / 2,050-1,800 B.C., New Kingdom / until about 34...
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