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African Dance -Sunset HS

Authored by Heather Gream

Performing Arts

9th - 12th Grade

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African Dance -Sunset HS
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The term "African dance" is used to describe movements created in sub-saharan Africa that connect with similar African musical traditions and rhythms and use:

Hands and feet

Torso and head

The whole body

Fingers and toes

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

African people brought their rich traditions of rhythm, dance, song and story traditions to the America's through the (unfortunate) event of the slave trade.

True

False

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

People in West African cultures dance under many circumstances. Common dances celebrate events such as:

(Check ALL that apply).

celebration of birth

coming of age/"rite of passage"

marriages

death

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which dance (that we learned about in class) is a celebration dance and an example of a rite of passage?

"Mohobelo" of Sotho

"Indlamu" of Southern Natal

"Agahu" of Ketonu

“Sinte“ of Guinea

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The most common instrument used West African Dance is:

Dundun

Djembe

Bougarabou

Bata

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sometimes do the drummers adjust their music to what the dancer(s) is/are performing.

True

False

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Check all that are true:

Polyrhythm is...

Two or more rhythms played simultaneously

Two or more rhythms danced simultaneously

Multiple rhythms at the same tempo

Is NOT an important component of West African dance

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