African Dance

When did African Dance surface in America?

• 1600's

• 1500's

• 1912

• 1980

African Dances merged with ____________ dances, which formed the African aesthetic in America

• Irish

• Scottish

• English

• European/all of the above

Music is a form of ______________ in Africa

• communication

• alien nation

• appreciation

• occupation

African dance styles are influenced by _________ and ____________.

• television & movies

• peanut butter &. jelly

• questions & answers

• ritual & history

African dance is characterized by ____________ movements.

• fluid

• isolated

• single

• bird like

___________________ means when many body parts are moving simultaneously.

• polygon

• polycentric

• polytechnic

• polygenesis

The ______________ is a crucial part of African tradition.

• bugle

• trumpet

• drum

• guitar

_________________ of hands, _____________of feet to maintain a rhythm is called __________ ___________.

• washing, twisting, Juba Dance

• clapping, stomping, Juba Dance

• rubbing, squishing, Juba Dance

• twirling, shuffling, Tap Dance

The ___________________was performed by slaves and made fun of their masters.

• Cinnabon

• cakewalk

• Juba Dance

• charleston

_________________ dance is created within a community.

• Modern

• Swing

• Contemporary

• Social