Strictly Come Sword Dance: Stone Monkey

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- The first video Strictly Come Sword Dancing – Stone Monkey is typical folk dance. It’s performed by 6 men which one of them is talking to the audience about the story of the dance. All the men are wearing the same folk outfit that is made out of black shorts, white shirts, red belts with yellow emblem, striped socks, and same shoes, which actually reminds me of some kind of tap shoes. As a prop all the man except the one who is talking are using special typo of sword. It’s not a typical sword because this one has a handle from both side so two man can hold it from both sides. The one man who is talking seem to have different type of sward with only one handle.
- The second video How to perform a Victorian-style Morris Dance – with the Hammersmith …show more content…

The men were the one playing the bag pipes and creating the music while the woman were dancing to the music with swords as their props laid on the floor. All men and woman were wearing traditional Scottish kilts, stockings, and red and black jackets with hats for men and scarves for women.
- The fifth video Castle Walk – And excerpt from How to Dance Through time vol. 2 was very interesting to me. It looked like many different styles of dances put together. I really liked the energy of the dance and that it was performed by one man and one woman. The outfits of the dancers are interesting because it looks like a man is dancing with his maid. I am not sure if that’s how it should be, but I think it’s somehow refreshing.
- The sixth video Swing Time – Rogers and Astaire is one of my favorite video because I love old school movies. In this video there are two man and one woman. One of the man performe a dance with the woman while other man is watching. Woman is wearing dress and the mas has suit. I am not sure what color because it’s a black and white movie. They both use they shoes to tap in the rhythm, which is similar to a tap …show more content…

I would disagree with the theorists that say that we now do most of our social dancing "on the internet" by watching videos, making our own version or tribute video and re-posting. Yes, I do believe that big part of that is true, but I do not believe that it’s most of the social dancing. What about dancing in clubs, dance schools and classes, flash mobs, dancing at the weddings, and more. As our textbooks states: “Communal Dances are an important way of transmitting culture to the next generation” and definitely agree with that. I am from different country which is different culture and people form my country have their own communal dances that are transmitting to the next

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