My reading about cultural dances

Dances

Of The

World

Heather Hammonds

Making Meaning

Question 1. What are some of the ways dances can be different?

 The culture and the legends behind it

Question 2.Which word on page 2 tells you that the polka is not a slow dance

Farm dance

Question 3.Do all Indigeanous Australian groups perform the same dances

No there are different  collection dances.

Question 4.Why would performing the Bharata natyam on stage be different to performing the haka on a sports field.

Because is normally performed by men and the Bharata natyam is performed by women the haka is supposed to scare people because they use to be for wars the Bharata natyam is graceful they perform on the stage because they are telling a story in action.

Question 5.Why do you think most of the dances are performed to music?

They do it to tell  their history, or express the dancers feeling and about events in their history also to welcome

Question 6.How are the costumes for the ghawazi different to those used in Indigenous Australian dance?

Well the Indigenous Australian costume are actually paint decorations and used for a welcome dance,  the ghawazi costume is for fitness and there costume would show her belly that's why you might call it belly dance.

Question 7.What is your favourite type of dance? Where do you perform it? What do you where?

I would rather dance with the flow,anywhere,I would wear something funky.