African Dance Introduction:A Global View

UTEP Dance Appreciation Class...Daralyn Scurlock, Instructor - 11/5/14

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Franklin H.S. 9th Grade Dance Classes…Vanessa Eveler, Instructor - 11/ 17-20/14

... by Pamela Angeles UTEP Dance Intern

Drums

Click icon to add picture-African Drums are known worldwide for their unique sound and the musical influence that is found all over the globe.

-Spanish, Middle Eastern, South American, Caribbean, Native American, Mexican, and of course, American music from Jazz and Hip-Hop, to Gospel, R&B, and Pop are influenced by the African Drum tradition.

Dancing! American Concert Dancers & South African Girls

~Compare & Contrast~

African Dance & Drum Workshop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB8z6KEN9Yw

Universal African Drum & Dance Ensemble, New York City

The Drum Circle

The Djembe drum is possibly the most influential and basic of all the African drums, originally. It dates back to 500 A.D. The Djembe was originally created as a sacred drum to be used in healing ceremonies, rites of passage, ancestral worship, warrior rituals, as well as social dances. The drum rhythm of the djembe is performed in the evening for most celebrations, especially during full moon, spring, summer and winter harvesting time, and at weddings, baptisms, honoring of mothers, immediately after Ramadaan (the month of fast for all Muslims) or countless other celebrations

Ceremonial Wedding Dancers in Nigeria

Whirling Dancers, Central Africa

Just Everyday Dancing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIPEVHGjdP4

African Dance is Spiritual & Healing

ISE OLUWA = GOD’S WORK-Five words: Ise oluwa, kole bajey o.

-Pronunciation: eee-shea oh-lu-wah, koh-leh bah-jey-o.

-Meaning: That which the Creator has made can never be destroyed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkLoDhSrVKc (Wyoma)http://www.oneearth-onevoice.org/learn-the-song/ (Song w/ environmentalists)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDt0M0Ibb9E (Solo & a Capella African male singer) End -

Part 1

A Variety of Customs & Costumes

Fanga, ♪ A Song & Dance of Welcome

Yoruba Words (Nigeria)

Alafia: A greeting, like hello with the meaning of "Good Health" or “Peace" , “Shalom", or “Salud.”

Fanga: A traditional welcome dance. It's often misspelled as "funga".

Ashe: (Pronounced "ah-shay") The Yoruba believe "ashe" is a basic force emanating from the Creator that unites all living and non-living things. Some translate it as "amen" although that word has more of a Western connotation.

Fanga AlafiaHello, Welcome

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♫Fanga alafia, Ashe, ashe.

Call: Hello, welcome.Response: Ashe, ashe.

Afro-Venezuelans in their traditional dress, dancing

SAMBURU People of Kenya

The Folkloric Ballet Majestad Negra of Piñones at the city of Loíza, Puerto Rico

The Bomba represents the strong African influence in Puerto Rico. Bomba is a music, rhythm and dance that was brought by West African slaves to the island of Puerto Rico.

The Plena is another form of folkloric music of Puerto Rico of African origin. The Plena was brought to Ponce by blacks who immigrated north from the English speaking islands south of Puerto Rico.

The Plena is a rhythm that is clearly African and very similar to Calypso, Soca and Dance Hall music from Trinidad and Jamaica.

A young Ghanaian child doing Akan Adowa dance majestically in her traditional beautiful and colorful Kente apparel.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton sport Kente cloth on their 1998 visit to Ghana. They are standing by Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings at Accra's Independence Square. (Win McNamee/Reuters)

“Pata Pata” by Miriam Mekeba

Sat wuguga sat ju benga sat si pata pata Aya sat wuguga sat ju benga sat si pata pata A sat wuguga sat ju benga sat si pata pata

Chorus :Hihi ha mama, hi-a-ma sat si pata A-hihi ha mama, hi-a-ma sat si pata pat

Verse 1: Pata Pata is the name of a dance we do down Johannesburg way. Everybody starts to move as soon as Pata Pata starts to play.

Verse 2: Hoo, every Friday and Saturday night it's Pata Pata-time. The dance keeps going all night long till the morning sun begins to shine.

This song is about a traditional South African dance. It is written in the Xhosa language and means something like "touch touch".

Language of the Bantu people of the Southern Cape of Africa. Listen for the distinctive “click-click” in her voice.

Miriam Makeba wrote Pata Pata as a young woman in 1957, before she ever left South Africa. But it was not until 1967, that she recorded and released the song in the US.

http://www.african-music-safari.com/pata-pata-miriam-makeba.html

Circus~Zuma Zuma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGfjuo8VBGk (Zuma Zuma African Circus)

~Acrobats, tumblers, lion dancers, contortionists, singers and gymnasts band together for the high-flying, off-the-wall spectacle of rhythmic music and pulse-pounding movement that could only be Cirque ~Zuma Zuma.~Skilled artists from 16 African nations present this extraordinary display of circus skills and nonstop action that will thrill you to the edge of your seat. It is a beautiful display of the many diverse traditions, artistry, costumes, dances, and theatrical culture of Africa.

“Pata Pata” Wii

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Kuku%20African%20Dance-%20Miriam%20Mekeba&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=kuku%20african%20dance-%20miriam%20mekeba&sc=0-20&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=27BFF4DEDEA125C94D3927BFF4DEDEA125C94D39

Grab a Partner and lets Dance!!!

Jambo! Be Well!! Alafia!!! Keep Dancing!!!!

Till we meet again, Ms. Angeles.