Sense, Meaning, and Sense, Meaning, and Perception in Three Dance Perception in Three Dance

CulturesCulturesWritten By: Cynthia Jean Cohen Bull

Edited by: Dr. Kay Picart and Donna Gallagher

Based on a presentation by: Erika Vasquez

Key TermsKey TermsKinestheticKinesthetic::

Primacy:Primacy:

Improvisation:Improvisation:

Ballet : The Primacy of Ballet : The Primacy of SeeingSeeing

• What is the role of the body?What is the role of the body?

Ballet : The primacy of Ballet : The primacy of SeeingSeeing

What is the role of the audience?

Ballet : The Primacy of Ballet : The Primacy of SeeingSeeing

What is the role of music?What is the role of music?

Ballet : The Primacy of Ballet : The Primacy of SeeingSeeing

What is the role of What is the role of gender?gender?

Contact Improvisation : The Contact Improvisation : The Primacy of touchPrimacy of touch

What is the role of touch?What is the role of touch?

Contact Improvisation : The Contact Improvisation : The Primacy of TouchPrimacy of Touch

What is the role of the body?

Contact Improvisation: The Contact Improvisation: The Primacy of TouchPrimacy of Touch

What is the role of the audience?What is the role of the audience?

Discussion QuestionDiscussion Question

How is the role of the audience different in How is the role of the audience different in ballet and contact improvisation? How is ballet and contact improvisation? How is

the setting different? the setting different?

How might this effect the feelings/thoughts How might this effect the feelings/thoughts of the viewers?of the viewers?

Contact Improvisation : The Contact Improvisation : The Primacy of TouchPrimacy of Touch

What is the role of music?What is the role of music?

Contact Improvisation : The Contact Improvisation : The Primacy of TouchPrimacy of Touch

What is the role of gender?

Traditional Ghanaian Dance: Traditional Ghanaian Dance: The Primacy of Hearing The Primacy of Hearing

What is the role of hearing?What is the role of hearing?

Discussion QuestionDiscussion Question

How does the role of music in traditional How does the role of music in traditional Ghanaian dance compare to the role of Ghanaian dance compare to the role of music in contact improvisation?music in contact improvisation?

Traditional Ghanaian Dance: Traditional Ghanaian Dance: The Primacy of HearingThe Primacy of Hearing

What is the role of the audience?What is the role of the audience?

Traditional Ghanaian Dance: Traditional Ghanaian Dance: The Primacy of HearingThe Primacy of Hearing

What is the role of the body?What is the role of the body?

Traditional Ghanaian Dance: Traditional Ghanaian Dance: The Primacy of HearingThe Primacy of Hearing

What is the role of gender?

Discussion QuestionDiscussion Question

How do gender roles compare in ballet, How do gender roles compare in ballet, contact improvisation, and traditional contact improvisation, and traditional Ghanaian dance?Ghanaian dance?