midterm directions fall 2011 cal poly (1)

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DANCE CULTURES

Midterm Exam Directions

There are 8 one point questions. You will

answer 4.

There are 17 two point questions. You will

answer 10

There are 3 three point questions. You willanswer 2.

There are 11 five point questions. You will

answer 5.

There are 7 ten point questions. You will

answer 1.

The questions follow the reading. However,

there may be other material found in

various sections of the reading that will

contribute to the forming of your answers.

All answers must be in your own words.

Use your vocabulary list words within your


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answers.

This is due Wednesday, October 26, 2011at the beginning of class.

There are 110 possible points.

Aesthetic

CorporealCosmology

EfficacyEmbody/Embodiment

HolisticIconographic

IneffableKinestheticMetaphor

Non-literate

PantheisticPerceptionPerspectivePoly-centric

Poly-rhythmicPropitiateSentience


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DANCE CULTURES

Midterm QuestionsFall 2011

How can we explain the universality of dance? (2)

How do societies use dance? (2)

Why are women's movements more restricted than

men's?What does that reveal about the societies views ongender? (2)

What are the functions of dance in society outlined by theauthor?(5)

Why is it important to consider, and hopefully,understand the cultural identity and context from which aparticular dance form emanates?(3)

Discuss Cambodian dance; its history, its place inCambodian culture, its uses and sources for dance

dramas.Why would the Khmer Rouge seek to destroy the dance

and dancers of Cambodia? (10)

Finish this sentence: Encoded in the form, technique andstructure of every dance . . . . (2)


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What is the distinction between secular and sacred? Whyis it significant in the development and use of dance?Why does this distinction have little meaning in non-

Western cultures? (5)

Who were the Tahitian arioi? What was their function inTahitian culture? Why were they suppressed and by

whom? (5)

What are the reasons an invading culture would suppressthe "conquered" culture's arts and dance? (2)

What is the Tamure? What is its purpose? Why wouldthis be important? (5)

What is the oldest use of dance?Discuss how the Hopi Indians use this kind of dancing.

(10)

Why did the Ghost dance appear?Where did it emerge?

What was the desired effect?

How was it viewed by the United States government? (10)

Why did the intertribal powwow become an intertribaldance competition? (2)


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TRANCEWhat is trance? Where does it appear? What role does it

play in ritual?

In what ways do people become "possessed"?How does trance enter into the worship of the snake gods

and goddesses of Kerala?Why is it important to placate these gods?

What role does it play in the Yoruba peoples' dancerituals? (10)

Why is it problematic to define dance in strictly Westernterms? (2)

Trace the history of the Zeruru people's dance thembende. (10)

Who is Shiva? (5)

What was the consequence of the "almost completeexcising of dance from Christian worship? (2)

How did secular dancing affect other types of dance? (3)

Define LABYRINTH. (1)

What role did the Reformation and the ensuing CounterReformation play in the sacred use of dance? (2)


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What do you find interesting in Malavika Sarrukai'squote? (5)

What is KATHAKALI? (10)

In India as in ancient Greece physical discipline is/wasseen as what? (2)

What are the RAMAYANA and THE MAHABHARATA? (2)

Discuss the differences, the development and the

perspectives behind the specific spiritualities discussed inLORD of the DANCE that gave expression to attitudes

about the body and the dance. (20)

Why have the courts of Ghana, central Java and theimperial court of Japan survived the transition to other

forms of government? (5)

Define DWO. (1)

Define DANSEUR NOBLE. (1)

Why do courts come into existence? (2)

Compare and contrast the courts of Louis the XIV, theAsantehene of Ghana, the Emperor of Japan and thesultan of Java. Discuss their histories, development and

evolution as repositories of cultural dance forms.How and why did these dance forms develop, survive and

evolve.


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How are the dance forms reflective of the courts in whichthey exist and existed. (20)

How does dance differ from poetry, painting, sculptureand music? (2)

How has television and video affected the presentation ofdance and dance as a communicative language? (5)

How has this dissemination of dance forms altered the

forms? How has this global dissemination of danceaffected the ways in which we perceive dance and

dancing? (5)

How can technology serve the art form of dance? (5)

What has been "surprising" or revelatory to you aboutdance and its place in cultures since the beginning of the

quarter? (5)

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