Monday, March 19, 2007

dancing pics




Irish dance





Agata Kowalczyk (Irish dance)

The instructor and choreographer of the Irish and Scottish dance school ISTA. For many years she has danced with folk dance teams. In 1997 she was given a Dance Instructor`s Diploma (specialization: folk dance) by the Ministry of Education. She worked out various techniques of dance: folk, classical, Irish. From 2004 she works for the Irish and Scottish Dance School ISTA as an instructor and co-choreographer of the Dance Group ISTA.

broadway jazz






Wurtz Jones Michelle (broadway jazz)


Michelle Jones Wurtz holds a BFA in Dance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Her own instructors included Judith Jamison, now the Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Alexi Yudenich , a Silver Medallist at International Ballet Competition; (second only to Mikhail Baryshnikov); Barbara Sandanato, a scholarship recipient at the School of American Ballet; (home school to the New York City Ballet), Patricia Thomas of the Alvin Ailey Company and Martha Graham School in New York, Milton Myers, head of the Modern Dance Department at the famous Jacob's Pillow Program in Massachusetts, and Peter Bertini of the Garth Fagan Dance Company, to name a few. She has danced professionally with Group Motion, Freedom Theatre, Footfalls Modern Dance Company, and currently with Contempra Dance Theatre where she serves as the Assistant Artistic Director as well as Rehearsal Director. She has also performed with the world famous Liz Lerman Dance Exchange; the company that has been on the cutting edge of dance as a form of expression and art. Michelle received one of only eight grants in the entire Delaware Valley from the Philadelphia Dance Alliance to study choreography from New York's most renowned Composition Instructor, Martha Myers. She has also choreographed for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, the Independent Choreographers Exchange, and received both "Critic`s Choice" and "Best Bet" reviews from Philadelphia dance critics; and she herself is a member of the National Dance Critic`s Association. Ms. Wurtz also is the owner of the Pottstown Dance Theater performing arts school. Some of Ms. Wurtz` students are now full company members in Alvin Ailey, Momix, Dance Theater of Harlem, and Atlanta Ballet. Michelle is planning on attending Graduate School this fall, and is a certified Pilates instructor on every piece of Pilates equipment. Ms. Wurtz has been assisting Gail Vartanian for the past 6 years choreographing and directing the Contempra Dance Theatre.

modern dance




Beata Wrzosek (classic dance, modern dance)

A graduate of Ballet School in Łódź. From 1968 to 1988 was engaged to ballet team of the Grand Theatre in Łódź. Since 1988 she has been a soloist of Polish Dance Theatre and since 1995 - first soloist of the Grand Theatre in Poznań. She is an esteemed choreographer and pedagogue of the Poznań Ballet School. In 1990 she received Young Creators Prize of Poznań and in 1991 she got Leon Wójcikowski`s medal for the most talented young dancer. Her chorographical works were presented during contests in Vienna, Varna, London etc. She won the 1st prize at the Young Choreographers` Debuts Contest in Gdańsk. She danced in: Adam - "Giselle", Theodorakis - "Grek Zorba", Miasin - "Trójkątny kapelusz", Wycichowska - "Faust", "Symfonia koncertująca", Wołk - Karaczewski - "Msza koronacyjna", Veredon - "Sługa dwóch panów", Gołaska - "Shomon", "Legende of Hell", "Vivre", Wesołowski - "Harnasie", Fokin - "Sylfidy", Cullberg - "Romeo and Julliet", Czajkowski - "The Nutcracker". She created choreography to: Halévy - "The Jew", Dębski - "Piaskowy zegar", Penderecki - Violin Concerto, Sybelius - III Symfonia, Mahler - Adegietto.

salsa again








Iza and Jose Torres (salsa)


Musicians, organizers "Carnaval de Salsa". Jose is a virtuoso of percussion instruments; he comes from Kuba, but lives in Poland. He founded the first Salsa Orchestra in Poland. He has been performing in Poland for over 20 years, co-operating with polish well-known artists: Maryla Rodowicz, Kayah, Ewa Bem, Urszula, Maanam, Ryszard Rynkowski, Stanisław Soyka, Grzegorz Ciechowski, Raz Dwa Trzy and many more. He gave concerts and recorded with best polish jazz musicians: Tomasz Stańko, Wojciech Karolak, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Jarosław Śmietana, Leszek Możdżer. He performed on over 40 recordings, including original soundtracks to films "Blood and wine" (with Jack Nicholson), "Bandit", "Father`s right", etc. For over 10 years has been occupying the first place on the Musician-of-the-Year Top list (category: percussion instruments) in Poland`s most popular jazz magazine "Jazz Forum". He was an artistic manager of TV show "Exotic Summer with the Trio" (September 99) and well-known talk show "Evening with Jagielski". Performed during TV programs such as "Evening with Alice" and "Evening with a vampire".

contemporary dance




Edilson Ribeiro de la Lima (Latino Funky, Samba, Bossa Nova, Contemporary Dance and Yoga)

He was born in Curitiba in Parana, Brazil. He studied rehabilitation at the Krakow Academy of Physical Education. He is a professional instructor of aerobics as well as choreotherapist and fitness instructor. For 5 years he has been a member of the Contemporary Dance Scene group and for 3 years has been dancing in "Krasz" team, taking part in different media events. He works as a dancer and choreographer for the TV program "Droga do gwiazd". He took part in conferences Fitness Dance Nike Body Form in Warsaw and other cities. He leads courses of Latino Funky, Samba, Bossa Nova, Contemporary Dance and Yoga. Latino Funky is a technique that gives possibility to find the rhythm, "the fire", necessary for Latino dancing. It is about elaborating not only ease, but also fluency and softness of movements.

Argentino tango




Pola Policzkiewicz - Woźniak (Argentine tango)

She has been dancing since she was six. She started with classic dance, and then moved on to stage dance, flamenco, ballroom and folk dance. From 1998 she practices Argentine tango. After completing tango courses in London and Paris, together with David Mason (Denmark) she the founded and led the tango evenings project in Warsaw. She was one of the first people in Poland to dance tango, as well as one of founders of the Argentine Tango Academy in 1999 year. She taught tango in Dance and Acting Studio at Warsaw Ballet School, the "Oko" Center of Culture and many others. In 2000 she worked as a co-choreographer for the performance "Tango with lady M." by Polish Dance Theatre. She learnt to dance tango in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Padwa and Warsaw. In 2003, during her journey to Buenos Aires, she got the specialization at women technique (Aurora Lubiz, Claude Murga, Zoraida Fontclara, Jorgelina Guzzi) as well as tango milonguero. Her teachers were: Nestor Rey, Mabel Rivero, Claudio Omar, Veronica Maria, Emiliano Gimenez, Debra Ferrari, Margarita Klurfan, Marcelo Alvarez, Osvaldo Zotto, Loreny Ermoncidy, Armanda Orzuzy, Danieli Arcuri, Ernesto Balmacedy, Jorge Firpo and oters. From spring of 2000 she is a partner of Jan Woźniak. Together they took part in Star Festival in Międzyzdroje. She danced with teams such as: Trio Revirado, Media Luna, Tangata Quintet, Machina del Tango, Libertrio, Pantango, Tangonave, quartet D`Coté from Argentina. She led courses and workshops in Kraków, Łódź, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Lądek Zdrój and in Śląsk. She was invited as a guest to many cultural programs on radio and television. She published several articles concerning tango. She leads evenings of tango, workshops and courses covering all levels of advance, takes part in various dance performances, organizes concerts, events and workshops with foreign teachers in order to promote Argentine tango. She is a postgraduate student in the Center of Latin-American Studies in Warsaw. From 2002 to 2004 she occupied a post of president of the Argentina Tango Academy, being at board of association from the very beginning.



Adam Oleszkiewicz (hata yoga)

He takes an interest in wide range of esoteric disciplines. From 1977, when he got to know Far East culture, he practices various psychophysical exercises. He has worked as an instructor of Hatha Yoga for over 20 years, leading courses in Łódź and Warsaw. He was taught by masters such as: Aleksander Wassilew, Swami Vishnudevananda, Vimala Thakar and Gabriella Giubilaro. In 1997, after several years of practicing with master Liu Zhongchun, he became an instructor of Chi Kung ("flying crane" style). Moreover he works as a professional astrologer, as well as a spiritual development consultant. He practices ZEN in KWAN UM School. He completed various courses in the fields of: unconventional healing, Esoterical Healing (with Dinah Lawson), Universal Energy and healing with crystals (with Kirsten Helming & K. Stachowicz). He frequently takes part in TV and radio programs. At present he lives in Warsaw.

break dance




Robert Nieznański (break- dance and electro boogie)

Dance instructor, choreographer, and manager of "Scrap Beat" group Electro boogie and break dancer since 1984; Double Vice - Master of Poland and leader of the Vice -Master group of Poland in 1988 and 1989 1990 Vice - president of the Grand Master Dance School, which gives lessons of funky, hip - hop, break dance and electro boogie Since 1994 manager, dancer and choreographer of "Scrap Beat", which became a Master group of Poland for three times and won international tournaments in Szczecin and Białystok. Also the group took part in worldwide tournament Battle of the Year 1996 where it wins 5th prize; In 1997 year group turned into professional one and took part in many TV productions (their own program "Our TV" and lessons of break dance), advertisements and video clips; He is an author of several publications on break dance in magazines such as "Ślizg" and "Techno Party"; Since 2002 an instructor of break dance & electro boogie workshops in Lądek Zdrój. Co-producer and choreographer of the performance "3?R", which takes place in Warsaw from February 2004.

Sunday, March 18, 2007

belly dancing



Anna Mendak (flamenco, belly dance)

A dancer of flamenco and belly dance with a psychologist degree. Her adventure with dance began in modern dance group, where she performed as a child. She learned to dance flamenco in Poland and Spain, taught by masters such as: Carmen de Torres, Juan Polvillo, Ana Maria Amahi, Araceli de Alcala, Adela Campallo, El Torombo. She dances in polish well-known groups "Danza del Fuego" and "Rumbero Flamenco". She gave concerts with Rafael de Huelva, Juan Polvillo and Rafael Cortes. She co-operated with guitarist and singer Rubin de la Ana as well as performed during the International Guitar Festival in Brna, accompanied by Rafael Cuena Garibi - professor of Guanajuato University in Mexico. In 2003 she obtained a scholarship of Juan Polvillo. A year later she won the 1st prize and the prize of public in the competition for the best Polish dancer during 3rd Flamenco Festival in Łódź. She co-operates with Slovak and Spanish group "Agustito", which gives performances all over Europe. She practiced Egyptian style of oriental dance with teachers Elwira Isypowa and Elwira Janiztki, as well as during courses in Turkey and Spain. She performs under a nickname "Samira" and leads workshops and permanent courses of belly dance in Wrocław. She is the co-author of performance "From orient to flamenco", it in which she unites flamenco with its roots - the oriental music and belly dance. This project won the 2nd prize during International Folk Festival Ethnosfera 2002. She co-operated for several years with TV Polsat and TVP 2. She leads flamenco courses in Wrocław and Płock as well as the holiday workshops flamenco as well as summer flamenco and belly dance workshops in Krzyżowa, Lądek Zdrój and during the Biennale
of Contemporary Dance in Poznań.

belly dancing







Jasmin Mazloum (belly dance)

Dancer, choreographer and instructor, founder of the first belly dance revue in Poland. She was born in Syria, in the small town of Idlib. As a little girl, she started to learn Arabian dance in her home country Amina, where she got to know Syrian and Lebanese style. However, she enriched her dance skills with Egyptian and Moroccan elements during her stay in Homs in Libia, with a group of Egyptian and Moroccan women. She began performing at the age of 17. In 1996 year she moved to Poland and since then she has been propagating Arabian dance and culture. As an instructor, she runs both short-term workshops and long-term courses throughout Poland. During her courses she presents different dance techniques, types of Arabian music, traditional clothes and scarves, jewellery, make-up, etc. She performed during Arabian Culture Days in Toruń, Archaeological Festival in Biskupin as well as events organized by website arabia.pl. She is a co-founder of project "Arabski Pępek" and "Ostatnia Noc Shehrezady". She co-operates with Polska Akcja Humanitarna organising The Day of the Emigrant; with University of Social Psychology organizing Warsaw Multi-cultural Days and with Karan`s Foundation organizing action "Let the children live worthily". She performs regularly in Warsaw clubs: Sheesha and Kamala. She leads permanent courses covering all the levels at: Riviera Dance School, Studio Flamenco, Dance Studio "Nie tylko Flamenco" and Ballet School of Hanna Kosiewicz.
strona WWW Jasmin Mazloum

tap dancing




Kelly Jenkins (Tap dancing)

Owner/Director of the Fayette School Ballet, Director and President of Ballet Lafayette Experienced teacher and choreographer currently teaching at the Fayette School of Ballet, has over 27 years of teaching experience and has been a business owner for 10 years. Most recently has been appointed the Director / President and Ballet Mistress of Ballet Lafayette. Mrs. Jenkins has choreographed several full length ballets such as Sleepy Hollow the Ballet, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and many more creative pieces. Mrs. Jenkins works with children ages 2 1/2 years old through adults of all technical levels and in several dance forms; specializing in Classical Ballet and Pointe technique training. Mrs. Jenkins was a dancer and choreographer for the Innovations Dance Company. Her experiences include the Dallas Ballet Theater, Dallas School of Art and the Arts Magnet in Dallas. She has also attended numerous master classes with many renowned teachers such as Nat Home, Alvin Aliey, Merce Cunningham, Finis Jung, Al Gilbert, Brenda Buffalino and Gus Geiodiano. Mrs. Jenkins has worked with professional ballet companies and master teachers on full length Ballets such as the International Ballet Theater's Nutcracker in 1998 and 2002 directed by Vladimir Shumeikin and Artistic Director Alexander Boitsov. She continues to travel to NewYork City, New Jersey and Philadelphia to further her education and to meet other studio owners and company directors.

salsa cubana






Holder Alba (salsa cubana)

My name is Alba Holder, I come from Havana in Cuba. For sixteen years I`ve been living in Poland, in Wrocław, where I run my own school of Latin American dance. When I`m in a bad mood I simply turn on the music and dance, dance, dance. I assure you, there`s no better way to cheer up. The most important thing in dance is to feel the rhythm and stimulate the imagination, but it depends on a partner too. The connection of body movements, flowing with Cuban, Venezuelan or Mexican sounds is a perfect way to relax your body and spirit. Every step, every hand movement, every face expression is a reflection of our feelings and needs. Dance sets us free, lets us discover what we have inside and express our identity. It awakes our dreams, at least for one moment...

(classic repertoire)






Ewa Głowacka (classic repertoire)
A graduate of the Warsaw Ballet School, prima ballerina and dance teacher. She made her debut in a main role in Adama Hanuszkiewicz`s performance "Julia and Romeo". She obtained the Grand Prix III in the Polish Dance Competition in Gdańsk (1979), III World Ballet Contest in Osaka (1980) and Stanisław Wyspiański Youth Prize of 1st degree (1985). She is regularly invited to join the juries of ballet competitions. Her most important roles are: "Giselle" and "La Sylphide" (main roles), "Swan Lake", "Sleeping Beauty", "Don Kichot", "The Nutcracker". She took part in films and television programs. Also she performed with the Warsaw ballet during the tourneys in almost all European countries. She was applauded in the USA, Canada, Peru, Japan, Cuba and Taiwan.

greek dances





GŁODKOWSKA BOŻENA (Greek dances)

Journalist and editor as well great lover of Greece, especially Greek music and dance. Member of the Society of Friends of Greece in Poland. She was taught by: Irena Argira Tsermegas - a Greek native and propagator of Greek culture in Poland, Janis Karajanis - the dancer of famous Greek Dance Theater "Dora Stratou" in Athens, Kiriakos Chamalidis - Greek choreographer teaching in Greece and Germany. For several years, together with Argira Tsermegas, she has led Greek dance workshops, organized by the Society of Friends of Greece, in co-operation with Mazowieckie Centrum Kultury i Sztuki and various centers and schools inside and outside Warsaw. She participated in many Greek dance shows presented in TV programs "Kawa czy herbata" as well as multi-cultural evenings held during the conference "Dialog among civilizations". She performed during a number of events, many from which were organized under patronage of the Greek Embassy in Warsaw. Every summer she takes the opportunity to develop her dancing skills in Zorba`s homeland - Crete.

ballroom dancing







Iwona Florczyk (ballroom dance: Viennese walz, English walz and others)


Graduate of Pedagogical University in Kraków, Academy of Physical Education in Katowice and College of Entertainment and Recreation in Warsaw. The dancer of master class in standard and Latin American dances. She has set up her own Dance Studio "Styl" in Kraków. She created choreography and took part in the tv program "Spotkania z balladą" as well as co-organized the Miss Polonia and Miss Super Models competitions.

1-15.07.2007

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http://www.balet.com.pl/en/prowadzacy_en.html#rzempoluch

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Dances with alphabets

A
Aar Oyun (Gagauz)
Allemande (historical, court, baroque)
American Tribal Style Belly Dance
An dro or "En dro" (Brittany, in-round traditional dance)
Antikrystos (Greece), face-to-face traditional dance
Arkan (Ukrainian, Hutsul)
Ara (Kurdish folk dance)
Avant-deux or "Avant-deux de travers", (Brittany, traditional dance)

B
Bachata (Latin Club, Folk)
Bagiye (Assyria)
Balboa (Swing)
Ballet, category, also known as classical dance
Ballroom dance, category
Ballu tundu (Sardinia)
Bandari (South of Iran)
Barn dance, category
Baroque dance, category
Barynya (Russian, folk)
Basse danse (also Basse-dance, Bassadanse, Bassadanze. French and Italian Renaissance dances)
Belly dance
Beguine, dance of Caribbean origin
Bereznianka (Ukrainian, Carpathian Ruthenia)
Bergamask (Bergomask) folk dance, from Bergamo, Italy
Bhangra
Bharatanatyam
Big Apple (Line dance)
Bihu dance
Black Bottom (see Lindy Hop)
Blitz (dance) - also known as Blitz Jive, Blitz Modern Jive (Modern Jive, Club)
Blues (Club dance, Swing)
Bolero (American Ballroom, Cuban, European)
Bomba (African, Caribbean)
Bon Odori (Japanese)
Boogaloo
Boogie-woogie (Swing)
Bop, see Bop music, also ABA at List of dance organizations
Bossa Nova (dance) (Brazilian, see Bossa nova music)
Boston (dance)
Bourrée (historical)
Branle (Bransle) (historical)
Breakaway (see Lindy Hop)
Breakdance
Bunny Hop
Butoh (Japanese)
Buyo (Japanese)

C
Cajun Jig or Cajun One Step (Louisiana, USA Regional, Cajun)
Cajun Jitterbug and Two Step, (Louisiana, USA Regional, Cajun)
Cajun Waltz (Louisiana, USA Regional, Cajun)
Cakewalk
Canaries dance (historical, Renaissance, court)
Can-can (Cancan, can can)
Capoeira (dance and martial art, Brazilian)
Carinosa (dance of love) Philippines
Carioca
Carol (Medieval)
Castle Walk
Céilidh (Ireland and Scotland)
Ceroc (Modern Jive, Club)
Chacarera (Argentina)
Chaconne
Cha cha cha or Cha cha (Latin Ballroom Social)
Chamame (Chamamé, Argentina)
Charleston
Chumak (Ukrainian)
Chasapiko (Greece)
Cheerleading
Chicken Dance
Chodzony (Poland)
Cinquepace, Cinque-pace
Circle dance
Clogging
Cocek
Collegiate shag
Competitive dance
Conga
Contact improvisation
Contemporary dance
Contra dance
Cotillion (dance)
Country/western dance
Country dancing
Country/Western Two Step
Country Swing or Western Swing
Courante (historical)
Court dance
Cross Step Waltz
Cueca (Chile)
Cumbia (Latin, Club)
Csárdás (Folk, Hungarian; also variants in Slovak dances, Rusyn dances, (Ukrainian dances, Lemko dances))

D
Dance Dance Revolution
Dances of Universal Peace
Dabke (Levatine)
Dérobée (aka "dérobée de Guingamp", Brittany, traditional dance)
Disco
Dragon dance
Drifter
Drobushki (Russia)
Dera gay (Aruba)
Dubotanets (Ukrainian)

E
Dance Type Origin
East Coast Swing Swing, American ballroom United States
Eisa Folk dance Okinawa/Ryūkyū
Electric Slide Line dance United States
English Country Dance Folk dance England
Ethnic dance - -


F
Fad dance
Fandango
Farandole (Provencal)
Farruca
Flamenco (Spanish/gypsy)
Folk dance
Formation dance
Forró (dance from norhteast of Brazil)
Foxtrot (Ballroom Social)
The Freddy
Frug
Freak dancing
Fysouni (Greece)

G
Gaida (Greece)
Galliard
Galop
Gankino (Bulgaria)
Gavotte (Brittany), Gavot (historical)
Gigue
Grizzly Bear
Guapacha

H
Habanera
Haka (Māori)
Halay (Turkish, Folk)
Hanter-dro (Brittany, traditional dance)
Hambo (Scandinavian, Folk)
Hasapiko (Greece)
Haytarma (Crimean Tatars)
Headbanging
Highland dancing
Hip hop dance
Historical dance
Hitch hike
Hokey Pokey, also known as Hokey-cokey, Okey-cokey
Hootchy-Kootchy
Holubka (Ukrainian, Hutsul, Bukovina, Carpathian Ruthenia)
Hopak (Ukrainian)
Hopak-Kolom (Ukrainian)
Hora (many named versions; folk, Israeli, Romanian, Ukrainian)
Horan (Crimean Tatars)
Horon (Turkish, Folk)
Hornpipe (Ireland)
Hula
Hully Gully
Hustle and its variant, New York Hustle (Club)
Latin Hustle
Humppa (see Music of Finland)
Hutsulka (Ukrainian, Hutsuls)

I
Ice dancing
Ikariotikos (Greece)
Intercessory dance
International folk dance
Interpretive dance
Irish dance

J
Japanese traditional dance (Japanese)
Jazz dance
Jazzjive (Modern Jive, Club)
Jenkka (see Music of Finland)
Jig Ireland
Jig (Scottish country)
Jitterbug (Swing)
Cajun Jitterbug
Jitterbug Stroll (Line dance, Swing)
Jive (Ballroom, International Latin)
Joged (Indonesian)
Jota (Spanish dance)
Jove Malaj Mome (Bulgarian folk dance)

K
Kalymnikos (Greece)
Kamarinskaya (Russia)
Kandyan Dances (Sri Lanka)
Karagouna (Greece)
Karsilama (Antikrystos, Marinella) (Greece, Gypsy)
Kastrinos (Greece)
Kathak (India)
Kathakali (India, incorporates dance)
Kaytarma (Crimean Tatars)
Kazachok (Russia)
Kerkyraikos (Greece)
Khasapiko (Greece)
Kolo (Slavic)
Khorovod (Russia)
Kleistos (Greece)
Koftos (Greece)
Kolomyjka (Ukrainian)
Kopanitsa (Bulgaria)
Kotsari (Greece)
Kozachok (Ukrainian)
Krakowiak (Poland)
Krumping (Western U.S.)
Kujawiak (Poland)

L
Lambada
Lambeth Walk
Lancer (Quadrille)
Landler (Quadrille)
Laridé or ridée (traditional dance of south Brittany)
Latin dances
Lavolta
leJive (Modern Jive, Club)
Lerikos (Greece)
LeRoc (Modern Jive, Club)
Letkajenkka (also known as Letkajenka, Letkiss, Letka-Enka)
Leventikos (Greece)
Limbo (dancers pass under horizontal pole)
Lindy Chorus (Line dance)
Lindy Hop (Swing)
Line dance
Lion dance
Long Sword
Loure (historical)

M
Macarena
Madison (Line dance)
Malaguena
Mandra(Mandilatos)(Balkan)
Mambo (American Ballroom, of Cuban origin)
Marinella (Greece)
Mashed Potato
Matachin (Matachines)
Maypole dance
Maxixe (Social)
Mazur (dance) (Poland)
Mazurka(Poland)
Medieval dance
Melbourne Shuffle (Australia)
Menousis (Greece)
Merengue (Latin Club)
Mexican Hat Dance
Metelytsia ((Ukrainian), khorovod)
Milonga (see Argentine Tango)
Minuet
Mo'jive (Modern Jive, Club)
Modern dance
Modern Jive - umbrella term (Club)
Molly dance
Mohiniattam
Monkey
Morris dance
Moshing

N
Novelty and fad dances
The Nutbush

O
Oberek (also called Obertas or Ober, Poland)
Odissi (India)
One Step (Social)

P
Pachanga
Palo de Mayo (Nicaragua), Afro-Caribbean influence, not to be confused with Maypole dance
Partner dance
Participation dance
Passacaglia (Passacaille) (historical)
Passepied (historical)
Pasillo
Paso Doble (Ballroom, International Latin)
Pavane (historical)
Peewee style (originated by Pee-Wee Herman in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure)
Pentozalis (Greece)
Pidikhtos (Greece)
Kastrinos Pidikhtos (Greece)
Malevyziotiko Pidikhtos (Greece)
Pendozalis (Greece)
Pogo (A punk dance, consisting of jumping up and down)
Pogonisios (Greece)
Polka - many named versions (Ballroom, Folk, Historical)
Polka-mazurka
Polonaise
Pony
Pols (Norvegia, Folk, see Polska)
Pom Squad
Polska (pl.: Polskor; Sweden, Folk)
Prophetic dance
Pryvit (Ukrainian)
Punk dance
Push (Swing, Texas)

Q
Quadrille
Quickstep (Ballroom)

R
Rain dancing
Ramvong (Cambodia)
Rapper sword
Raqs Sharqi ("belly dance")
Rebetiko dances (Greece)
Redowa
Reel (Irish and Scottish)
Regency dance
Reggae
Reggaeton
Renaissance dance
Rigaudon
Rock and Roll
Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll
Rouga (Greece)
Round dance (two kinds: circular chain, couples)
Rumba (International Ballroom, American Smooth, Folk)
Cuban Rumba (Ballroom dance as of the beginning of the century, e.g., "The Peanut Vendor" piece)
Rhumba (heavily overlaps with "Rumba", but some insist on distinctions in the usage)

S
Salon dance
Salsa (Latin Club)
Salsa Rueda (Latin Club, Round)
Samba (dance) (Ballroom, International Latin; also Brazilian traditional, see Samba (music))
Samba de Gafieira
Carnival Samba
Sarabande (Saraband)
Sardana (Catalonia)
Sattriya dance
Schottische
Scottish country dance
Scottish highland dance
Seguidilla (Spanish, folk)
Sequence dance
Serra (Greece)
Serviko (Serbian)
Set Dance Ireland
Sevillana (Spain)
Shag (Swing)
Carolina Shag
Collegiate Shag
St. Louis Shag
Shake
Shim Sham (Line dance)
Shimmy
Shuffle
Siganos (Greece)
Single Swing
Single Time Swing
Sirtaki (Syrtaki, Zorba) (Greece)
Skank (dance)
Skip jive
Slängpolska (Sweden, Folk, see Polska)
Slip jig (Ireland)
Slow Foxtrot - also known as Foxtrot and Slowfox (Ballroom)
Social dance
Soft Shoe
Soraya ("Bellydance")
Sousta (Greece)
Bulgarian Sousta (Greece)
Cretan Sousta (Greece)
Dodecanese Sousta (Greece)
Macedonian Sousta (Greece)
Square dance
Traditional square dance
Modern Western square dance
Sta tria (Greece)
Stage diving
Step dance Ireland
Street dance
Stroll
Svarniara (Greece)
Swim
Swing (both as family of dances and as specific Texas dance)
Swing Jive (Modern Jive, Club)
Swing Roc (Modern Jive, Club)
Suzie Q
Syrtos (Syrto) (Greece)
Cretan Syrtos (Greece)
Kalamatianos Syrtos (Mainland Syrtos) (Greece)
Kapoutzidon Syrtos (Greece)
Nisiotiko Syrtos (Island Syrtos) (Greece)
Silyvriano Syrtos (Greece)

T
Table dance
Tango (Ballroom, Social, Club)
Argentine Tango - also known as Tango Argentino (Social)
Brazilian Tango - see Maxixe
Finnish tango
Chinese tango
Tap dance
Tap Charleston (see Lindy Hop)
Tarantella (Italian, folk)
Texas Tommy (see Lindy Hop)
Tik (Greece)
Time Warp
Tourdion (historical)
Traditional dance
Trata (Greece)
Treedancing (A special way of dancing on technoparades, e.g. loveparade)
Trepak (Russian, folk)
Tribal Style Belly Dance
Troika (Folk, Russian, Cajun)
Tropotianka (Ukrainian, Rusyn, Carpathian Ruthenia, Bukovina, Hutsuls)
Tsakonikos (Greece)
Tsamiko (Greece)
Tsifteteli (Tsifte-Teli) (Çifte-telli) (Turkish) Greece)(Gypsy)(Arabic)
Tsirigotikos (Kythiraikos, Bourdaris) (Greece)
Tsyganochka
Tumba
Twist
Two Step
Cajun Two Step
Country/western two-step
Nightclub two-step - also known as California two-step, abbrn: NC2S
Progressive Double Two

U
Universal Peace, Dances of
Ukrainian dance
Upa or Upa Habanera, claimed by some to be the origin of merengue music and dance.
Uvyvanets (Ukrainian, Carpathian Ruthenia, Rusyns, Lemkos, Hutsuls)

V
Vals (Argentina, tango style)
Verbunkos
Vesnianka (Ukrainian, a type of khorovod)
Vintage dance
Volte (also Volta, La volta, or Lavolta, Renaissance)

W
Waltz (ballroom, social)
Boston (dance)
Walking Boston
Cajun Waltz
Dream Waltz
Elizabeth Waltz
Cross-step Waltz (Cross Step Waltz)
Five-step Waltz (Five Step Waltz)
Hesitation Waltz
Slow waltz - known as Waltz in ballroom context (ballroom)
Viennese Waltz (ballroom, social)
Waltz a deux temps (Waltz a deux pas)
Watusi (fad dance)
Welly boot dance (Africa)
West Coast Swing ("WCS"; Swing, United States)
Western swing (United States)
Classic WCS
Funky WCS
Sophisticated Swing (an older name of WCS)
Western promenade dance
Whip (Swing, Texas)
Worship dance

Y
Yablochko (Russian, folk)
Yerakina (Greece)
YMCA
Yakshagana (India, Karnataka)

Z
Zapateado (Spain)
Zeibekiko (also spelled Zeibetiko, Zembetiko, Zebetiko, and Zembekiko; Greece)
Zeibeks, Teke zortlatması (Turkey)
Zonaradiko (Thrace)
Zorba's dance (of Greek origin)
Zouk (Caribbean)
Zydeco (Louisiana, U.S.)

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

cumbia

cumbia

Cumbia is originally a Colombian folk dance and dance music and is Colombia's representative national dance and music along with vallenato. Cumbia is very popular, widely known in the Latin music mainstream (except Brazil); South America, as well as Central America and Mexico, with lots of regional variations and tendencies. The traditional instruments of cumbia were mainly percussion; different types of drums, claves and a güiro, and woodwinds; flutes.


Modern cumbia includes instrumental mixing; guitars, accordions, bass guitar, modern flutes and modern deep-toned drums and other percussions. The basic rhythm structure is 4/4. Cumbia is the net intersection of two cultures that settled in the region of what is now northern Colombia at different times; the Amerindians and African slaves. Cumbia began as a courtship dance practiced among the slave population that was later mixed with the European instruments and influence.

Origins

Cumbia is believed to be a variant of the African Guinean cumbe music. Cumbia started in the northern region of Colombia, mainly in or around Cartagena during the period of Spanish colonization. Spain used its ports to import African slaves, who tried to preserve their musical traditions and also turned the drums and dances into a courtship ritual. Cumbia was mainly interpreted with just drums and claves.

The slaves were later influenced by the sounds of Amerindian instruments from the Kogui and Kuna tribes settled between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Montes de María; like the millo flutes, gaita flutes and güiros. Africans and Amerindians working together as slaves created a mixture from which the gaitero (cumbia interpreter) appeared, with a defined identity by the 1800s. (These gaiteros are not to be associated with the Venezuelan Zulian gaiteros.) The European guitars and accordions were added later, through Spanish influence.


Cumbia as a courtship ritual

The danced courtship ritual was rhythmically performed with music played by groups of men and women couples; women playfully waving with their long skirts and holding a candle, while the men danced behind the women, with one hand on his back and the other one holding his hat, putting it on and off and waving it. Men also carried a red type of handkerchief which they either wrapped around their necks, waved in circles in the air or handheld together with women. Until mid-20th century, cumbia was considered a vulgar dance, practiced only by the lower classes.

Musical instruments

Traditional instruments used in cumbia:

Drums: Cumbia drums were of African origin and were brought along with slaves to the Americas by the Spanish conquerors. Africans used wood, ropes made out of sisal (Agave sisalana), and animal dry skins to make their drums. They either played the drum by hitting it with their hands or with sticks. Sometimes they wrapped the tip of the sticks with dry skin to prevent wearing off the drum. Cumbia interpreters produce variations of the sound emitted by the drum by hitting it on almost every area of the wooden base and dry skin.

Claves: claves are a couple of hard thick sticks, usually used to set the beat through out the song.

Cumbia in Latin America


Colombia: Today traditional cumbia is preserved and considered representative of the Colombian identity, but especially in the Northern Caribbean coast. It is also associated to Barranquilla's Carnival and the Vallenato Legend Festival. Modern forms of Cumbia are only preferred by the lower classes, but widely accepted when fusioned with other genres such as vallenato or rock; similar to Carlos Vives signature.

Argentina: CTends to be appreciated more by the lower social classes, and is often scorned by the upper classes. In Argentina, for example, this social divide is exemplified by the cumbia villera phenomenon, that intends to represent and resonate with the poor and marginalized dwellers of villas miseria (shanty towns and slums), with lyrics glorifying theft and drug abuse, much like Northern American hip hop. However, it must be noted that a lighter form of cumbia enjoyed widespread popularity in Argentina during the 1990s (see Argentine cumbia).

Chile: Popular with the lower social classes, it is often made fun of by the middle and upper classes. Nevertheless, it is widely danced at parties and gathering.
Mexico: (see Mexican cumbia),

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