Midterm

Question 1

dance

Answer 1

a way of expressing yourself; meaningful patterned movement of the body

Question 2

proscenium stage

Answer 2

stage facing facing audience in an arc

Question 3

secular dance

Answer 3

not religious dance accessable to the public in the common domain

Question 4

dance anthropology

Answer 4

the study of dance withing the cultural domain

Question 5

monograph

Answer 5

a detailed written study of dance or an aspect of it

Question 6

high brow form

Answer 6

ex. ballet

Question 7

middle brow form

Answer 7

a form done in social arenas that shouldn’t be done on the high brow stage

Question 8

low brow form

Answer 8

ex. twerking
considered less than dancing
(historically anything from the waist down)

Question 9

multiculturalism

Answer 9

all present may maintan their differences but coexist along side another; functioning as a whole

Question 10

interculturalism

Answer 10

can coexist but trying to maintain a separate identity, to maintain distinction between cultures

Question 11

assimilation

Answer 11

absorbing traditions to harmonize towards a whole choosing self-selecting attributes. In order to harmonize as a whole

Question 12

hybridization/fusion

Answer 12

interweaving and intermingling of participants pick and choose functional attributes of each culture thaqt allow them to function in agroup while maintaining a core identity.

Question 13

homogenization

Answer 13

production of sameness; usually from intentional forces

Question 14

glocalization

Answer 14

that adaptation of mass media or product or culture for regional differences making it palatable to a specific reason

Question 15

ethno-nation

Answer 15

based on a biological ethnicity

Question 16

subnation

Answer 16

may have an ethnic component to it, they the larger community but have their own cultural choices

Question 17

diaspora

Answer 17

the spreading out of people who lave their homeland and spreading out of different communities which have the culture of the original homeland

Question 18

transnational

Answer 18

above and beyond the influences

Question 19

technique

Answer 19

the ability to replicate movement with increasing efficiency and proficiency

Question 20

positionality

Answer 20

situating oneself in the field of study

Question 21

phenomenology

Answer 21

the study of development of human consciousness and self awareness as a preface to or part of philosophy

Question 22

signature values of a dance genre

Answer 22

what does the movement symbolize

Question 23

aesthetic values of a dance genre

Answer 23

what does the movement look like

Question 24

hegemony

Answer 24

leadership or dominance and manipulation of others towards sameness

Question 25

homogenization

Answer 25

the external manipulation of something so it starts to move towards sameness

Question 26

culture

Answer 26

a categorical display of customs, attire, language, norms and values signifying membership of a defined and recognizable group

Question 27

inculturation

Answer 27

what you were raised at rather than your ethnicity