“An Anthropologist Looks at Ballet as a Form of Ethnic Dance”

Joann Kealiinohomoku

Presented by:Katie McClellan and Edited By: Laura Pratt and Dr. Kay Picart

Anthropology Anthropology NOT NOT ArchaeologyArchaeology

Author’s IntroAuthor’s Intro

““It is good anthropology to think of It is good anthropology to think of ballet as a form of ethnic dance.”ballet as a form of ethnic dance.”

Goal of article: to bridge the Goal of article: to bridge the communication gap between communication gap between scholars of dance and anthropologyscholars of dance and anthropology

EthnicEthnic

Definition of ethnic in relation to dance

For anthropologists: ____________________________________________________________

For dance scholars: ____________________________________________________________

Dance Scholars

DeMille, Haskell, Holt, the Kinneys, Kirstein, La Meri, Martin, Sachs, Sorell, Terry.

Basically, they generalize “_____ _____” and also make fun

MythMyth

• According to myth where did dance come from?

Discussion

Have you ever experienced this tendency of “mobs” to spontaneously begin dancing?

Paradigm Hopi dances

Complete Freedom? Orgy? Exuberance? Pelvic?

Let’s be consistent Folk: __________________________ Primitive:

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Ethnic: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Ballet is EthnicBallet is Ethnic

Decidedly Decidedly culturalculturalEuropeanEuropeanPromotes our ____________Promotes our ____________

To dance scholars…To dance scholars…

Stay in your boxStay in your boxDon’t be “comfortably complacent”Don’t be “comfortably complacent”

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