World Cultures 6 Indian Music and Dance

Indian Music Purposes: Religious inspiration Cultural expression Entertainment These are also known as: Ceremonial Artistic Recreational

Indian Music Pop Rock and Roll Indy-Rock persuasion? Folk Music

Indian Music Rock and Roll John Coltrane Bud Shank The Beatles Grateful Dead Rolling Stones Ravi Shankar

Indian Music Isolation of India  unique musical tradition distinctive sounds of instruments

Indian Music Musical instruments Sitar Tabla Sarod Sarangi

Indian Music Folk Music Maharashtra Similar to poetry Lavani Females only!!! Dandiya Small sticks Warrior training

Indian Music Sangeet Vocal Instrumental Very ceremonial Qawwali Devotional music 1 or 2 lead singers Several chorus singers

Indian Music Don’t forget to look/listen for these: Tempo – how fast or slow the music goes Dynamics – crescendo/decrescendo Distinctive sounds of the instruments

Indian Music Movie scene Sangeet Music Sitar Recital Maharashtra Lord Ganesha video

Dance Terms Duration – the length of time the movement lasts

Dance Terms Direction – where a dancer moves

Dance Terms Pathway – the path a dancer makes across the floor zig-zag, straight, curved, winding others you can think of?

Dance Terms Tempo – how fast or slow the movement is

Dance Terms Loco motor – movements that usually travel through space

Dance Terms Non loco motor – movements that most often stay in one place

Dance Terms Shape – the design of the body as it exists in space

Dance Terms  Space – where the body moves  Personal space – space around me!  General space – space a dancer has to use

Dance Terms Force – how heavy/light, sharp/smooth, tense/relaxed, bound/flowing a movement is

Indian Dance o Isolation of culture or region results in a unique dance tradition o classical dance forms from India, bharata natyam, kathak

Indian Dance Sangeet Dance Wedding sangeet Bharata Natyam information video

Bharata natyam Tempo Force LM or NLM or both?