 It is what the body feels first in music and responds to so eagerly.  What are some examples that make your body sway, march, stomp your feet, clap etc..?

 The beat or pulse gives music much of its energy, excitement and drive.  Felt time- the space that music appears to carve out for itself (the beat conveys this)

 We begin to anticipate what will happen in music and be delighted when something unexpected happens  We feel as if time flies by when engaged in a film, play, speech, or piece of music.

 Musicians learn to perform more than one rhythm at a time.  Ex. A pianist may play one with the left hand and another with the right hand  Ex. Tap your head and rub your stomach

 Deliberate shifts of the accent so that it conflicts with the steady beat and tries to upset the steady pulse  Focuses on the weak beats to create an unexpected imbalance for pleasure.

 Has been part of the life of every tribe, society, and culture.  Marriage, birth, successful hunt, good crop, or a victory.  Evil spirits, prevent sickness or danger, and to cope with life.

 Dance is more than just physical movement, it is expression!!!  Dances are popular because of their distinctive rhythms  Today thousands of music videos feed our appetites for dance.  Think of certain tv shows or stations that just focus on the art of dance or music videos…

 Dance music of Latin America and Cuba became popular in the states during the 1930’s and 40’s.  Popular dances:  Cha-cha  Rumba  Mambo  Calypso  Samba  Tango  Roots are traced back to Africa

 Latin American dance performed at a moderately slow, walklike tempo  Gliding steps and dips  Became popular as a ballroom dance in Europe and the in the states after WWI

 Afro-Brazilian dance that is faster and jazzier than the Tango  Improvisation

 Popular music style mixing African and Caribbean rhythms created by Jamaican musicians.

 Dance music created by Texas- Mexicans  3 influences:  Polka and waltz  Germans, Czechs and poles  Button accordion

 Expresses the mystical elements of religion, love, birth, death, hunting, war, and celebration.  Music is considered sacred and not used just for entertainment.  Native Americans sing and dance to show pride in who they are as a people and to bring good fortune to their people as well.

 America began to love this type of dancing in the 19 th century during minstrel shows, operettas and vaudeville shows.  Tap dancing – feet are used as percussive instruments - is also distinctly American and made its Broadway debut in the early 1920’s in black musicals.  Bill “Bojangles” Robinson- known as the The King of Tap Dancers  Very integral part of American musical theatre

 The art of telling a story through music and movement originated in ballet  Style of classical dance that emerged in France during the 16 th century  Very strenuous dance lasting only a couple minutes at a time  Igor Stravinsky- wrote the first ballet score (The Firebird) 1910

 Developed by American dancers as an alternative to ballet, made up of a variety of dance styles

 Set of instrumental pieces each in the character of a dance  Composed for a keyboard instrument or a small orchestra

 Rather slow and charming old French dance in triple meter  Originated as a country dance  The epitome of the classical period

 Started as a social dance and eventually graduated to concert hall  Unsophisticated and unrestrained  Popular for nearly 200 years