Monday, June 3, 2013
U9-Dance-A5-Blog-Dance of My Choice
I picked the flowing clip of disco from Saturday Night Fever
where John Travolta was dancing: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3j1w_john-travolta-saturday-night-fever_music.
This dance performed by John Travolta was a type of disco dance that uses the
dancer's whole body throughout the dance. In West Africa the dancer include
their whole body in the dance such as arms, head, legs, hips, etc. The fact is
disco was derived from African influences and it makes a lot of sense that the
dancing would also have influences from Africa as well.
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My first thought when I see the disco video isn't West African dance, but you are right that the use of the whole body and the rhythm of the music are very much influenced by the West African!
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