Folk Dances all over the World Russian Folk Dances from Ancient to Modern Times Author: Fedotova Natalia Education center «School on Yauza», Moscow 9 th form Teacher: L.A.Yagodnikova
At our school we have a lot of different concerts, festivals and we found out some gaps in cultural level of my peers, in the history of culture, especially in music and dances. That s why it is very important to make our generation more versatile.
Solving the problem: to inform show some dances dance together
Implementing ideas: -to find more about the history and development of different countries through the dance -to study information about folk dances, most popular of them, their history, countries, people. -to define the most popular dances in the world -to systematize dances according the historical development -to indicate the most dances of different continents -to classify historically and geographically Russian folk dances -to create my own dance -show it to my peers
Results: 1) 3 rd place in city contest "The World without Borders 2) students understand, know more about culture, boys began to dance. It is socially significant 3) I created my own dance according to the fulfilled investigations
Top 10 Most Popular Folk Dances in the World «Folk dance is valuable because it reveals the character, experience, culture and temperament of the nation» Igor Moiseyev 1. Samba (Brazil) 2. Casino (Cuba) 3. Tarantella (Italy) Around the 16th century in Taranto, Italy, people broke into a dance to ward off death from the highly poisonous bite of a Tarantula spider. They would dance in a frantic and hysterical fashion to fast music, and this is what later came to be known as Tarantella.
Top 10 Most Popular Folk Dances in the World 4. Bhangra (India) 5. Garba (India) 6. Irish step dance (Ireland) 7. Baladi (Egypt) 8. Halay (Turkey)
Top 10 Most Popular Folk Dances in the World 9. Gumboot Dance (South Africa) Gumboot is performed by dancers wearing Wellingtons a type of boot. This dance originated from the black miners. 10. Milonga (Argentina)
Dances of Ancient Times For primitive man dancing was the main form of existence. The reasons for dancing were dictated by life itself. For example, hunting, military, ceremonial dances were spread in all continents. These dances were just like squatting, spinning, jumping and twitching. And they can even be ended by losing of consciousness of participants.
Russian folk dances It is difficult to define, how many folk dances there are in Russia. But in all these various dances there are many common features characterizing the Russian dance in general: broadness of movements, daring and special cheerfulness, poetry, and combination of modesty and simplicity with profound dignity.
Indian Dances Indian culture is really unique because India is a diverse country of magical spirit. The Indian dances are broadly divided into Classical dances and folk dances.. Dancing is a form of coherent expression of human feelings.
Every continent has its own special and unique style of dance The most diverse are Asian dances. The trickiest, most challenging and various are European Dances. American Dances are one of the most beautiful and nimble dances. The most unusual and agile dances are African Dances. Many Australian Dances are borrowed from Europe.
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