The purpose of this paper is to define the terms "theater" and "theatrical game" and to determine the field of their practical application of Greek traditional dance in the school education. To help students to acquire the necessary knowledge in order to reconsider behaviors and attitudes on the...

In this paper the origin of Odissi dance is discussed. Odissi dance has its own identity by its own fine music and unique form of representing its story and literature. The story may be Dashavatar Stuti, Sri Jagannath's Story or may be Jayadeva's Geeta Govindam or Rasa Leela of Sri RadhaKrishna and ...

In the early, high and late colonial periods, i.e., beginning in the early 17th century, most writings on the Southeast Asian performing arts were by foreign scholars, were court-centric, and aimed at objective accounts of syntax, theory and instruments. In the post-colonial, post-Vietnam war...

Increasing attention to cultural equity in the arts focuses on the power of the arts to address social inequity. Many also recognize that arts organizations must attend to these issues in their organizational practices in order to promote equity and disrupt historic power structures. Local Arts...

This article discusses the relationship between the state and the performing arts in the transmission of political messages. During the New Order period in Indonesia, the traditional shadow puppet theater genre known as wayang played a significant role as a medium of communication between the...

The purpose of Transcending Rhythms, a dance in five parts recently performed at the College of William and Mary, was to "express more than just movement but also to tell a story of suffering and then triumph" within the context of the "Underground Railroad" of the African American slaves and the...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the creation of a performing arts archive website, exploring impact in relation to the marketing and promotion of opera and understanding of opera history. Design/methodology/approach: The paper sets out a case study reflection in relation to a...

This paper is based on Van't Hof's documentary film, Finding Their Own Dance: Reawakening the Alaskan Alutiiq Arts. It includes a brief history of the Alutiiq people and describes the cultural reawakening and the style of native dance that has resulted.

Traditional dance occupies a pivotal place in the economic, political and socio-cultural system in African traditional society. This role survives to the present day manifested in several performances that have stood the test of time and alien influences. Despite the onslaught of colonialism,...

This paper describes the history and symbolism of the hoop dance and the role it plays in modern Native American culture.