Author: Charlotte Heth
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, with Starwood Pub.
ISBN:
Category : Indian dance
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This premier publication of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian documents Native American dance with stunning photographs and essays by noted contributors.
Native American Dance
Author: Charlotte Heth
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, with Starwood Pub.
ISBN:
Category : Indian dance
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This premier publication of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian documents Native American dance with stunning photographs and essays by noted contributors.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, with Starwood Pub.
ISBN:
Category : Indian dance
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This premier publication of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian documents Native American dance with stunning photographs and essays by noted contributors.
The People Have Never Stopped Dancing
Author: Jacqueline Shea Murphy
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452913439
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
During the past thirty years, Native American dance has emerged as a visible force on concert stages throughout North America. In this first major study of contemporary Native American dance, Jacqueline Shea Murphy shows how these performances are at once diverse and connected by common influences. Demonstrating the complex relationship between Native and modern dance choreography, Shea Murphy delves first into U.S. and Canadian federal policies toward Native performance from the late nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, revealing the ways in which government sought to curtail authentic ceremonial dancing while actually encouraging staged spectacles, such as those in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West shows. She then engages the innovative work of Ted Shawn, Lester Horton, and Martha Graham, highlighting the influence of Native American dance on modern dance in the twentieth century. Shea Murphy moves on to discuss contemporary concert dance initiatives, including Canada’s Aboriginal Dance Program and the American Indian Dance Theatre. Illustrating how Native dance enacts, rather than represents, cultural connections to land, ancestors, and animals, as well as spiritual and political concerns, Shea Murphy challenges stereotypes about American Indian dance and offers new ways of recognizing the agency of bodies on stage. Jacqueline Shea Murphy is associate professor of dance studies at the University of California, Riverside, and coeditor of Bodies of the Text: Dance as Theory, Literature as Dance.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452913439
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
During the past thirty years, Native American dance has emerged as a visible force on concert stages throughout North America. In this first major study of contemporary Native American dance, Jacqueline Shea Murphy shows how these performances are at once diverse and connected by common influences. Demonstrating the complex relationship between Native and modern dance choreography, Shea Murphy delves first into U.S. and Canadian federal policies toward Native performance from the late nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, revealing the ways in which government sought to curtail authentic ceremonial dancing while actually encouraging staged spectacles, such as those in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West shows. She then engages the innovative work of Ted Shawn, Lester Horton, and Martha Graham, highlighting the influence of Native American dance on modern dance in the twentieth century. Shea Murphy moves on to discuss contemporary concert dance initiatives, including Canada’s Aboriginal Dance Program and the American Indian Dance Theatre. Illustrating how Native dance enacts, rather than represents, cultural connections to land, ancestors, and animals, as well as spiritual and political concerns, Shea Murphy challenges stereotypes about American Indian dance and offers new ways of recognizing the agency of bodies on stage. Jacqueline Shea Murphy is associate professor of dance studies at the University of California, Riverside, and coeditor of Bodies of the Text: Dance as Theory, Literature as Dance.
North American Indian Dances and Rituals
Author: Peter F. Copeland
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486299136
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Color 38 authentic scenes of traditional tribal dances and rituals: Rio Grande Pueblo Deer Dance, Zia clown dancers, Hopi Snake Dance, many others.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486299136
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Color 38 authentic scenes of traditional tribal dances and rituals: Rio Grande Pueblo Deer Dance, Zia clown dancers, Hopi Snake Dance, many others.
Powwow
Author: Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459812360
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
★ “Clearly organized and educational—an incredibly useful tool for both school and public libraries.” —School Library Journal, starred review Powwow is a celebration of Indigenous song and dance. Journey through the history of powwow culture in North America, from its origins to the thriving powwow culture of today. As a lifelong competitive powwow dancer, Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane is a guide to the protocols, regalia, songs, dances and even food you can find at powwows from coast to coast, as well as the important role they play in Indigenous culture and reconciliation.
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459812360
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
★ “Clearly organized and educational—an incredibly useful tool for both school and public libraries.” —School Library Journal, starred review Powwow is a celebration of Indigenous song and dance. Journey through the history of powwow culture in North America, from its origins to the thriving powwow culture of today. As a lifelong competitive powwow dancer, Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane is a guide to the protocols, regalia, songs, dances and even food you can find at powwows from coast to coast, as well as the important role they play in Indigenous culture and reconciliation.
Dancing at Halftime
Author: Carol Spindel
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814781268
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A topical discussion of the controversial use of American Indian mascots by college-level and professional sports teams.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814781268
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A topical discussion of the controversial use of American Indian mascots by college-level and professional sports teams.
Indians and Wannabes
Author: Ann M. Axtmann
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813048648
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Colloquially the term “powwow” refers to a meeting where important matters will be discussed. However, at the thousands of Native American intertribal dances that occur every year throughout the United States and Canada, a powwow means something else altogether. Sometimes lasting up to a week, these social gatherings are a sacred tradition central to Native American spirituality. Attendees dance, drum, sing, eat, re-establish family ties, and make new friends. In this compelling interdisciplinary work, Ann Axtmann examines powwows as practiced primarily along the Atlantic coastline, from New Jersey to New England. She offers an introduction to the many complexities of the tradition and explores the history of powwow performance, the variety of their setups, the dances themselves, and the phenomenon of “playing Indian.” Ultimately, Axtmann seeks to understand how the dancers express and embody power through their moving bodies and what the dances signify for the communities in which they are performed.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813048648
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Colloquially the term “powwow” refers to a meeting where important matters will be discussed. However, at the thousands of Native American intertribal dances that occur every year throughout the United States and Canada, a powwow means something else altogether. Sometimes lasting up to a week, these social gatherings are a sacred tradition central to Native American spirituality. Attendees dance, drum, sing, eat, re-establish family ties, and make new friends. In this compelling interdisciplinary work, Ann Axtmann examines powwows as practiced primarily along the Atlantic coastline, from New Jersey to New England. She offers an introduction to the many complexities of the tradition and explores the history of powwow performance, the variety of their setups, the dances themselves, and the phenomenon of “playing Indian.” Ultimately, Axtmann seeks to understand how the dancers express and embody power through their moving bodies and what the dances signify for the communities in which they are performed.
Heartbeat of the People
Author: Tara Browner
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252054180
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The intertribal pow-wow is the most widespread venue for traditional Indian music and dance in North America. Heartbeat of the People is an insider's journey into the dances and music, the traditions and regalia, and the functions and significance of these vital cultural events. Tara Browner focuses on the Northern pow-wow of the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes to investigate the underlying tribal and regional frameworks that reinforce personal tribal affiliations. Interviews with dancers and her own participation in pow-wow events and community provide fascinating on-the-ground accounts and provide detail to a rare ethnomusicological analysis of Northern music and dance.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252054180
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The intertribal pow-wow is the most widespread venue for traditional Indian music and dance in North America. Heartbeat of the People is an insider's journey into the dances and music, the traditions and regalia, and the functions and significance of these vital cultural events. Tara Browner focuses on the Northern pow-wow of the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes to investigate the underlying tribal and regional frameworks that reinforce personal tribal affiliations. Interviews with dancers and her own participation in pow-wow events and community provide fascinating on-the-ground accounts and provide detail to a rare ethnomusicological analysis of Northern music and dance.
Indian Dances of North America
Author: Reginald Laubin
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806121727
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Descriptions of the dances, costumes, body decorations, and musical accompaniment supplement information on the cultural background of Indian dancing
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806121727
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Descriptions of the dances, costumes, body decorations, and musical accompaniment supplement information on the cultural background of Indian dancing
The Animals Came Dancing
Author: Howard L. Harrod
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816520275
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
In this major overview of the relationship between Indians and animals on the northern Great Plains, the author recovers a sense of the knowledge that hunting peoples had of the animals upon which they depended and raises important questions about Euroamerican relationships with the natural world.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816520275
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
In this major overview of the relationship between Indians and animals on the northern Great Plains, the author recovers a sense of the knowledge that hunting peoples had of the animals upon which they depended and raises important questions about Euroamerican relationships with the natural world.
Native American Dance Steps
Author: Bessie Evans
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486145506
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
This well-researched book provides details of the varied steps Native American groups have used to express ideas — from skips, jumps, and hop steps, to an Indian form of the pas de bourrée.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486145506
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
This well-researched book provides details of the varied steps Native American groups have used to express ideas — from skips, jumps, and hop steps, to an Indian form of the pas de bourrée.