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African traditional dance

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African traditional dance

Tribal and regional African dances with a primarily ritualistic function. These rhythmically complex dances are performed to celebrate the important events in people's lives and are part of the everyday experience. In most cases, the dance focuses on the circle with soloists splitting off and then returning to the main group. Movement is generally directed towards the ground rather than upwards.



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Genres such as East Indian kathak and bharata natyam, Spanish flamenco, and West African traditional dance also found a market.
Dancing with Dollars in the Millennium by MUNGER, JOHN / Dance Magazine
The get-down postures, flexible torsos, and multirhythmic ease of African traditional dance was interpolated into the hard and fast angularity of their urban American street styles.
Rennie Harris Puremovement by Gottschild, Brenda Dixon / Dance Magazine
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