The phrase "aboriginal dances" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to traditional dances that are characteristic of indigenous peoples, particularly in Australia.
Example: "The festival showcased a variety of aboriginal dances that highlighted the rich cultural heritage of the indigenous communities."
Alternatives: "indigenous dances" or "native dances".
Domnina has said that she and Shabalin became drawn to the idea after watching Internet videos of aboriginal dances.
Spanish and Austrian influences probably inspired the couple dances of Latin America, for aboriginal dances juxtapose male and female partners only rarely, and never in overt courtship mime.
The most copious and reliable materials on these and other aboriginal dances are strewn through the works of anthropologists, folklorists, and a few musicians.
In Australia, there are aboriginal dances that reenact hunting and combat using traditional weapons such as the boomerang.
A contemporary Aboriginal dance movie from artists at Sydney's Bangarra Dance Theatre?
Shabalin said the dance, first performed in competition in this season's Russian championships, had not been intended to be an Australian aboriginal dance.
In New York, they start with a great library system, where families can order online something as esoteric as Aboriginal dance videos, as Mrs. Attaway did.
These include Cayetano Soto's stark, moody "Uneven" (set to music by the current it boy of dance, David Lang), an early piece by Jiří Kylián inspired by Aboriginal dance, and another twitchy ballet by the Finnish choreographer Jorma Elo.
Inspired by the choreographer's interest in Aboriginal dance, the piece is set to a percussive score by Carlos Chávez and features a shimmering curtain along the back of the stage.
Bangarra Dance Theater (Oct . 24-27, a venturesome Aboriginal dance group, directed by Stephen Page, fuses traditions of the Munyarryun clan of Arnhem Land, in Australia's Northern Territory, with contemporary movement.
Dancegoers had a memorable glimpse of Aboriginal dance in another context in 1981, when an organization called Aboriginal Artists of Australia performed on a sandy landfill that was part of the then-developing Battery Park City.
