Sentence examples for drum dance from inspiring English sources
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY "WOFA," a non-stop explosion of drum, dance and chant.
This helped to bring attention and respect to an Afro-Caribbean drum dance tradition that had previously been disparaged as crude and uncultured.
"Drum Dance No. 3," a brief polymetric romp for piano and drum kit by John Psathas, highlighted the Landes brothers, who perform together under the name Synchronicity.
"Recently, we've had some kids who have just arrived from India," Mr. Wangyhl said one recent Sunday, as he watched three teenage boys practice the Tibetan drum dance outside in the bitter cold.
The close linking of music with dance and theatre can be seen in the Korean drum dance, in which the dancer also is a musician who plays the drum, and in a number of Japanese Kabuki and puppet plays that show characters expressing hidden feelings by playing a musical instrument.
Outsiders are welcomed, especially into such dances for the Creator as the great feather and drum dances; and all, from the aged to mothers with babies in arms, are expected to join in.
The ura dance has three distinct components; the ura pa'u (drum dances), korero (legends) and kaparima (action songs).
These drum dances are not limited to Okinawa and have appeared in places containing Okinawan communities such as in São Paulo, Hawaii, and large cities on the Japanese mainland.
An early Dominican dance, the baile de palo ("long-drum dance") is an African-derived couple dance that is based on death rituals in which the spirit of the deceased entered an heir and danced.
SLEEPY HOLLOW Pinkster Festival, drumming, dance, African folktales and more.
