Sentence examples for vernacular dance from inspiring English sources

I had been wanting to explore black vernacular dance and its history.

He invented new techniques of creating rhythm by combining elements of African American vernacular dance, Irish jigs, and clogging.

Mr. Bethel was a dapper, genial presence on the New York vernacular dance scene for four decades.

These innovative works display his gift for capturing the essence of a particular era through his mastery of vernacular dance styles and his understanding of gesture.

In that melting-pot environment, Lane began to experiment with the mixture of the Irish jig and African American vernacular dance.

The act incorporated singing, acrobatics, comedy and vernacular dance, working into the mix the traditional tap challenge in which one dancer tries to top another's steps.

Michael Jagger, Evita Arce, and their company, RFX Swing, offer short and lively impressions of vernacular dances, such as the Charleston and the Lindy Hop, that predate the Second World War.

Stronger composers evoke vernacular song and dance by adding some contemporary twists of their own.

Mitchell uses whirling fists, flapping elbows, and bone-socket jerks — dance vernacular turned into dazzling choral movement.

In this, his masterpiece, Robbins sticks mainly to a ballet and folk dance vernacular and uses pedestrian gesture sparingly.

In introducing the evening Ms. Zollar spoke of the ways in which improvisation has undergirded the black dance vernacular and of her early personal history with it.