The Encyclopedia of World Folk Dance by Mary Ellen Snodgrass
By Mary Ellen Snodgrass
The Encyclopedia of worldwide folks Dance focuses at the forte of kinetic functionality and its contribution to the learn and appreciation of rhythmic expression world wide. Following a chronology of momentous occasions relationship from prehistory to the current day, the entries during this quantity comprise fabric on technical phrases, personality roles, and particular dances. The entries additionally summarize the old and ethnic milieu of every variety and execution, highlighting, between different parts, such positive factors as:
- origins
- purpose
- rituals and traditions
- props
- dress
- holidays
- themes
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