African
dance has seven aesthetic senses. African dance is very exciting and emotion
stirring and graphical. In general, African dance has been difficult to define
in organization, structure, and codifying the movements (144). Why so? It is
because it has aesthetic techniques senses company by: polyrhythmic,
polycentric, curvilinear, dimensional, epic memory, repetition, and holistic. The
dancers from all over the world are attracted to the distinctively stylized
techniques and qualities, and many forms are complex art. As it happened with
many cultural dances, people have been danced by epic, memory, and oral tradition.
In addition, it depends
on where the dance develop makes a huge difference culturally and
geographically. Even the highly trained professional dancers and scholars are
not able to identify and label into certain code. The stylized African dance is
noticeable and can be dance individually and practice in a group or village. Traditional
beautiful African dance style is changing with mixed influences from other
countries (144-145).
Because Africans are all
people of Africans decent, the code of African dance must: give condition of
historical value, mythological, and religious world view to understand the
African aesthetic; The role of dance within the African dance society; and traditional
rural dance. The oral tradition then is the organic, creative process. Many of
the African art of dance is not signed (145).
I very much appreciate
reading how the author humbly acknowledging the creator responsible for the art
of dance. “The signature of the African artist is inherent in the creation and
spiritual or divine creator deserves and given the credit. It is understood
that the artist is a conduit and therefore nor responsible for the greatness of
the work. This does not mean that the artist is irresponsible, in fact, the
responsibility is awesome” (145).
The beauty of African is
the rhythmic not only in hearing of the music, but in their movements. Combining
the breathing, motion, along with music to me it is polyrhythmic itself. Polycentric
and a great deal of sense in form, shapes, and styles when I am dancing with
African dancers. I felt the simultaneous movements with head, shoulders, hands,
chest, knees, hips, ankles, and feet all together. Moreover, the high emotions
are indescribable.
With combination of: polyrhythmic,
polycentric, curvilinear, dimensional, epic memory, repetition, and holistic,
the dance is another world. It can bring the sense of movements to feel, hear,
and multidimensional enjoyment. I am concern about the complexity of Africa dance
be more influence by city and the modern choreography will change to depreciate
the original meaning of dance. Rather than improving, it deserves to be
preserved the style. However, inevitably, form of African dance will continue
to change with Bravo! From audience in other place than in Africa (145-146).
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