Shall Ballet Be as a Form of Ethnic Dance?

Shall ballet be as a form of ethnic dance? I am for it. Why do I agree with it? Even though, in western dance school have not accepted ballet as ethnic dance. The word ethnic dance should mean a dance form of a given group of people who share common genetic, linguistic, and cultural connection (Kealiinohomoku 40-41). Ballet dance displays emotions, movements gesture a story of their culture, form and style of movements delivers through human body, and serves the purpose with rhythmic score. Generally, the dance ballet has elaborate props to tell the story along with music while human body dance to convey the story to their audience (Kealiinomoku 39).

The writer’s two crucial points are that the birds and apes do not have intent to dance, but the intend dance danced by a group of people do have definition of their dance. The application of dance in cross-culturally setting dance apart from other activities is the dance (Kealiinomoku 38-39).

The writer pointed out that the anthropologist was concerned themselves with origins, not knowing the anyone who was there, and the animals dance before humans. Another thing the author mentioned is there is no such thing as primitive dances and they are too many to fit any stereotype (Kealiinohomoku 33-34).

I am more inspired after viewing the many cultural dances in paper and the videos. Such as history and style of dance: imaginational, Korean, African, Ballet, Japanese, Thai, Philippine, and Hawaiian dances. What amazes me is the changes all culture has gone through the movements of politics, religion, and economic pressure.

Currently, my thought of dance is more beautiful and fathomable of the unlimited variation of styles and my imagination of the creation in every subjects.

Such as a little movement as this child is dancing.

 

Who knows, eventually I might be dancing in a large theatrical dance performance telling the many stories encouraging the public to dance.   

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