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The Gaga movement language was created by Ohad Naharin, former Martha Graham dancer and artistic director of the Batsheva Dance Company (1990-2018), and has been further developed in relation to Naharin's research in dance and choreography. Naharin created Gaga as a reaction to a back injury he was experiencing.
The music accompanying the kpanlogo dance is drawn from older Ga drumming traditions, such as gome, oge and kolomashie. Kpanlogo music uses three types of instruments: nono (metal bell), fao (gourd rattle), and kpanlogo drums. Nono plays the key pattern or timeline of the music, supported by the fao.
Georgian dance (Georgian: ქართული ცეკვა) is the traditional dance of Georgia. It stems from military moves, sports games, and dances celebrated during holidays in the Middle Ages. The dance was popularized by the founders of the Georgian National Ballet, [1] Iliko Sukhishvili, and his wife, Nino Ramishvili.
This is the main list of dances.It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances.
In partner dancing, connection is physical, non-verbal communication between dancers to facilitate synchronized or coordinated dance movements. Some forms of connection involve "lead/follow" in which one dancer (the "lead") directs the movements of the other dancer (the "follower") by means of non-verbal directions conveyed through a physical connection between the dancers.
The Ga-Dangbe music includes drumming and dancing. One of their traditional music and dance styles (albeit a fairly modern one) is kpanlogo, a modernized traditional dance and music form developed around 1960. Yacub Addy, Obo Addy, and Mustapha Tettey Addy are Ga drummers who have achieved international fame.
A basic figure is the very basic step that defines the character of a dance. Often it is called just thus: "basic movement", "basic step" or the like. For some dances it is sufficient to know the basic step performed in different handhold [broken anchor] s and dance positions [broken anchor] to enjoy it socially.
Solo dance – a dance danced by an individual dancing alone. Partner dance – dance with just 2 dancers, dancing together. In most partner dances, one, typically a man, is the leader; the other, typically a woman, is the follower. As a rule, they maintain connection with each other. In some dances the connection is loose and called dance ...