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Using 37 criteria of observation, the Cantometrics team analyzed over 4,000 songs – around 10 representative songs from over 400 cultures. Each song profile they made was recorded on a computer punch-card and loaded onto the Columbia mainframe. A companion study of dance, Choreometrics, produced analyses of over 1,500 dance performances.
Routines are measured and recorded on a judging criteria rubric during a performance and given to the team for review after the competition is complete. Each judging criteria sheet contains categories in which teams will receive a score from one to ten, one being considered very poor and 10 being superior.
In addition to tangible folk art objects, there is a second broad category of performance folk art which includes intangible arts forms such as folk music and folk song, folk dance and various kinds of narrative structures. This category is part of the performing arts.
A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region. Not all ethnic dances are folk dances. Not all ethnic dances are folk dances. For example, ritual dances or dances of ritual origin are not considered to be folk dances.
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This is a list of notable folk dance performance groups, listed by country of origin. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2019)
Eisa performance by the Seragaki Youth Association of Onna village. Eisa (Okinawan: エイサー, romanized: Eisā) is a folk dance originating from Okinawa Island in Japan.In origin, it is a Bon dance that is performed by young people of each community during the Bon festival to honor the spirits of their ancestors.
Alongside various folk dances of Nepal, the popularity of Syabru dance is also being decreased. In order to preserve and promote the dance form, various competitions, workshops and awareness programmes are being conducted. [3] [4] [5] The dance is an essential ritual during the Gyalpo Lhosar celebration.