Dance, social escape, expression, Kuto, hip-hop, Japan, Bronx, history, culture, politics, society
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In this speech, we will explore how dance has been used throughout history as a means of social escape and expression, from the Kuto dance in Japan to hip-hop in the Bronx. We will examine how dance has allowed individuals to come together, express their emotions, and make political and social claims. Join us as we delve into the world of dance and its powerful impact on society.
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[...] In Asia, dance also plays an important role in society. Often bringing Man closer to the gods to bring 'good luck', it has also sometimes had a political connotation. After the horrors of World War II and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japanese society is shaken. To express the rejection of the West embodied by the United States and the refusal of a return to Japanese conservatism, the Kuto dance is developed as a form of resistance and expression of the search for a new Japanese identity. [...]
[...] MEETING AND ESCAPE Our second argument is that dance is not only thought of as a spectacle for the public, but it is often a means of social escape and reunion. For example, the Salsa dance born in the 1940s in rural areas of Cuba is a mix of Latin American and African cultures, and jazz rhythms from the United States. It was, however, after Fidel Castro's victory in 1959 in Cuba that this dance and musical style experienced a real expansion. [...]
[...] The message of hope and social change is then lost, even if the entertainment itself allows, not the dancers, but the spectators to escape their own realities. CONCLUSION Dance is often summarized as a simple entertainment, an elaborate spectacle to please or surprise an audience. Yet, everywhere in the world, dance has participated in the history and cultural expression of peoples through its role as a transmitter of emotion, escape and political and social claim. Dancing allows men to get out of their difficult reality and condition while hoping for a change and with the help of their instinctive movements, to claim their freedom. [...]
[...] What's the point?" Instructions : Drafting a speech in BUSINESS & SOCIETY COMMUNICATION Speech duration 3min HOOK Classical ballet dance, contemporary and jazz dance, rebellious dance, street dance as well as dance in the grandest palaces, with therapeutic virtues, cultural art or simply a Saturday night outburst, dance animates us all. But after all, how to define dance? Improvised movements to the rhythm of percussion and other vibrant instruments? On the contrary, elaborate choreographies with the slightest movement to bring about entertainment? INTRO That's the dilemma of many dancers in search of perfection, like the character of Nina in the film Black Swan (Aronofski, 2010) whose obsession turns into madness and causes her death. [...]
[...] We can say that dance is a means of conveying a message that, through history, has expressed political and social demands. To dance is to put one's body at the service of one's emotions to sensitize the spectator, make him aware of our reality and push him to intervene, to act. DEVELOPPEMENT (REALITY AND LIBERTY To defend this idea, our first example is that of the Brazilian dance Capoeira. Movements with the air of combat under the sustained rhythm of the Atabaque and Paindero percussion, Capoeira is in fact a fight that has disguised itself as a dance to escape persecution. [...]
