What is dance to you? A video project from Dance With Me!

Some people think that dance is only for the people who are dancing, the dancers. It is viewed as an exclusive area where the access to it is limited to those born with the talents to create a beautiful body movement. Yet, we refuse to have the same view. We are viewing the dance from a broader perspective where dance could seem to be relevant to all people.

The fact is that dance is a very part of a society. Everyone could enjoy dancing regardless of whether you are a dancer or an audience, whether you believe that you are able to dance or do not believe so, and whether you like or dislike dancing.

This video is made to actually tell the people about this, about how important the dance is to all people. Five persons with different backgrounds and dreams were gathered and asked about what is dance to them. Their opinions reveals that the essence of dance is beyond the profession as a dancer, reaching out to even the very core of society's existence. It is indeed believed that the absence of dance in the society means that the society itself is not complete. In some situations, people can just do nothing but dancing where emotions are inexpressible through the words of mouth.

If you can't find any reason to dance, just dance with me!

Group Members Contributions.

This video was created by the crew of Dance With Me! The following is the description of how each member has contributed to the video project:

1. Yung-Tsun (James) Wang

James has participated in the brain storming process of the video concept and background music. He held the role as both a cameraman and an editor for the video. He also put the subtitle, caption, ending credit, and background music to the video. At the same time, he also has acted as one of the correspondent in the who was interviewed in the video project.

2. Tania Pena

Tania has acted as a correspondent in the video whose role is important to tell the audience of how important the dance is to her as a person who wants to be a nurse. She also helped to decide the location to shoot the scenes and teach another member to do the dance move for the dancing scene. She also looked after the crew's bags while the others were doing their part.

3. Febiola Raseliana

Febiola is also a correspondent in the video. She has also contributed to development of the video creativity by giving ideas to make the video looks fresh and fun. She also helped to choose the shooting location and giving feedbacks for other correspondents. In addition, she also acted as a choreographer for one of the dancing scenes in the video.

4. Minyan (Michelle) Ling

Michelle has participated in looking after the bags of the crew while other crew members were doing their parts. She also has helped maintaining the sound recording by blocking the wind when recording the scenes when the location of the shooting was very windy and likely to affect the sound recorded. She was also one of the correspondent in the video.

5. Juliansen

Julian has participated in the brainstorming process of the video concept. She did some researches for the video concepts and background music. He helped to evaluate the video after being edited to recognise any flaw that needs to be eliminated before finalising and publishing the video to the youtube. He also acted as one of the correspondent in the interview.

We also would like to acknowledge the assistance provided by Chun-Kit (Frankie) Fung who has volunteered as the person who conducted the interview.

Love is a Dance

Among the hobbies and activities in common that a couple with children or without children  could have  can be, go to the cinema, theater, reading, even go to the football... or others such as, of course, children, skiing... or no! .

Do you know that when two people are in a relationship it is almost as if they are dance partners. Both play their own part in maintaining the movements and groove through the rhythm of the dance.

Learn to dance with a partner can also help your relationship, that always changes when you became mother/father. The moments of dance are times that you have for the two, and you will be all the time in physical contact.

However, it is not just the comparison with dance that will make your love life more enriching but a deeper connect with it that proves to be extremely beneficial for your relationship.

No matter what your primary and secondary love languages are, dancing will give you all you need to communicate love to your partner

Here are some fantastic relationship benefits of dancing:

1. Better Understanding




As couples take to dancing together, they learn to understand each other better than they would otherwise. Dancing requires co-ordination and for co-ordination, you need to develop mutual understanding. As you slowly start understanding your partner’s moves, you start to mould yourself accordingly. When dancing with your partner, the understanding you establish is purely non-verbal, a level of understanding much beyond spoken words.


2. Cooperation

When partners come together to dance, they learn to work together, to use their contrasting qualities to achieve a common goal and trust each other. Partners begin to cooperate much better as there are no ego clashes involved. The awareness of the need to work in harmony to reach their goal drives them to understand and work on each other’s cues which start showing its positive effects off the dance floor too.
3.  Positive Change In Communication


Dancing enhances your non-verbal communication with each other and teaches you qualities like patience, makes you more understanding towards your partner and, further, makes you aware of one another's cues. The harmony achieved on the dance floor is a skill that transcends into your relationship, thus, bringing in a positive change in how you communicate with each other.
4.  Re-ignites Passion

Various dance forms like Salsa and Tango are known to be extremely seductive. Once you start grooving to the sultry beats, you are consumed by passion for your partner. The electricity that is ignited on the dance floor leaves its traces in your relationship. The passion that you feel for your partner when dancing will set fire to your dormant relationship and bring in the missing chemistry that time had stolen from you.

Dance in Television

Dance is primarily a show presented to the audiences. Most of the dance is performed on stages where the people enjoy from the audience seats. If decades ago the beauty of dancing could only be enjoyed in a theatre where people must sacrificed their money in order to get into the show, it is no longer the case now. The invention of television has been likely to be a mark of the end of the exclusivity of the dancing show or many other shows. People no longer need to purchase tickets to enjoy a show as long as they have the access to television.

Furthermore, various dancing shows in the television have been produced and almost all people now can even choose to watch whatever the show they prefer.

Now, let us discuss three of the most popular dancing shows in television.

1. Dancing with the Stars

It is a dancing competition show produced in the United States and has become a franchise show produced also in many countries. It has been airing since 2005 on ABC in the US and CTV in Canada. The show that is hosted by Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews has a format consisting of a celebrity and a professional dancer in a team competing with several other teams. Let's have a look a glimpse of the show in the video below.

2. So You Think You Can Dance

With a provoking title, this competition has also become one of the most well-know dancing show franchises. Premiered also in 2005, the show has a format which take variety of dancers from various dancing styles to enter to open auditions in major cities in the US. Only a small number of dancers or group dancers are chosen as finalists towards the end of the audition. They will compete for the votes of the audiences who determine the winner of the show. The inputs of the panel judges also affect the shortlisting of the dancing competitors into the more advanced stages. It can be seen as "American Idol" for dancers, instead of for singers. Let's have a look on the show!

3. Dance Academy

It is not a competition, it is a drama! A drama aired in Australia since 2010 for teen audiences, yet also open to anyone, of course, who has a television and wished to watch. It was created by Samantha Strauss and Joanna Werner and the show is starring Xenia Goodwin, Alicia Banit, Dena Kaplan, and many others. The story is narrated from the perspective of the main character of the drama, Tara Webster played by Xenia Goodwin, a student at the dance academy. The story tells how Tara learns to be better at dancing in various kinds of dance genres, such as Ballet, Contemporary Ballet, and even Hip Hop! 3 series have been produced displaying the evolution of Tara and her peers in their dancing career. Let's enjoy the drama!

You may choose which ever you prefer to watch from any dancing show in the television. It may also depends on your preference of the types of the show, whether it is a drama, competition, reality show, or even documentary. Dance is no longer an exclusive show and can be enjoyed by anyone. Isn't it great?!

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Academy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(U.S._TV_series)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_You_Think_You_Can_Dance_(United_States)

Dance Music

Dance music is music that is composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. Dance music consists of a huge variety of music, from waltzes to rock and roll. However, the term has come to refer more to electronic music such as disco, house, techno and trance.

Most dancers agree that good dance music helps them "feel the beat" of the music. Popular dances songs can be heard on the radio and in dance clubs. Dance music uses simple beats and baselines, incorporating catchy melodies and lyrics that seem to stay in your mind for long after the music stops. Following are various genres of dance music.

1. Electronic Dance Music

Electronic dance music is made using electronics and is usually heard in dance nightclubs, on popular radio stations, and on television shows and movies.

Electronic dance music became popular after the boom of personal computers during the 1980's.

Electronic dance music is composed using computers and synthesizers instead of physical instruments. Synthesizers, sound cards, samplers, and drum machines interact with each other to achieve perfectly-synchronized sounds.

2. Folk Dance Music 

Folk dance are traditional social dances of ethnic groups from all over the world that are generally performed at weddings, parties, and other social gatherings. The tempo (pace) of folk dance music can be anywhere from slow and meditative to vigorously aerobic. 

Many people feel that live music at folk dances helps the dancers to experience feelings of community more so than recorded music. An example of traditional folk dance music played in the United States is music heard during square dances.

3. Historical Dance Music

Dance music can be traced back as far as the Ancient Greeks. Dancing was very popular during the Dark Ages, although the Christian Church thought dancing was linked to the devil. Early Western dance music consisted of medieval dances. During the Baroque period, composers started to write pieces of music based on dance rhythms.

During the Classical music period, composers wrote symphonies and string quartets. A lot of music during this time was written for dancing or easy listening. The waltz popularized during the Romantic era. French operas also contained plenty of dance music.

4. 1920's Dance Music

Dance music became very popular during the 1920's, as people began to frequent night clubs. The standard music at these clubs was a form of jazz consisting of string instruments. The fox-trot became extremely popular during this time. The music of this time is simply known as "jazz", but some people refer to it as "white jazz" or "big band" today. During the late 1960's, lavish orchestral arrangements paved the way for soul and R&B music.

5. Disco Dance Music

The disco craze peaked in the late 1970's when nightclubs were referred to as "discos." Disco music contains soaring, often reverberated vocals over a steady beat, and a prominent, syncopated electric bass line. Background sounds may include strings, horns, electric pianos, and electric guitars. The flute is often used for solo melodies, but lead guitar is used sparingly. Popular disco performers include Bee Gees, Amanda Lear, Donna Summer and The Jacksons.

Waltz

Waltz is a dance that performed as smooth ballroom and folk dance. Waltz appeal in 16th century, Montaigne-- the french philosopher, wrote of a dance he saw in Ausbrug, 1580. There are numerous of different waltz forms existed in the 19th and early 20th century, including versions performed in 3/4 or 6/8 (sauteuse), and 5/4 time (5/4 waltz, half and half). The Country Western Waltz is shown as positive mostly, moving counter clock wise around the dance floor. The posture and frame of the Waltz music are smooth and relax, with posture bordering on a slouch. The exaggerated hand and arm gestures of some ballroom styles are not a section of this style. The dance couples may dance in the promenade position frequently, it is really depending on local preference. Within Country Western waltz, there is the Spanish Waltz and the more modern (for the 1930s- early 1950s) Pursuit Waltz. At a time it was considered as ill treatment for a man to make the woman dance backwards in some locations.
Here are some step of waltz dance:
1. Get into the position by face the partner,
2. Step forward carefully with left foot on the first beat
3.Step forward and to the right with your right foot to the second beat
4.Slide left foot over to your right and stand with your feet together.
5. Step back with your right foot on the fourth beat
6.step back and to the left with your left foot, this time tracing a backward L. Shift your weight to your left foot
7.slide your right foot toward your left until your feet are together; now you’re ready to start over with your left foot to the final beat

Benefits of dance

What is it that makes dancing so appealing to people?
Despite the entertaining and fun components of it, dancing actually have many benefits for you. There are various benefits from dancing. Now let me tell you some of the benefits of dancing.

1. Dancing can increase your amount of daily exercise, which can be healthy to any individual, physically and mentally. But most importantly, dancing can be engaged by everybody of any age.

2. Adding on to the physical health, dance offers a way to improve flexibility and strength, which keeps muscles and joints healthy.

3. A benefit that you may not be thinking of is meeting new people and friends that have the similar interest. It may be true to every other activities, but dancing creates a whole different chemistry that is magical.

4. As discussed before in the other blog post, dancing can certainly reduce stress level, and why not dance and forget about stress while making your body more healthy? It is a win win.

5. Also, if you are trying to understand and get to know more about a culture, dancing provides insight into other cultures either through dancing styles or meeting the people.

6. In addition, if you are starting to dance as your hobby, as you progress and improve in skills, dancing can actually lead to many career opportunities.

7. Believe it or not, dancing can help increase your self esteem and confidence.

After all the benefits listed above, what are you still waiting for?

Get up and let us all dance!

Do not be afraid and come dance with me!


Posted by: James Wang

Tango

Tango is appear in the 19th century along the River Plate, it is  a partner dance and spear to the world very soon. Tango has many forms to performed in today's dance performance, however,  popularly and among tango dancing circles, the authentic tango is considered to be the one closest to the form originally danced in Argentina and Uruguay
Tango is mainly influence from European and African culture. At the beginning , tango is just one of the dances in 20th  society, but it begin popular as theaters and street barrel organs. dancers and orchestras from Buenos Aires travelled to Europe in 20th century, therefor, the European tango craze appeared at Paris, the followed by London, Berlin and other European capital cites. Here is a video about Tango in  today's London street.

Not only the London style , Tango has variety of styles that developed in different area. There are some different types of Tango:

1. Tango argentino
2. Tango canyengue
3. Tango camacupense (Angola)
4. Tango Oriental Uruguayan tango
5. Tango liso
6. Tango salon
7. Tango Vals
8. Tango orillero
9. Tango milonguero (Tango apilado)
10. Tango Nuevo (New Tango)
11. Contact tango
12. Show Tango (also known as fantasia)
13. Ballroom tango
14. Finnish tango

This is the video about finish tango, which is mainly performed in minor keys and reflecting established conventions in Finnish folklore, and it was first performed in Finland in 1913. Finnish Tango has a close contact in the pelvis, upper thighs, and the upper body, which is differ from other forms of tango dances.

If you are interested in Finnish Tango, Click here to know more about its history and characteristic:

http://composers.musicfinland.fi/musicfinland/FIMIC.nsf/0/b07de6da87c46640c2257506005199fe!OpenDocument&Click=   by Jutta Jaakkola, Finnish Music Information Service, trans. Susan Sinisalo, May, 2000, retrieved July 10, 2014

Top 10 Traditional Dance Costumes Around the World

Traditional costumes have always held a very important status in the society, by adorning them on every single mega event and any other special occasion. They have been a symbol of pride, beauty and respect in their own natural birthplaces. Traditional costumes not only represent the pride and prestige of the country, but also give that feeling of beauty and respect to the person that wears them and adorn them. Some tradition outfits have dug themselves deep in the society, yet some of them are still culturally evolving. There are some traditional costumes which are known all over their world, just for the exclusivity and charming beauty. They just look pleasing to the eyes which gives them that popularity in the world which they deserve. So here is a list of some of the best traditional outfits in the world which are considered beautiful and some of the best handpicked from the rest.

1. Namibia

The Herero people are an ethnic group who live in present-day Namibia and Botswana. Their origins are uncertain but their tribe is believed to have come here from Central Africa during the 16th century AD. A semi-nomadic people who make their meager living by raising cattle, have suffered a great deal during the European colonial period.

2. Myanmar

Originally from Mongolia, the Padaung tribe has since moved to Myanmar, near the border with Thailand. With around 50,000 individuals, these people live in a couple of villages, deep inside the jungle, near the Salween River.

3. Bulgaria

Like all European countries, Bulgaria has a rich cultural heritage. Not only of Christian descent but also filled with many pagan rituals belonging to the Thracians and other peoples that once lived on those lands. Every region of the country has its own different traditions and costumes, but ultimately belonging to the same people.

On the first day of every year, the Babugeri come out in the town of Bansko in South West Bulgaria, celebrating the arrival of the New Year. Made out of goat skin and with an 1.5 meter (5 feet) woolen hood, these “creatures” dance together and brush against married women, bringing them good fortune and many children. In the past they wore a red “phallic” rod around their waists but were since replaced with a stick held in their hand.

4.India

One of the oldest countries in the world and with a vast cultural and religious heritage, India doesn’t lack any intricacy in its tradition. The performance is very religious, depicting scenes from the Hindu scriptures (Puranas), starting in the evening and usually lasting throughout the night. The show is done entirely by men, even the female characters are portrayed by male actors, dressed in women’s clothing. Their costumes are very intricate, as well as is their make-up which can be easily mistaken for a mask. Each color has its own meaning. Red for example, worn on the feet symbolizes an evil character or someone with evil intent. This dance-drama relies heavily on hand gestures (mudra), very common in the classical Indian dance.

5. Turkey

The Whirling Dervishers are a branch of the Mevlevi order which is part of the Sufi tradition in Islam. This order was founded by Celaleddin Mevlana Runi in 1273 and whirling is one way in which the Islamic ascetics (Sufis) get closer to Allah. These dancers, following the laws of nature, try to get in contact with a higher power never losing consciousness or reaching a state of ecstasy. Instead they try to get in harmony with all things around them.

6. Papua New Guinea, Indonesia

It is believed that people have first come to Papua over 45,000 years ago. They have lived in tribes across the island and have been engaged in wars and disputes among themselves for millennia. One of these tribes is the Huli Wigmen. To impress and intimidate their adversaries they paint their faces bright yellow, white and red with elaborate wigs made out of their own hair intertwined with colored feathers and other indigenous materials.

7. Mongolia

The deel, which is the base of all Mongolian attire, can also be used as a blanket or tent, depending on the situation and weather, when out in the wilderness, herding sheep. A silk sash is always worn by both men and women. It is not simply an aesthetic accessory but can also hold a knife or pistol and on long horse rides can act as a cushion between saddle and rider.

8. Ethiopia

The Mursi tribe lives in the Omo Valley in Southern Ethiopia. There are an estimated 10,000 members of this sedentary tribe whose women are an endless source of wonder and fascination. From the age of 15, girls have their lower lip cut by an elder and held open by a wooden plug until it heals. After which larger and larger clay plates (dhebi a tugoin) are introduced into the incision, stretching it.

Reaching diameters up to 12 cm (5 inches), their size can determine the girl’s price when marrying but more importantly it depicts social adulthood and childbearing potential.

9. Island of Sardinia, Italy 

The Boe di Ottana Carnival takes place in the town of Ottana on the island of Sardinia. Predating Roman times, this custom represents the transformation of man into beast while herding oxen and goats months at a time in the wilderness of the island. Every year men dress up as oxen-like creatures (Sos Boes), wearing goat hides, many giant cowbells and wooden horned-masks “rioting” on the streets.

Meanwhile the peasants (Sos Merdules), whose faces are covered in black masks, try to “domesticate” and control them with sticks and ropes. On the last Sunday of the carnival the Merdules will offer everyone present a drink that nobody can refuse or both them and the Boes will attack the unwilling, mimicking a beating.

10. Mali

The Dogon tribe native to Mali in West Africa number around 400,000 individuals. A very religious and spiritual people who live on the cliffs of Bandiagara near the city of Timbuktu, have influenced 20th century western artists like Picasso and Braque even being a catalyst for the Cubist movement.

They have many ceremonies with most of them being secret to outsiders, involving very diverse and amazing masks. One such mask is a 6 meter (20 feet) long wooden pole carved out of an entire tree branch. Elaborately decorated and very heavy, it brings the Dogon ever closer to the world of Heaven. Only the strongest members of the tribe use this mask as they have to swing it back and forth and side to side, holding it only with their teeth. This ceremony only takes place every 60 years with the next one taking place in 2027.

Reference: http://gipsy.ninja/10-outstanding-traditional-costumes-around-the-world-2/12/

The most Addictive dance History

Normally, when one refers to the sticky music, we remember different refrains that have marked trend. However, in many occasions those songs have been accompanied by dances  that might be qualified like “addictive“, that caused furor and that years later, we keep on remembering its steps. In fact, if you throw the sight behind, it is probable that you discover that you know by heart the steps of the most addictive dances of the history.

In this opportunity we present to you compilations of some of the songs that were most danced in its moment by its singular steps and peculiar choreographies:


1.    Beeges - Saturday Night Fever 

Originally from the soundtrack to "Saturday Night Fever"; 1977 musical film starring John Travolta and had great success with many of the songs that sounded in the film especially for this, which also was accompanied with a very addictive dance disco highlighted.

2.    Michael Jackson - Thriller

Recorded by the American artist Michael Jackson "Thriller" was released on January 23, 1984. He entered the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 list, it reached the top of the charts in France and Belgium, as well as income to the Top 10 in other countries. It received nominations in six categories for the MTV Video Music Awards in 1984 and won three. It appeared on multiple compilations albums by Jackson for his great success. It was originally titled as "Starlight"

3.    Kaoma - La Lambada

"Chorando is foi" also called "Llorando se fue" or simply "Lambada" by his musical genre is a debut song sung by the band french-brazilian Kaoma in 1989. It was one of the songs more successful in his time.

4.    Natusha - El Meneito

Between the most important successes of Nathalie Díaz Rodríguez, more known as Natusha, there is "The Meneito", song thrown in the year 1992 and that with its rhythm caused many sensation in Latin America and Europe.

5.    Los del Río - La Macarena

In 1993 became the most successful of the group "Los del Rio" with the composition of the song "Macarena". This issue became a social phenomenon that not only would end up crossing borders, but it would beat all imaginable records, both sales and hearing, awards, lists, etc. The song became 14 consecutive weeks the top spot of the Billboard, the most prestigious American sales list in the world.

6.    PSY - Gangnam Style

Gangnam Style, song launched on 16 July 2012 by the Korean artist PSY music combines dance / electronica and rap. It debuted at number one in Gaon Chart, the national musical list from South Korea. On 11 November 2012 received the award for "Best Video" at the ceremony of the MTV Europe Music Awards, in addition to receiving the Guinness Record for the video with the most 'likes' on Youtube. This song became the most viewed video on December 21 2012 reaching one billion views on Youtube milestone never before achieved by another video in the history of YouTube.

7.    Don Omar - Danza Kuduro 

To the sound of a Latin beat unstoppable engaging from the first moment we see dance as cheerful and movable. Many danced to this song not long ago.

8.    Beyonce - Single Ladies 

with pure seductive elegance white and black Beyonce shows this dance in the video for the hit song "Single Ladies", one of her great successes throughout her career.

                                    
  
9.    Shakira - Waka Waka ( This Time for Africa)

The Latin singer also engaged us to dance just recently with his 'Waka Waka', a song that accompanied the World Cup.

10.    Michel Telo - Ai Se Eu Te Pego

Also quite recent success, a few months ago was the last cry and dance looked everywhere.

Top 10 Dancers

For some people, dancing is the way of living. It is not only about their hobby, the importance of dancing has expanded way beyond enjoying the dancing itself, since dancing has become their source of living. Those people are the dancers.

There are many dancers in the world. They may dance solely or in a group. Those dancers might have also been inspiration for other people. Their talent and passion about dance have brought them to the world stage, well known by the audiences across the globe.

The following are the top 10 dancers in the world based on over 28000 votes collected by thetoptens.com as of 6 October 2015.

1. Michael Jackson

2. Prabhu Deva

3. Hrithik Roshan

4. Allu Arju

5. Chris Brown

6. Fred Astaire

7. Usher

8. Jr. NTR

9. Raghava Lawrence

10. Mikhail Baryshnikov

Those are the top 10 popular dancers in the world. Those clips have explained why they are voted as the most popular dancers. They perform various dancing genres, giving us a taste on how beautiful the body movements of humans can be.

Everyone may have their preference in choosing the best dancers in the world. However, there are still no any determination on who the best dancers are. It may be reasonable considering that everyday, dancers are born across the world continuously, leading to a betterment of dancing quality from one generation to another.

If you are given a chance to choose, who would you choose to be your favourite dancer?

"Break it down"

Are you wondering what kind of dance style can bring and stretch the human body to its limits?
Breakdancing is originated from the dance "Good Foot," which was performed by James Brown. However, the B-Boy and the Breakdancing followed by the dance moves of James Brown are very different nowadays as it is constantly increasing in popularity in the young generation. Breakdancing is considered very well-suited for competition, and it is known for its almost acrobatic dance style. As a result of that, the dance style attracted many athletic teenagers in the U.S., which later significantly evolved and developed the dance in the streets.

Now let me show you the difference between modern breakdancing and James Brown's dance moves. This is a video clip of James Brown's best dance break-it-down moments! I'd say he deserves to be in the list of one of the legends of dance.

Here, I have another video of some power breakdance moves in today's breakdancing.

As you can see, there is a big difference between the two. The breakdancing moves seen in the second video is originated from James Brown's "Get on the Good Foot." The provocative and intimidating element of the modern breakdance is started from South Bronx, where it is especially popular for street gangs and youth. 

Breakdancing is a form of competition and not only it helps to create a healthier lifestyle by increasing your physical and mental fitness, it is a unique way to express yourself!

Now, extend your body and take your body to its limits!

Posted by: James Wang

Flamenco

Flamenco is a genre of south Spanish dance combining with guitar playing, singing, finger snapping, hands clapping, and dance. The first mention of flamenco on literature is 1774, it is record as the genre of  Andalusian music and dance styles. Flamenco has become popular and developed in many countries in recent years, such as united state and Japan.For japan's development of flamenco, there are even more academic  theory than  the dance in Spain. On November 16, 2010 UNESCO declared flamenco one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

The word “flamenco" in Spanish has the meaning of fire and flame, that might be hints the music style and dance style is full of passionate and strong feeling of rhythm , as this video shows :

As the video shows, the rhythm is slow and relaxing at the beginning of the music  , as the rhythm became faster, the dance is going faster as the rhythm change. 

"Palos" is the word that refer to the dance style of flamenco. Palos are classified as many criteria, for example,mode, chord progression, or rhythm pattern. there are more then 50 different types of palos and some of those are hard to performed. 

There are some most know and popular Palos:

• Alegrías
• Bulerías
• Bulerías por Soleá
• Cartageneras
• Fandango
• Fandango de Huelva
• Fandango Malageño
• Granaínas
• Malagueñas
• Mineras
• Rondeñas
• Rumba
• Saeta
• Seguiriyas
• Sevillanas
• Soleá por Bulerías
• Tangos
• Tanguillos
• Tientos
• Villancicos

The forms of  flamenco perform is :Toque( guitar),Cante (song),and Baile (dance), therefore, "flamenco" is a word as performing style, including music and dance.

Indonesian dance

Dance in Indonesia reflects the country's diversity of ethnicities and cultures. There are more than 700 ethnic groups in Indonesia: Austronesian roots and Melanesiantribal forms are visible, and influences ranging from neighbouring Asian and even western styles through colonisation. Each ethnic group has their own dances; makes total dances in Indonesia are more than 3,000 Indonesian original dances. The old traditions of dance and drama are being preserved in the many dance schools which flourish not only in the courts but also in the modern, government-run or supervised art academies.

Traditional dance of Indonesia reflect the rich diversity of Indonesian people. The dance traditions in Indonesia; such as Balinese, Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabau, Palembang, Malay, Aceh and many other dances traditions are age old traditions, yet also a living and dynamic traditions. Certain traditional dances might be centuries old, while some others might just created less than a decade ago. The creation of a new dance choreography but still within the frame of respected dance tradition and discipline is still possible. As the result, there is some kreasi baru (newly created) dances. The newly created dance could be the rediscovery and the revival of lost old traditions or a new interpretation, inspiration and exploration of traditional dances.

There are some popular dance dramas of Java and Bali feature episodes from the Hindu epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata. these are: 

· Kecak (pronounced KEH-chahk) is a Balinese music drama which originated in the 1930s. Also known as the Ramayana Monkey Chant, it depicts a battle from the Ramayana where monkeys help Prince Rama fight the evil King Ravana. It is performed by 100 or more men wearing checked cloth around their waists, seated in a circle, swaying to the rhythmic echoes of their own voices, chanting "cak" and throwing up their arms ... a sight to behold!

· Legong (pronounced LAY-gong) is a graceful Balinese dance performed usually by young girls dressed in gold brocade wrapped tightly around their bodies and headresses decorated with flowers.In the dance, accompanied by gamelan ensemble, two beautiful dancers move their bodies, hands, fingers, heads and eyes with supple grace and in perfect unison with each other. Seeing is believing.

· Barong (pronounced BAH-rong) is a dance that epitomizes the eternal struggle between good and evil. The barong is a mythological animal, often represented by a lion (barong ket). He is a protector spirit and enemy of Rangda, the demon queen.The barong costume resembles a lion with long mane, small head, bulging eyes and sharp fangs.

It is manoeuvred by two men, one in front of the other. The barong has mischievous but controlled      movements - snapping its jaws now and then.

· Jatilan or kuda kepang is a trance dance involving eight or more male dancers with weaved bamboo hobby horses. The dancers move as if they are riding a horse during war and may carry holstered weapons. They wear knee-length pants and bangles on both legs. The dance is accompanied by music and sometimes masked comedians. The dancers would begin in an orderly fashion, trotting around but the dance would not be deemed complete till some dancers are posssessed by the spirit of the horse and start behaving wildly.

Reference
http://www.vtaide.com/ASEAN/Indonesia/dances.html