New Dance (discussion)

1. Create a new dance as the slaves did (other than the ones sighted in class), give it a name, and describe the movements you would use.

2. What was the importance of the praise houses to the African enslaved people?

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Qn. 1

The new dance that I will create will be called “the butterfly”. The movement of the dance will be moving both hands up and down in a coordinated way while tapping the legs in a systematic way while taking the rhythm into consideration.

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