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Native American dance steps
- Title
- Native American dance steps / by Bessie Evans and May G. Evans ; frontispiece and cover illustrations by Poyege.
- Author
- Evans, Bessie, 1885-
- Publication
- Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, Inc., [2003]
- ©2003
- Supplementary Content
- Publisher description
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Evans, May Garrettson, 1866-1947
- Description
- xviii, 104 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- This well-researched book provides details of the varied steps that certain groups of Native Americans have used to express their dance ideas--from skips, jumps, and hop steps, to an Indian form of the pas de bourree. Similarities to Oriental dances, classical ballet, Spanish and Russian variants, and steps in other dance forms are also considered. Examples are given of Indian dance music, words, and descriptive sounds that accompany this music, and the choreography of certain typical Indian dances of the Southwest. Authentic illustrations by a Native American artist depict dancers, while outline figures characterize steps and postures. An inportant addition to the libraries of anthropologists and students of Native American culture, this classic will be invaluable to ethnomusicologists and choreographers.
- Subject
- Note
- Originally published: New York, A.S. Barnes, 1931.
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Introduction / F.W. Hodge -- Foreword -- Prologue -- Some characteristic Indian dance steps : Elements of dance ; Abbreviations, etc. ; A highly characteristic movement ; The skip ; The jump ; A jump step ; Jumping on both feet simultaneously (Apache devil-dance step) -- A jump from one foot to the other ; A hop step ; A step from the "snowbird" dance ; A "comanche" step ; A tap step ; A turn with taps ; A "two-step" or war-dance step ; An Indian form of the Pas de Bourrée ; A Sioux step ; A Hopi step -- Examples of Indian dance of the Southwest : Eagle dance ; War dance ; Sun dance ; Matachines ; A Yébichai dance fragment ; Dog dance.
- Call Number
- *MGS (Indian-American) 21-1879
- ISBN
- 0486427005
- 9780486427003
- LCCN
- 2002072874
- OCLC
- 50851693
- Author
- Evans, Bessie, 1885- author.
- Title
- Native American dance steps / by Bessie Evans and May G. Evans ; frontispiece and cover illustrations by Poyege.
- Publisher
- Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, Inc., [2003]
- Copyright Date
- ©2003
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
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- Added Author
- Evans, May Garrettson, 1866-1947, author.
- Research Call Number
- *MGS (Indian-American) 21-1879