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	Dance hall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dance hall in its general meaning is a hall for dancing.
		Dancehall, a musical style or family of musical styles associated with ska, reggae and rocksteady.
		The Dance hall was the area of prison cells adjacent to the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison, where the condemned inmate spent their last day before their execution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dance_hall (146 words)

	Welcome to the Caribbean Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Caribbean culture is identifiably linked to the approaches to survival taken by her peoples.
		Caribbean genesis and time is often truncated to reflect the past 500 years exclusively.
		The choreographic skills of the Caribbean people are particularly evident in the application of dance movement as cultural science for transmission of history and socio-political ideas, indeed philosophy.
	www.welcometothecaribbean.com /culture.htm (1247 words)

	Jamaica meets hip-hop / Dance hall fuses styles and finds an audience
		Dance hall's audience has traditionally consisted of the Caribbean and urban markets and lovers of reggae music.
		Dance hall is derived from reggae, but its pace is faster and heavier on the drum and bass, and it involves stylized rapping (DJ-ing) in Jamaican patois over prefabricated or computerized beats ("riddims").
		Dance hall, originated by Rasta-inspired DJs such as Daddy U-Roy, Big Youth and Ranking Joe, emerged from mobile sound systems and outdoor dances in the '70s.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/03/23/PK10647.DTL&type=printable (1312 words)

	Dancehall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is also known by some as "Bashment" and in the early 1990s the term Raggamuffin was established.
		The style is characterized by a DJ singing and rapping or toasting over raw and danceable reggae music (riddims).
		Dancehall is not just music therefore, but a space as well as an institution or culture in which music, dance and community vibes merge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dancehall (999 words)

	CriticalDance.com - Ballet, Modern Dance and Performance Dance - Reviews
		From this perspective mainstream dance pontifications are marginal and on the ground, cutting edge art practice the wellspring of today’s performance art.
		Dance practice in this context seeks to delineate perspectives and describe lived experiences through gesture, word, posture and sound as varied as the diversity re-presented.
		Video footage of Waitikibuli, a Caribbean island of Dominica meaning "Tall is her Body" becomes the backdrop for Michael Joseph’s dance work of the same name.
	www.criticaldance.com /reviews/2003/mission2003_030329.html (1240 words)

	Dance
		In this California State dance, learn the best of swing and the feel of the music with basic step patterns with lead/follow, variations, and styling.
		Explore the dance and rhythms of the Near and Middle East as you develop the techniques of the “Fine Art of Belly Dancing.” Learn beautiful arm and hand techniques, fluid body movements, belly rolls, and proper use of finger cymbals and veil.
		She is a two-time recipient of the Middle Eastern Culture and Dance Association Hall of Fame Award.
	www.gwc.cccd.edu /CSO/Pages/PROGdan.html (678 words)

	Jesus Army Productions Christian drama leader Rommell Hall promoting Caribbean Christian dance and drama
		Noting that the year was extremely eventful, Hall said that the group embraced the year with a number of performances.
		The reception was very good, Hall noted as he described the response the group received throughout the year as it dealt with a number of core issues.
		The Army is hoping as well to one day reach a level and put forth a quality show that can be divided into several shows each month, but for now the members are taking baby steps until they are able to reach their slated goals.
	www.unitedcaribbean.com /jesusarmyproductions.html (658 words)

	BBC Caribbean
		Salsa, Merengue, Reggae and Dance Hall, are some of the Latin and Caribbean music styles which are known throughout the world.
		"Reggaeton" is the new dance music that's busy sweeping the dance charts of Latin America, and now may be poised to go mainstream across the US and Europe.
		The American mainland, where dance music has always been big business, is said to be warming fast to the beat, with Puerto Rican bands appearing more and more at New York clubs.
	www.bbc.co.uk /caribbean/news/story/2005/03/050305_reggaeton.shtml (475 words)

	When Politics Counted in Art
		The New Dance Group, it turns out, was formed in 1932 at a rally protesting the killing of a young labor organizer named Harry Simms by the New Jersey police.
		Here was a group of dedicated artists from a variety of ethnic backgrounds - Eastern European Jews, African-Americans, Caribbean islanders - who created dances from their cultural roots with "a sense of feeling deeply about things and having them spill out into the body, into the movement," as Joseph Gifford said.
		But for the passionate dancers of the New Dance Group, art was about politics and politics was about social justice, and that's quite a legacy for an obscure dance studio in New York.
	www.commondreams.org /views05/0728-28.htm (1032 words)

	Latesha Brown is 2004 Dance Hall Queen - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Eighteen year-old Latesha Brown from Portmore in St Catherine became the eighth Dance Hall Queen as she danced her way to the top in the 2004 competition, at Pier One in Montego Bay.
		This segment was for most part disappointing, but Latesha scored high when she was asked by masters of ceremonies Gerry D: "If you could put all the good qualities into one man, which man would that be?" She replied "Jesus" to cheers from her now large throng of supporters.
		She said she was told that she had to do lewd dances if she wanted to win, but she proved them wrong.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /lifestyle/html/20040803T210000-0500_63920_OBS_LATESHA_BROWN_IS______DANCE_HALL_QUEEN.asp (437 words)

	Caribbean beats without the beach - Columbia Missourian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Still dancing, he raises his hand over his head, points somewhere near the sky and closes his eyes.
		Dance hall: Here the emphasis is on the upbeat tempo and not on conscious lyrics.
		Dance hall is best described as party music.
	www.voxmagazine.com /print.php?ID=7814 (759 words)

	Spanish Abroad - Music and Dance of Costa Rica
		When it comes to dancing, however, they prefer the hypnotic Latin and rhythmic Caribbean beat and bewildering cadences of cumbia, lambada, marcado, merengue, salsa, soca, and the Costa Rican swing, danced with sure-footed erotic grace.
		On the Caribbean coast music is profoundly Afro-Caribbean in spirit and rhythm, with plentiful drums and banjos, a local rhythm called sinkit, and the cuadrille, a maypole dance in which each dancer holds one of many ribbons tied to the top of a pole: as they dance they braid their brightly colored ribbons.
		The guitar, too, is a popular instrument, especially as an accompaniment to folk dances such as the Punto Guanacaste, a heel-and-toe stomping dance for couples, officially decreed the national dance.
	www.spanishabroad.com /costarica/countryguide/cr_music.htm (621 words)

	Caribbean Sunshine Awards Announces Hall Of Fame & Friend Of The Arts Nominees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A special feature of the Caribbean Sun-shine Awards is the induction of outstanding musicians and performers into the Caribbean Sunshine Awards Hall of Fame. This segment of the program is hosted by the co-founder, Dr. Hollis Chalkdust Liverpool, the well-respected researcher, author, and calypsonian.
		This year’s Hall of Fame nominees include Ernest Galloway of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, Carl Jazzy Pantin, Nathanial Critch-low and Kelvin “Zuzie” St Rose of Trinidad and Tobago. The “Friend of the Arts” Award will be presented to Cyril Shaw of Guyana.
		Dr Hollis Chalkdust Liverpool, co-founder of the Caribbean Sunshine Awards Hall of Fame, contacted by phone at his home in Diego Martin, Trinidad, said, “as the world of calypso and steelband music revolves around its Caribbean and African roots, icons representing the cream of the crop would inevitably rise to the top.
	www.caribworldradio.com /cms/publish/article_987.php (583 words)

	World Music Central - Folk and Ethnic Dance schools
		Students have the possibility of studying Spanish Dance according to the curriculum proposed by the A.P.D.E (Association of Teachers of Spanish Dance), to obtain the diploma of the A.P.D.E. Address: Santiago de Compostela 26, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
		She is licensed with the commission of Irish dance in Ireland and Ia member of the North American Irish Dance Teachers Association and the Western US Region Irish Dance Teachers Association.
		Shahrzad Dance Academy is a non-profit organization, with hopes of conducting many educational and cultural programs, including Persian dance workshops and performances.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /staticpages/index.php/danceschools (884 words)

	Emancipation of the church - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Therefore, the churches must emancipate themselves from this gnostic reality where any movement of the body that involves the pelvic region is evil, but if you move from your head to the waist, then it is pleasing to God.
		This is theological heresy, because God lives in all of the body and is a guest whenever the Caribbean beat (ska, reggae, mento, and dance hall), is heard.
		A genuinely emancipated Caribbean Church is one that has its own anthropology, a contextual Christology and a dynamic pneumatology (The Holy Spirit).
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /letters/html/20050805T180000-0500_85500_OBS_EMANCIPATION_OF_THE_CHURCH.asp (356 words)

	Loughborough Town Hall - [b]...Dance...[/b] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sonia Sabri pushes Indian Kathak dance to new levels in an exploration of the cultural and psychological significance of the colour red.
		She is known for combining the best of traditional Kathak dance with fresh, new ideas.
		The result is a fascinating and wonderfully accessible dance form that is both rooted in tradition and absolutely contemporary.
	www.loughboroughtownhall.co.uk /lth/dance.html (468 words)

	Sounds of the Caribbean . Home \| WLRN 91.3 FM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Clint's longstanding ties to American reggae fans began in the '70's when he worked as a DJ at a circuit of reggae nightclubs stretching from Toronto to Washington D.C. After he moved to Miami in 1978, it was Bob Marley himself who encouraged Clint to pursue a radio broadcasting career playing reggae music.
		Clint began Sounds of the Caribbean as a two-hour show on Saturdays and Sundays in 1979, but its popularity grew so rapidly that he was quickly broadcasting a six-hour show six nights a week, the biggest on-air presence of any local DJ.
		Clint's support of local groups is well-known, and in recent years he has extended the range of his show to include the calypso and dance hall music of South Florida's most talented young Caribbean-American musicians.
	www.wlrn.org /radio/caribbean (290 words)

	2001 NEA National Heritage Fellowships: Wilson Boozoo Chavis
		Louisiana zydeco is an infectious dance-hall music that blends Cajun tunes, African American blues and Caribbean rhythms, most often featuring the accordion as the lead instrument.
		His performances inspired a whole new generation of young zydeco players who have now spread this musical form around the country, indeed around the world.
		Playing with family members in his band, Chavis combined driving rhythmic tunes with witty lyrics to entertain and energize audiences who often traveled miles to listen and dance to his music.
	arts.endow.gov /honors/heritage/Heritage01/Chavis.html (332 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Thousands flock Dance Hall Night - Saturday \| August 5, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A SUDDEN end to 'Dance Hall Night' and no explanation from the promoters or their representatives left thousands of Reggae Sumfest fans at Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre, Montego Bay, in confusion early Friday morning.
		Again this year, Catherine Hall was in tip-top condition with lush grass.
		The nearly 80 stalls, which ringed the compound sold everything from food to clothes to books and household items, added splashes of colours and light to the venue.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20000805/Ent/Ent1.html (634 words)

	Lockjaw - Dance Hall Crashers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Bay Area's Dance Hall Crashers were originally founded as a ska band and side project by Rancid members Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, but the group evolved through several permutations into a pop-punk band with no Rancid members.
		The Dance Hall Crashers' major-label debut, Lockjaw, is full of staccato guitar riffing and impatient complaints about authority, but it's all set to irresistibly catchy melodic hooks.
		Comment: So I have been listening to the dance hall crashers since I was like 14 which was like 9-10 years ago.
	www.cdswap.ws /Content/findonamazonus-Asin-B000002OXZ.html (540 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One of the idioms through which the Caribbean gains its distinctive identity is its sound, both musical and vocal.
		While the focus of the conference will be Caribbean sounds, papers that establish the nexus between the Caribbean and cultures that have contributed to its culture, as well as those that demonstrate how Caribbean culture has influenced other cultures will be welcome.
		Arrangements are being made for participants to stay in the Halls of Residence on the Cave Hill Campus in Barbados of The University of the West Indies.
	cscwww.cats.ohiou.edu /aas/happenings/soundscape.htmlx (657 words)

	culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Caribbean culture is a diverse and complex blend of many original cultures from all corners of the globe.
		The Caribbean people have struggled and strived to maintain ties with their ancestral links while creating something entirely new and different.
		Because historically creole was spoken mainly by a group of people who had been denied educational opportunities, it became associated with the poor and laboring classes, and often families would forbid their children from learning or speaking it, encouraging them instead to become proficient in the dominent European language alone.
	www.msu.edu /user/carib/culture.htm (1086 words)

	Traditional Folk Dances From the Caribbean: African dance, afro caribbean dance dance lessons, orisha dances, African ...
		This course hopes to present to you the myriad of vibrant dances from the Caribbean.
		The dances encapsulate the fusion of European and African culture founded in Caribbean dance during the plantation era.
		Some of the dances have their origins in ancestral worship, others are the product of passive resistance to slavery.
	www.jumpanddance.com /danceand.htm (149 words)

	The HistoryMakers
		In 1974, Hall and Joseph Ehrenberg co-founded the Chicago City Theatre Company, which later came under the direction of the Joel Hall Dance Center.
		Najwa I is the founder of the Najwa Dance Corps.
		The group offers classes in Dances of West Africa, Dances of the Caribbean and Dances of Contemporary African American Culture and holds public concerts and events.
	www.thehistorymakers.com /programs/programs_mim.asp (505 words)

	Information and Background on Jamaica
		His home base, Port Royal, on a peninsula outside Kingston, was "the richest, wickedest city in Christendom," until on a hot afternoon in 1692 an earthquake tumbled most of it beneath the sea--a judgment, the pious said.
		While magnificent plantation houses like Rose Hall and Greenwood rose above the cane fields, and fortunes earned were more the envy of the English King, the spirit of independence took different forms among planters and slaves.
		The National Dance Theater Company, well known overseas, showcases Jamaica's colorful history and contemporary ideas, while groups like the Jamaica Folk Singers perform in song and dance rituals that reach back into the country's past.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/martybush/jaminf2.htm (2931 words)

	Mason and Rebel Region Serendipity - Music Review, Mp3 Songs, Preview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This island is not nearly as present and influential as it is far away Caribbean neighbor, Jamaica.
		There are points of contact between the two: the use of soca, dancehall, roots reggae, and the influence of American music, i.e., hip hop.
		The cuts vary in flavor: "Move Like Dis" is a dance hall dance party cut; "Ahoy I Hey" is a fast soca-merengue cut with a calypso melody; "Treasure Map" is a slower dance hall song about finding love; "One Wish Upon a Star" lopes along with a roots -dub groove with a hip hop feel.
	www.iomx.com /music/indie_artist/mason-and-rebel-region-serendipity.htm (1530 words)

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		Racial Identities in the Global Dance Marketplace Dance Hall Panel Chair: Chung-Shiuan Chang Roger Copeland: Vital Hybrids vs. Vulgar Corruptions: The Fate of Authenticity in the Age of Globalization Yatin Lin: Choreographing Flexibility: Taiwan’s Cultural Identity in the New Millennium Ananya Chatterjea: Erotic Identities and Chandralekha’s “Yantra” D.
		Dancing the Self Dance Hall Panel Chair: Judy Van Zile Kirsi Heimonen: On Movement: Bodily Experiences and the Self Won-Sun Choi: Feminine Qualities as Conceptual Embodiment in Korean Dance: Decoding Seung-Hee Choi’s Dance Paula Davis-Larson: Dance Costume in Performance: Designing from the Inside Out C.
		Traces of Tradition Dance Hall Panel Chair: Kent De Spain Barbara Sellers-Young: Whose Body Is This?-- Orientalism, Dance, and Women in Popular Culture Donnalee Dox: Dancing Their Way Out of Orientalism Janet O’Shea: Rethinking Rukmini Devi’s Legacy Classicism and Invention in Twenty-first Century Bharata Natyam D.
	www.cordance.org /downloads/taipei_program_2004_msword.doc (1417 words)

	Philadelphia's All Week Dance Guide
		A country cousin to tap dance, though rhythmically quite different, it is a uniquely American dance form that emerged from a melting pot of influences Celtic, African and Cherokee.
		Dances are held at Christ Church Parish Hall, 157 Shore Road, Somers Point, NJ.
		West Chester Square Dance: this dance is currently on hiatus Contact for further information: 610-696-2652 or email.
	www.phillydance.com (4450 words)

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