Discuss dance styles and variations in the steps.

Sometimes learning occurs best when students are given a few basic instructions and then allowed to discover more for themselves. Such learning can be enhanced when students share what they have found with one another. This exercise will give you the opportunity to take what you have already learned from the textbook and the PowerPoint lecture and dig deeper through class interaction with various samples of dance.

View each of the following selections from the YouTube website. (This will take approximately 40 minutes.)

Swan Lake Main Scene Video file1 min 36 sec (Ballet) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjDYW46PjA8
The Dying Swan Video file4 min 14 sec (Ballet) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFJGhQYex-E
Appalachian Spring Video file8 min 04 sec (Modern Dance)

Yamanba Video file7 min 24 sec (World Concert/Ritual DanceJapanese Kabuki)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JjLuh4Ns7s
Riverdance Video file5 min 27 sec (Celtic Folk)

Gypsy Dance Video file2 min 52 sec (Gypsy Folk)

Ghana Tribal Dance Video file6 min 10 sec (African Folk)

James Brown Video file5 min 1 sec (Jazz Dance)

You Cant Stop the Beat Video file3 min 21 sec (Jazz Dance)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfigjLzsnTQ
Choose selections from three different genres (for example, ballet, modern, and folk) and write a comparative analysis in no less than 250 words. Address the following:

Compare and contrast the selections.
Discuss dance styles and variations in the steps.
Discuss the lighting, use of color, and interaction with the dance floor.