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KUKU DANCE!!!
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What kind of quality does the dance have?
Are these dances preformed to music?
- The KuKu dance has a fast pace sometimes jerky, pulsating, and very heavy quality. This is because it was originally a celebration and celebratory dances are usually fast pace and excitable.
- YES! Music is a big part of this dance the rhythm comes from the Djembe drum.
- The rhythm comes from a Malinke dialect which came from the Konianka people.
Has the dance been popularized anywhere?
What was the political climate/time period when the style was created?
- The KuKu dance is very popular in West Africa and in other places throughout the world including the U.S.
Did they incorporate movements from other syles?
- In the late 1960's is when african style dance started to emerge because of things happening with the Civil Rights movement.
- The song by James Brown,"Say it loud" (I'm black and I'm proud), had a big impact also because people started feeling better about their race and embracing it at this time.
- Most African dances are different in their own way but do share some common moments.
Why did the people use this form of dance?
What are the major movements?
- The Kuku Dance was a celebratory dance used to celebrate successful fishing.
- It is also believed to be the rhythm from the forest region of Guinea.
- The major movements include wide arm and leg movements.
- There is also a lot of jumping and kicking with the KuKu dance.
How did the dance bring people together or push them apart?
Was the dance preformed by males or females? Why?
What Parts of the body are moving during the dance?
- The KuKu dance is kind of how it sounds crazy :) it uses all off the body and is very full. There are not many isolated parts of the dance if any.
- The KuKu was started out done by the females because the dance celebrates the fish that the men brought.
- Now that the KuKu dance is more popular men and women do it.
The dance brought people together because with the dance came fish and happiness and usually you want to share happiness with those around you.
When was the style discovered and where?
How did the people learn the dances?
- The style was influenced from the Beyla-and Nzerekore-area, (situated partly in Guinea partly in the Ivory Coast) where there was once a Malinke migration. It comes from a mixture with local people and the Konianka (Konya, Konyagui or Manian), who now speak a Malinke-dialect. This is where the rhythm originally comes from.
- I think since the KuKu was a tribal dance people in the tribe or general vicinity would learn the dance when others passed it down . Then when they left that area they probably took the dance with them.
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