Talk:African-American dance

message: PlainJane 04:14, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

message: The first thing this article should do is state (at least roughly) what (an) African American vernacular dance is.  Currently it begins by explaining what "vernacular" means in this context.  That should come a little later.  Just a suggestion.  dbtfztalk 07:50, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Priorities in intro 

message: Not a dance term.  The origin of this term can be traced to events and organization revolving around swing dance in Harlem during the time Janice Wilson (swing dance instructor was around) was in New York.  This term  is not appropriate in describing dance. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Zenolee (talk • contribs) 17:10, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the term 'vernacular' is used in linguistic literature, but it is also used in dance studies literature, referring to the 'everyday', 'ordinary' dance of a particular group of people or region. There are many, many articles and books using this term in reference to dance - some are listed at the bottom of this wikipedia article.
The term is, however, frequently a point of debate within contemporary swing dance culture and often critiqued because it apparently makes something 'simple' complicated.
I would argue, though, that we draw on a combination of academic and 'ordinary' dance talk - perhaps a note signalling the fraught nature of the term.  PlainJane 04:28, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Although I have no problem with our vernacular dance article, I think that using such a term in the title of an article about a specific tradition is overkill.  Any text meant for a reasonably educated lay reader would just say "African American dance".  See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names).--Pharos 01:03, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree that simpler title would be better & have moved article, will work in those articles linking to the redirect. Paul foord 01:32, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Laypersons, i.e. persons without a learned appreciation of high culture dance, would definitely not  first think of ballet when they think of "African American dance".  Vernacular dance is just that, the colloquial.  If we're to have an article on high art African American dance (African American dance theatre ?), then that should be the article with the diambiguating name.--Pharos 01:27, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vernacular is a linguistic term 

message: It seems there are enough dances in this tradition to justify a category, what thoughts are there on a title? Paul foord 02:30, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Category:African American dances?

message: Some depth could be added to this article w/regard to African roots of AA dance and how elements of AA dance have transformed maintream vernacular and modern dance worldwide.  The information provided at Get down (which also similarly could be improved by the info on the AfD page) and on the AfD page -- particularly the references cited -- here should be particularly useful.  deeceevoice 06:03, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Dance and get down

message: "Early in the slavery experience, Afro-American dance split into two basic streams. The first stream was the dance that black folk created for themselves during those few precious hours of sacred and secular celebration. This first stream was the more 'African,' in part because of the movement quality and vocabulary, but also, because the dance was created for the benefit of the dancers. The experience of any observers (the audience) was secondary. The second stream was the dance that black people created for white people. This second stream was more 'European,' both because of the technique and because the dance was created under differing degrees of duress for the pleasure of the audience. The experience of the performer was secondary." (Hinton, 1988: 4) 
futurebird 22:28, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Good source and quote

message: AA modern dance certainly deserves an entire article of its own....PlaneJane (talk) 05:27, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: African American modern dance

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