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Step Style

• 1980 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- 16mm
• (Movement Style and Culture series) Audiences react with great excitement to the nimble stepping of dancers and athletes because their skill represents a triumph in a lifelong and universal problem area for the human biped--maintaining an erect posture on two legs against the constant pull of gravity. Most dances exhibit a special style of step and many consist almost exclusively of fancy footwork. Demonstrates how each main zone of culture favors a distinctive use of the leg and foot in its dance. The various step styles illustrated are shown to be related to productive activities, social structure, etc.
• Topics: (Anthropology, Dance, Ethnomusicology)

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