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Z j <br /> p► Isicathulo j <br /> Choreography: James Kelly Green III (1999) j <br /> Style: South African Gum Boot j <br /> A* Music: a cappella j <br /> S 1 <br /> First performed at missions when dancing was outlawed, this j <br /> A* South African gum boot dance was a form of protest. Today it is j <br /> A* very popular among mine workers. Usually performed by men, j <br /> AN the dancers wear Wellington boots, black trousers, a colored 1 <br /> A* vest, and a beret. The humming and shouts of the dancers j <br /> 11* <br /> accompany the stomping of their boots, while a guitarist plays a j <br /> A* basic rhythm of a few chords with little pretense to melody. j <br /> j <br /> � <br /> A Jump, Monk l j <br /> Choreography: Brenda Bufalino (1998) j <br /> Style: Polyrhythm j <br /> A* Music: Jump, Monk (Charles Mingus) j <br /> This composition is described by Mingus as a profile, not a 1 <br /> A*complete picture, of Thelonious Monk, but one aspect of a <br /> A* complex personality. The eight-bar, many-voiced section that 1 <br /> alternates with the melody mirrors the emotional, earthy quality j <br /> found in both subject and composer, and this feeling is reflected j <br /> in the movements of the dancers. The compositional techniques <br /> A* are also important. Along with given melodic figures, the j <br /> A* composer creates form and mood by giving the musicians and j <br /> dancers scales on which they can build their own figures. These j <br /> figures must appear in certain places in the composition and <br /> maintain its mood. j <br /> Z j <br /> A Step it Up and Go j <br /> *N Choreography: Ruth Pershing (1993) 1 <br /> A* Style: Piedmont Buck <br /> A* Music: Jitterbug Rag (Blind Boy Fuller) 1 <br /> Is, "This dance is based on the individual style of one buck dancer, j <br /> 1 John Dee Holeman, from Durham, North Carolina. The dance j <br /> begins with the rhythm of hand slapping, which was often the 1 <br /> only music for buck dancing. Tap-like steps then give way to j <br /> 1 longer patterns. The dancers trade steps in a call-and-response j <br /> *N section, then split into two train cars using steps Mr. Holemar j <br /> invented to imitate a steam train, with one person shoveling coal <br /> North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble - Guide for teachers 14 j <br />