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E <br /> DocuSign Envelope ID:06711178-0E3F-4541-A834-A91FC422F4D1 I <br /> 1 I <br /> 1 • Isicathulo 1 <br /> 1 Choreography: James Kelly Green Ill (1999) 1 <br /> Style: South African Gum Boot j <br /> S Music: a cappella t <br /> First performed at missions when dancing was outlawed, this l 1 <br /> 1 South African gum boot dance was a form of protest. Today it is 1 <br /> 1 very popular among mine workers. Usually performed by men, j <br /> 1 the dancers wear Wellington boots, black trousers, a colored 1 <br /> 1 vest, and a beret. The humming and shouts of the dancers 1 <br /> accompany the stomping of their boots,while a guitarist plays a <br /> 1 basic rhythm of a few chords with little pretense to melody. 1 <br /> 1 11 0 Jump, Monk 1 <br /> SChoreography: Brenda Bufalino (1998) <br /> 1 Style: Polyrhythm 1 <br /> 1 Music: Jump, Monk (Charles Mingus) 1 <br /> 1 I <br /> 1 This composition is described by Mingus as a profile, not a 1 <br /> Scomplete picture, of Thelonious Monk, but one aspect of a 4 <br /> 1 complex personality. The eight-bar, many-voiced section that 1 <br /> 1 alternates with the melody mirrors the emotional, earthy quality 1 <br /> 1 found in both subject and composer, and this feeling is reflected j <br /> Sin the movements of the dancers. The compositional techniques 1 <br /> 1 are also important. Along with given melodic figures, the t 1 <br /> 1 composer creaes form and mood by giving the musicians and 1 <br /> 1 dancers scales on which they can build their own figures. These 1 <br /> 1 figures must appear in certain places in the composition and 1 <br /> 1 maintain its mood. 1 <br /> 1 <br /> 1 <br /> 1 • Step it Up and Go j <br /> 1 Choreography: Ruth Pershing (1993) l <br /> 1 Style: Piedmont Buck 1 <br /> 1 Music: Jitterbug Rag (Blind Boy Fuller) 1 <br /> 1 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 /> Sbegins with the rhythm of hand slapping, which was often the 1 <br /> 1 only music for buck dancing. Tap-like steps then give way to 1 <br /> 1 longer patterns. The dancers trade steps in a call-and-response 1 <br /> 1 section, then split into two train cars using steps Mr. Holeman j <br /> 1 invented to imitate a steam train, with one person shoveling coal 4) <br /> 1 l <br /> 1 l <br /> 1 North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble-Guide for teachers 14 1 <br />