Unit VI Louisiana's Musical Landscape
Lesson 4 Moving to Music

Folk Movement and Dance Web Scavenger Hunt

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Directions: Use these webpages for a Scavenger Hunt about different styles of traditional movement and dance.

Louisiana Voices Folk Movement and Dance Video Clips

Dancin' in South Louisiana (no audio/video) Features Cajun two-step instructions.

Music Resources Center/Dance, video excerpts (Scroll down to video title.)

Chulas Fronteras, Mexican American dance in south Texas, Clip 1

In Heaven There Is No Beer, Polish American polka, Midwest.

J'ai Ete au Bal (I Went to the Dance), Cajun two-step, Louisiana

Sprout Wings and Fly, dancing to old-time fiddle music in North Carolina, Clip 1

Ziveli: Medicine for the Heart, Serbian American dance in Chicago and California

 

 

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