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Exploring Cultures Through Dance: Unveiling Similarities Beyond Borders

This thesis delves into the intersection of world dance and culture, shedding light on the unity found in both nearness and remoteness. By challenging the concept of "The Other," it aims to explore unfamiliar cultures through a different lens, emphasizing the sameness within strangeness. The project visualizes similarities that often go unnoticed, using music as a tool to represent the theory of Eastern and Western worlds through percussion and string-based instruments. Through this visual and auditory experience, it seeks to provoke awareness and appreciation of cultural barriers. The intended audience includes individuals aged 20-30 with an interest in arts, culture, anthropology, and human behavior, aiming to evoke a positive response and enlightenment.

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Exploring Cultures Through Dance: Unveiling Similarities Beyond Borders

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  1. The Other exploring culture through dance Seeta Kanhai Thesis 1 AnezkaSebek | Fall 2011

  2. Concept • Music Video • Observation of Culture through dance and similarities in form • Visualizing similarity that people do not normally recognize • Audio representing music theory of Eastern & Western worlds • through percussion and string based instruments ________________________________________________________________________________ Seeta Kanhai Thesis 1

  3. Why? • Studying the intersection of World Dance & Culture • The Unity of Nearness and remoteness • The idea of “The Other” & exploring culture through another lens that’s not immediate to the viewer • The idea of strangeness and sameness together • Culture through lenses; Not barrier breaking • Awareness & glorification of barriers created ________________________________________________________________________________ Seeta Kanhai Thesis 1

  4. Mind Map ________________________________________________________________________________ Seeta Kanhai Thesis 1

  5. Who? • Contribution: • A/V aid to remind or enlighten on the traits we share, even with geographic and overall appearance of differences • Critiquing the way we look at genres and the evolution of contemporary dance & music • Targetaudience: • Age Range: 20 – 30 • Studying the arts, culture, anthropology, sociology/human behavior • “Enlightenment” Piece triggering a positive response ________________________________________________________________________________ Seeta Kanhai Thesis 1

  6. So Here’s the Latest.. ________________________________________________________________________________ Seeta Kanhai Thesis 1

  7. Precedents ________________________________________________________________________________ Seeta Kanhai Thesis 1

  8. What Next? • Movement Tests • October (weeks 2-4) • Music Compilation • November (weeks 1-3) • Dance Documentation • November (weeks 2-4) • Refining (December) ________________________________________________________________________________ Seeta Kanhai Thesis 1

  9. How can I improve this? ________________________________________________________________________________ Seeta Kanhai Thesis 1

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