Preadolescents	Preferences & Drawings	Dancing
		USA	TURKEY	GRANADA	Summary
What kind of dance are you doing?		8^th -4 hip hop 7^th- 11 hip hop	8^th- 15 hip hop 7^th – 14 combo		hi-hop combinations
Where are you dancing?		8^th– 5 my house/room 7^th – 4 party; 6 @ Club 54; prop variety graveyeard	8^th - ? floor baseline- & 2patterns-carpets 7^th- 14/17 stage [curtain & décor]; 3		Imaginative Locations: stages
When do you usually do this kind of dance?		8^th – existential variety bored/fun/ night 7^th- 4 fun, 3 night	8^th –3bored or 2 leisure 7^th- 3bored, 3party, 3music halls, 2 weekends		Two extreme feelings (happiness and being bored) inspire
What are you wearing? [jewelry or instrument]		8^th -3 disco style 7 mostly regular, 1 poser clothes 8 regular clothes-jeans & tops; black	8^th seemed more fashion aware- bell-shaped skirt wedding dress, toxedo.		Casual: jeans & black tops
Why are you dancing?		8^th –4 fun 7^th - 6fun emotional not just social	8^th- 3like, 3comfortable, 3fun 7^th- 9like, 3fun, 2 happy discharge of energy		Social & single rationale
Who (if anyone) are you dancing with?		8^th: varied 7^th- 4myself 4, friends	8^th 5friends, 7^TH 13friends 5family, imaginary: MJ & JL=more teams or groups		Gendered Reactions: Seduction vs. Repulsion	Pop Culture influences
How do you do this dance?		8^th- moving to the beat 7^th - word-jump 2, beat;	8^th -2continuous move; 1Jump move forward backward 7^th 5 move my legs and arms (5)		inspiration and beat repetition Turkish more aware—more moves; liked to demonstrate; face expression
ADD: What song musician group are you dancing to?	ADD: more background props?	ADD: face expression
Gender Differ: Country differences	Boys not eager. USA:Confidence boosting Ordeal over Skin Color	Boys more eager Students eager to demonstrate; Children love to dance!	WHO” easy to draw upside down WHY?		Not much background-no spatial concerns PROPS?
Folk dances?	None	Extra-curricular in school, not drawn; 3 stud. mentioned	NONE
Importance hip-hop	Transcultural power of media and popular culture dances! Students knew movements better that drawing them	intrapersonal intelligence & Interdisciplinary Connections.	style mixing experiment	Warrior Force or rhythmic beat	Social Protest Hyper-masculinity syndrome.	Materialistic status symbol

Dance has been very popular these days in USA with the TV show “So you Think you Can Dance? also in Turkey, because of the dance competition organized by one of the TV channels. It’s amazing the power of media and popular culture dances! Students want to dance with Michael Jackson & Jennifer Lopez? More family influence for dancing