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Preadolescents |
Preferences & Drawings |
Dancing |
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USA |
TURKEY |
GRANADA |
Summary |
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What kind of
dance are you doing? |
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8th - 4 hip hop 7th- 11 hip hop |
8th - 15 hip hop 7th –
14 combo |
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hi-hop combinations |
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Where are
you dancing? |
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8th – 5 my
house/room 7th – 4
party; 6 @ Club 54; prop variety graveyeard |
8th - ? floor
baseline- & 2patterns-carpets 7th- 14/17 stage
[curtain & décor]; 3 |
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Imaginative
Locations: stages |
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When do you
usually do this kind of dance? |
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8th – existential variety bored/fun/ night 7th- 4 fun, 3
night |
8th
–3bored or 2 leisure 7th- 3bored,
3party, 3music halls, 2 weekends |
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Two extreme feelings
(happiness and being bored) inspire |
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What are you
wearing? [jewelry or
instrument] |
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8th -3 disco
style 7 mostly regular, 1 poser
clothes 8 regular clothes-jeans
& tops; black |
8th seemed more
fashion aware- bell-shaped skirt wedding dress, toxedo. |
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Casual: jeans & black
tops |
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Why are you
dancing? |
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8th –4 fun
7th - 6fun emotional not just social |
8th- 3like,
3comfortable, 3fun 7th- 9like,
3fun, 2 happy discharge of energy |
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Social & single
rationale |
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Who (if
anyone) are you dancing with? |
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8th: varied 7th- 4myself 4,
friends |
8th 5friends, 7TH 13friends 5family, imaginary: MJ & JL=more teams or groups |
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Gendered Reactions:
Seduction vs. Repulsion |
Pop Culture influences |
How do you
do this dance? |
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8th- moving to the beat 7th
- word-jump 2, beat; |
8th -2continuous
move; 1Jump move forward backward 7th 5 move my
legs and arms (5) |
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inspiration and beat repetition Turkish more
aware—more moves; liked to demonstrate; face expression |
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ADD: What song musician
group are you dancing to? |
ADD: more background props? |
ADD: face expression |
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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? |
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Not much background-no
spatial concerns PROPS? |
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Folk dances? |
None |
Extra-curricular in school,
not drawn; 3 stud. mentioned |
NONE |
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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 |
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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