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Dancing establishments of the Great Depression, the honky tonks and roadhouses of the Western swing era, and the mega-palaces of progressive country music — all have built on, and sometimes superseded, the old tunes and customs.
27 sie 2012 · From these city influences and their rural beginnings they forged a type of Texas dance music (Texas swing) that was iconic of the past—with its primary nucleus of string instruments—and illustrative of the present—with its swing rhythms, solo choruses, addition of piano and drums, and sometimes inclusion of wind instruments such as ...
1 wrz 1995 · The resulting dances have consistently reflected the potpourri of ethnic and social backgrounds of the people, the changing dance styles and clothing fashions, the setting, and the type of music available. Through the years a definite traditional Texas folk style of dancing has developed.
It was one of the highest-rated specials in the past three decades of BBC history. The importance of music in defining Texas's culture comes to life nightly in the state’s more than 1,800 dance halls, nightclubs, and performing arts centers. Live music also serves as the anchor for more than 700 annual Texas events.
My central task in this chapter is to articulate a methodology for analyzing dance in musical theater performance. I begin by discussing definitions of both dance and choreography in this context, assessing the existing body of writings on dance in musical theater, and offering a few observations as to why such scholarship has rarely been pursued.
This chapter defines and examines seven primary functions of dance in musicals: as an exploration of character in psychological terms, as a narrative tool, as an unspoken aspect of libretto, as a transitional device, to develop character, as metaphor, and as danced abstraction within the narrative.
Texans have pioneered developments in Tejano and Conjunto music, Rock 'n Roll, Western swing, jazz, punk rock, country, hip-hop, electronic music, gothic industrial music, religious music, mariachi, psychedelic rock, zydeco and the blues.
