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This has been around a lot longer than a lot of of us would think, but how did pole dancing originate and where did come from? The form of pole dance we recognise today and it is roots may be traced back to exotic performance dance arts. The original recorded striptease dates back to a myth from ancient Sumerian times involving Inanna, the Goddess of Love, and her dissent into the underworld to find her lover Damouz. At each of the seven gates, she got rid of an article of costume or a piece of jewellery. As long as Inanna remained in hell, the world was barren. When she returned, the world again became plentiful and fruitful. Some believe this myth evolved in the ‘Dance of the Seven Veils’ of Salome from the bible. The bible records Salome’s dance but the introductory mention of removing veils rises from Oscar Wilde’s play of ‘Salome’ in 1883. Some have claimed this to be the origin of progressed striptease, but other influences may have come from Parisian times and the Moulin Rouge striptease through to Middle Eastern belly dancing and American burlesque. Today numerous women learn the arts of Belly Dancing and dancing with Veils. Belly Dancing has been carried over from these legendary events. The skill have traveled from ancient Sumeria and into the Asia counties. It is understood to have been picked up by the gypsies who brought Belly Dancing through Europe. The ancient Middle Eastern belly dance was thought to induce fertility in women and to beef up their bodies in preparation for childbirth. Throughout history there have been a good deal of forms of dance emerging. Many formed from sensual roots and bringing with them much controversy. Another sensual form of dance, Rumba, is a dance of enticement and teasing. The tango originated in brothels of ancient Argentina. ‘Gouchos’ would arrive after working in the fields and the girls would entice them into going upstairs through dancing with their heads turned somewhat to stay clear from the smell. In the early 1900s the strip tease dance was added to burlesques shows to entice men to return. These featured famous strippers including Gypsy Lee Rose. Traveling tent shows had strip tease acts. The littler tent dancers started to use the pole in the tent’s centre to dance around. These tents became known as the dance pole tents. Another idea of where pole dance in truth started is linked to the Maypole. This Pagan ritual was seen by a lot of as a phallic symbol which may explain why numerous link it to the pole dancing we know now. The earliest recorded pole dance was in 1968 with a performance by Belle Jangles at Mugwump strip joint in Oregon. Today’s pole dancing craze is believed to have started in Canada in the 1980′s in exotic table dancing and lap dance clubs. Fawnia Mondey, in the first place from Canada, is one of the worlds original pole dancing champions. During the 1990′s Fawnia started instructing pole dancing to each day women. She invented the very firstborn instructional pole dancing DVD. Pole dancing quickly disseminate to the US followed by the rest of the world, helped by multi corporations such as Spearmint Rhino. Pole dancing is recognized allround the world including Europe, Australia and even parts of China. Lap dancing clubs in the UK grew in 1990′s featuring pole dancing on stage. Since 2000 onwards pole dancing has become more satisfactory by the frequent public. Pole dancing as we recognise it today involves dancing around a vertical pole. The old ancient strip tease became a forerunner to the progressed modified variation. Pole dancing provides a display of acrobatics and strength, combined with a combining of sensual, flowing, effeminate dance movements to form the art of pole dancing we now know and recognize. The innovative form of pole dancing has only been documented since the 1980′s, yet the roots appear to go back a lot of years prior to this. Only in recent years has pole dancing become more acceptable. The stigma attached to this art may be one of the reasons why the dance appears to have little history documented and appears to have been ‘underground’ for a good deal of years.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Strimple features music from six continents (sorry Antartica!)– music is first classified by region, then by composer (Ulrich’s book is classified more by genre, which means some skipping around). While Europe and North America receive most of the focus, considerable attention is also given to South America and regions of Africa and Asia. In addition to large works, Strimple also discusses octavos as well, making this a complete survey. The most notable element about Choral Music in the 20th Century is that it is so well-written. Descriptions of compositions are concise, descriptive, and can serve as springboards for program notes and further research. Perhaps even more impressive is how well the book holds up when read cover to cover. It is so easy for descriptions about music to sound alike after awhile (there are only so many ways one can describe an upbeat piece, for instance). Yet Strimple’s prose seems unburdened by the density of research which a survey must convey. Readers should keep in mind that this is a survey of choral music — there are no lengthy analyses or value judgments here (these pieces are great, these pieces are lousy, etc.). Otherwise the book would have been three times its size. Also, when writing a book about choral music across six continents, there are bound to be some composers or works which slip through the cracks. I can only imagine the disappointment expressed by some who didn’t “make the cut.” The truth is that with nothing out there like it, Strimple’s book didn’t have to be this good (or this inexpensive, for which Strimple and his publisher should also be credited). Due to his diligence, however, it seems this book will likely serve as the de facto survey on 20th century choral music for several decades. And there’s good news — Amazon shows that Strimple’s book on nineteenth-century music is due to come out later this year. Hurrah! 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Further, because it is so encyclopedic, I think it will wind up being the source for countless program notes and research papers. And this is why my next points are, I think, especially important. 1) This book has a lot of opinion in it. That’s one major thing in its favor. A book listing only the major composers’ major teachers and major works with dates and locations of premieres would be dry as dirt. Strimple isn’t afraid to call inferior work inferior, to dismiss certain composers’ entire output, and to consign composers who are currently popular to the dustbin of history. (his comments on Rutter are shockingly dismissive, and, I think, accurate)Opinion in a reference book is scary if you expect it to be even-handed, which this book certainly isn’t. The author makes no attempt to hide his personal tastes. 2) Like any book of its kind, this book is not going to have an infallible record of the last 10 years of the century. First published in 2002, it does what it must: lists with very little comment a string of prominent writers from the ’90s in all the geographic areas it covers. But in 20 or 30 years, it will read like Copland’s 1969 book “The New Music” does now. Some great assessments and some ‘who?’ moments. 3) As one might expect, the book weighs heavily toward serious ‘concert music’ as opposed to ‘popular choral music’. He is particularly dismissive of American Evangelical music, and he uses a quote from Mahler to bolster his argument that form should be the equal of function in music, although one might ask what difference Mahler’s opinion makes in a genre he showed no interest in. He also seems dismissive of popularizing and simplifying elements in church music that have worked their way into the music of educational institutions. Backhanded compliments to Natalie Sleeth and withering comparisons of John W. Peterson’s cantatas with those of Bach seem a little over the top. After all, neither of them aspire to the same aesthetic Bach did, and the times have changed considerably since 1750. There is also an argument to be made that MOST church music throughout history has been functional, of middling quality, and without lasting value, although to hear Strimple talk about it, the 1960s brought about a precipitous decline of a previously high standard of church music. I think Bach was as much an aberration in his own day as he is now, and hum-drum masses and passions we’re continually unearthing from his era seem to bolster my argument. 4) The chapters related to the countries an American choral conductor is likely to know a fair amount about have extensive chapters with lots of opinions, where chapters on Greece, the Balkans, Africa, Central and South America, Canada and the Pacific Rim are less copious, partly because of less readily available information, and maybe less choral singing, I don’t know. These caveats and quibbles are small prices to pay for such a terrific contribution to the library of a choral conductor. I look forward to using this for many years, and to reading the volume about the 19th century. Get this book! 4 of 6 people found the following review helpful. |
Outstanding Survey — Leads the way