688 Learning from the "Folk" in Folk Dance

Saturday, March 20, 2010: 8:45 AM-10:00 AM
Convention Center: Sagamore BR 1-2
NDA/National Dance Association
Presider: Anne M. Stewart, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
Speaker: Susanne Johnson Davis, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Learn interesting new dances while understanding other cultures through the styles of movement represented in their folk dances. Various cultural dances will be compared to illustrate important similarities and differences that all cultures seem to emulate through their selected movements. Special session in honor of our Heritage recipients, folk dance legends Marlys Waller and Anne Pittman. Members of the BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble scheduled to perform.