Question

Those are short answer questions about dance culture.

What kind of dance represents your generation? (millennials)

     a. How does this dance express the attitudes of your culture? (Chinese culture)

     b. Can you find a link to a culture other than American culture?

     c. How does it compare to your parents' generation?(My parents are Chinese)

Answer 1

Millennials can be very well represented by the Modern Dance that is lesser on the traditional side and more on "Message Effectivity." This means that the future of modern dance may evolve in extraordinary levels of creativity. We can visibly notice that static modern dance is on the decline and subtle messages portrayed in modern dance are in.

a. The Chinese Culture has a wide range of dances, many of which have been long associated with Theatre, Opera and Martial Arts. Just like the Chinese Culture, the Expressionism in Modern Dance is focused on portraying messages.

b. In the Indian Culture, Dance has long been used to tell mythological stories. There have also existed dance forms fused with theatre that portray stories and messages. This culture, beginning from the ancient times, has been focused on telling stories and performing mythological acts in the form of Dance.

c. During the time of the previous generation, there had been many distinct and amazing dances. But, they were mostly into drooling over the music and the energetic shake-it-off type dances. The modern dance that represents the Millenials is separating and is more prominently shaping a place for Dance as a medium of expression on its own.