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Originally performed to please the ancestors and to plead for enough rain for crops and hence preventing sickness and hunger.
Dragon Dance
True or False: Dragon Dance has gradually become a cultural activity.
True
True or False: Dragon Dance is only performed during Chinese New Year.
False
True or False: The Dragon Dance are originated during the Han Dynasty (180 - 230AD )
True
The dance is accompanied by music, drama, and drums.
Dragon Dance
Costumes: changed from long dresses to short, light skirts.
Irish Dance
True or False: Irish dance steps are characterised by a stiff upper body, rapid leg movements and quick precise foot movements.
True
True or False: The Irish music is a type of modern music that uses lots of different types of instruments.
False - Folk music
Hard shoe dancing includes heel clicking, stamping and tapping.
Irish Dance
True or Flase: Irish dance is so intense that many people see it as more of a sport.
True - Fun Fact
This dance developed their rhythm, joyful experience involving emotion and a body.
Korean Dance
True or False: The earliest use of dance in Korea began about five thousand years ago.
True
Han Sung-Joon - is considered to be the father of modern Korean dance.
True
Korean traditional dance shares some similarity with form of dance known as contemporary and lyrical.
True
The most unique Irish traditional dance, the Fan Dance originated from a shamanic ritual.
False - Korean traditional Dance
