African American Performing Art
African American Performing Art There are many different types of ways that we as human beings express ourselves. ... African Americans being very spirited, spiritual and emotional express ourself in many different manners. ... Performing art or even visual art is used in many ways. ... From a scientific point of view we as African Americans possess melanin in our skin, which gives us our pigment or color. ... This is the primary reason in my opinion that African American dancers are so exciting to watch, and that when it comes to singing that African Americans have so much rhythm and soul. ... African Americans are naturally more gifted and coordinated than any other race. ... In early plantation life in this country, the burial was conducted in much the same manner as in the West Indies, where the African influence was strongest. ... John Barbot, on one of his many trips to the African coast described a dance which he witnessed in Nigeria in the early 1700’s as “indescribable.” African Americans have come to dance through the centuries and through their different lineages have past down traditions of dance by way of describing past as well as current events that took place in their villages history. ... From the late 1800’s to early 1900’s African American dance and song took an interesting route. ... Many of these dancers were extremely popular among African Americans but received very little credit or reward for their revolutionary efforts. ... His rhythmic style changed dancing and became extremely popular during this period of African American dance history.