0 Dancing to Delta Blues： Introduction

COURSE: Dancing to Delta Blues

FOCUS: This lesson introduces Delta Blues music, its historical context and characteristics, and explains how to dance to it in a grounded, intimate, and non-performative way.

TIP & TRICKS:

• Dance in a very grounded way to feel connection with the ground.
• Find intimacy with your own movement rather than being performative.
• Connect with yourself and feel everything in the body during movement.

REMEMBER:

• Delta Blues originated in the early 1900s in the Mississippi Delta as an intimate, self-expressive music.
• The music was a tool for self-awareness and community expression among African-Americans.
• Dancing to Delta Blues should focus on personal space and freedom of thought, not performance.