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A same-sex professional dancing couple are using their platform to fight against heteronormative standards in the dance scene and show people that you can dance with whoever, and however, you want. Felipe Ramirez and Tiago Adegas, who own RoleRotation, a dancing school aimed at teaching dancers both roles, use...

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Powwow dances are beautiful expressions of Indigenous spirituality, history and culture. There are a variety of regional dance styles performed by men, women and children across North America. For all dancers, spiritual centre of a powwow is always the Circle — a revered area blessed by a spiritual leader. Dancers must only enter Circle from east, as they walk in direction of sun. In addition, powwow dances, drum music and singers and regalia are sacred elements of celebration, meant not only to entertain, but also to tell important stories about personal and cultural history. Term “powwow” derives from Pau Wau, meaning “medicine man” in Narrtick, a language spoken by Algonquian peoples in Massachusetts. English settlers began misusing word to refer to meetings of Indigenous medicine men and later to any kind of American Indian gathering. American Indians have since reclaimed term. Although powwows are said to originate with Plains Indigenous peoples, cross-cultural exchanges have produced various regional variations to powwow dances. Most well-known of Northern styles (originating from northern Great Lakes and Great Plains regions) include men’s and women’s Northern Traditional Dances. Most well-known Southern styles (originating from central and western areas of Oklahoma and southern Plains peoples, including Kiowa, Comanche, Pawnee, Ponca), include men’s Southern Straight Dance and women’s Southern Cloth Dance. Some dances, namely men’s and women’s Fancy Dances, women’s Jingle Dance and men’s Grass Dance, are less geographically specific in modern times because they have been adapted in different ways by both Northern and Southern communities. There are also dances that are specific to certain First Nations, or that commemorate certain events or elements of nature. For example, Chicken Dance (Northern Plains), Crow Hop (Crow of Montana) and Rabbit Dance (Sioux) are regional dances that originate from observations of nature and animals. Sneak-Up Dance (Plains) and Smoke Dance (Haudenosaunee) are warrior dances. Hoop Dance (Anishinaabe) incorporates anywhere from one to 30 hoops in a story-telling dance. There are many other types of regional and ceremonial dances performed by various First Nations at some powwows. Most powwow dances are performed by individuals. There are dances for couples as well, such as Owl Dance (Northern Plains). Friendship Dances or Round Dances (Anishinaabe/Northern Plains) are intertribal dances that are open to general public, allowing both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples to celebrate together in song and dance. During Round Dance, all participants join hands and circle dance area, facing centre of circle. At times, Métis dancers (often performing the traditional jigging dance), Inuit dancers and dancers from Indigenous nations outside Canada and United States, such as Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, among others, are asked to perform at powwow celebrations. In this way, powwows can be a forum for cultural exchanges. Powwows can be defined as traditional or competitive. Traditional powwows are held in local communities, and do not have dance and drum group competitions. Competitive powwows have dance categories for women, men and children. Dancers who score the highest in their category receive awards or cash prizes. At contest powwows, dance categories can be gender- and age-specific. For example, jingle dress dance is typically performed by women, while Smoke Dance was historically performed by men. However, with resurgence of two-spirit traditions, and progression of women’s rights movements in 20th Century, some powwow organizers and First Nations allow dancers of opposite sex to participate in traditionally male or female specific dances. Most dances are also categorized by age: adult, teenager/youth and “tiny tot” (children). Panel of judges evaluating the competitive dances scores performers based on dance category as well as regalia and dancing abilities. #archaeohistories

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