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ID: 300438386
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300438386

 

Record Type: concept
fancy dances (powwow dances, <Native American dances>, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Describes a type of dance characterized by elaborately decorated regalia, including feathered bustles and roaches, and fast-paced movements. Commonly performed at powwows by Native North American men. Popularized at powwow events in the 1960s, though has origins in 19th century Plains dances.
 
Terms:
fancy dances (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
fancy dance (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
men's fancy dance (C,U,English,UF,U,SN)
fancy feather dance (C,U,English,UF,U,SN)
dances, fancy (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  X

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name)
........ Literary and Performing Arts Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of dances (performing arts compositions)
............ dances (performing arts compositions) (G)
Hierarchy of <Native American dances>
................ <Native American dances> (G)
Hierarchy of powwow dances
.................... powwow dances (G)
Hierarchy of fancy dances
........................ fancy dances (G)

Related concepts:
involve ....  fancy dancers
..............  (dancers, performing artists, ... People (hierarchy name)) [300438388]
required for ....  powwow dances
......................  (<Native American dances>, dances (performing arts compositions), ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) [300438378]
required for ....  powwows
......................  (meetings, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) [300438379]

Sources and Contributors:
dances, fancy............  [VP]
..........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
fancy dance............  [VP]
.......................  Krystal, Indigenous Dance and Dancing Indian (2012) 108-110; accessed 17 December 2019
fancy dances............  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Buffalo Bill Center of the West [online] (2015) "fancy dance," accessed 17 December 2019, "Points West Online: We Are a Dancing People,"
.......................  Krystal, Indigenous Dance and Dancing Indian (2012) 108-110; accessed 17 December 2019
.......................  Toelken, Anguish of Snails (2003) 93, 97; accessed 17 December 2019
fancy feather dance............  [VP]
...................................  Martin, Boyer, and Goodbird, The Powwow (2000) 11; accessed 17 December 2019
men's fancy dance............  [VP]
................................  Herle, Dancing Community (1994) 73; accessed 17 December 2019
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Herle, Dancing Community (1994) 73; accessed 17 December 2019
.......... Krystal, Indigenous Dance and Dancing Indian (2012) 108; accessed 17 December 2019
.......... Martin, Boyer, and Goodbird, The Powwow (2000) 10-11; accessed 17 December 2019

 

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