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  • Essay / Cultural Dance Essay - 1807

    Tracks ensures that the dancers involved are from diverse cultural circumstances, allowing for more diverse choreography, performances, and audiences. McMicken describes environmental diversity: “If a single plant grew everywhere, it would be bland, uninteresting, and not healthy…I often use the image that a healthy environment contains maximum diversity.” This concept is paralleled when regarding cultural dance education in schools, "maximum diversity enhances respect and understanding" of traditions and beliefs. The benefit of cultural diversity in schools is evident in the dancers at Darwin High School, where they are naturally exposed to multicultural dance, Newth says. In a survey conducted in Darwin, primarily among Darwin High School students, one student responded, acknowledging that "exposing dancers to different cultural dances will help deepen that understanding." Another participant responded that the experience "builds tolerance and understanding and offers new