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A Step, or stepping is a form of percussive dance that many Greek organizations have in which the individual's body is used as an instrument to produce rhythms and sounds through a mixture and variety of steps, claps, and spoken word. | |||
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A Step, or stepping is a form of percussive dance in which the individual's body is used as an instrument to produce rhythms and sounds through a mixture and variety of steps, claps, and spoken word | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Stepping has its beginnings in the mid-1900s in competitive schoolyard song and dance rituals in historically Black fraternities and sororities as a link to African tribal-dance. Over time, other cultural fraternities and sororities also adopted the tradition of stepping. <ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepping_%28African-American%29]. </ref> | Stepping has its beginnings in the mid-1900s in competitive schoolyard song and dance rituals in historically Black fraternities and sororities as a link to African tribal-dance. Over time, other cultural fraternities and sororities also adopted the tradition of stepping. <ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepping_%28African-American%29]. </ref> | ||
====Annual Events at Northwestern that Involve Stepping==== | ====Annual Events at Northwestern that Involve Stepping==== | ||
* MGC/NPHC Stroll the Yard | * MGC/NPHC Stroll the Yard | ||
* Greek Scene | * Greek Scene | ||
==Example Sentences== | |||
#"Are you going to NPHC's step show?" | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Part of Speech
Proper noun
Pronunciation
[step]
Description
A Step, or stepping is a form of percussive dance that many Greek organizations have in which the individual's body is used as an instrument to produce rhythms and sounds through a mixture and variety of steps, claps, and spoken word.
Etymology
Stepping has its beginnings in the mid-1900s in competitive schoolyard song and dance rituals in historically Black fraternities and sororities as a link to African tribal-dance. Over time, other cultural fraternities and sororities also adopted the tradition of stepping. [1]
Annual Events at Northwestern that Involve Stepping
- MGC/NPHC Stroll the Yard
- Greek Scene
Example Sentences
- "Are you going to NPHC's step show?"
