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Do Na'vi Dance?

This is a discussion thread about: Do Na'vi Dance? inside the Na’vi Culture & Language forum, part of the AVATAR Movie Forums category. I couldn't find a thread on this so here's my Q. Yeah, I know they have an occupation for dancing ...

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    Default Do Na'vi Dance?

    I couldn't find a thread on this so here's my Q.
    Yeah, I know they have an occupation for dancing as in there are hunters, gatherers, singers etc. but what type of dancing do you think they would do? What would it look like? Ive seen a bit of this video on youtube which seemed pretty good in my imagination, well something like it anyways. Just let me know what you think.

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    I imagine that dancing is actually a very important aspect of their culture. If you have read some of the script of Avatar dancing would have been seen, namely at Jake's celebration of becoming ikran makto, but alas it was not included in the theatrical release.

    As for the actual style of dancing I imagine that there are different dances for different occasions or reasons. There is likely some sort of ritual involved as well, and choreographed movements and gestures typical of certain dances. However I believe that a good part of it is also improvised movement; Na'vi likely move according to the rhythm of their drums or other instruments (clapping, singing, etc.).

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    they do, in the original script when jake and grace are invited to hometree (i think it's after the big hunt, also not included in the film) they celebrate so while music is been played Neytiri tells jake he must dance. There's also a dance that children do which mimicks the fan lizards movements. There's more information about this in the actvisist's survival guide.
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    Dances are probably very similar to those practiced by indigenous cultures on earth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tm20 View Post
    they do, in the original script when jake and grace are invited to hometree (i think it's after the big hunt, also not included in the film) they celebrate so while music is been played Neytiri tells jake he must dance. There's also a dance that children do which mimicks the fan lizards movements. There's more information about this in the actvisist's survival guide.
    I really do hope they include this scene in the re-release!
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    Of course they are like us and they do dance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ateyo 'uniltiranyu View Post
    I really do hope they include this scene in the re-release!
    Yeah, I would like to see the sturmbeest hunt as well as that celebration. Something that lets us see more of the regular clan life.

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    They are a alien species, I dobut it would resemble anything on Earth

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheForgeofGod View Post
    They are a alien species, I dobut it would resemble anything on Earth
    na bro, they can do the moon walk since they are living on a moon XD
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    In one scene of the movie you can obviously see one of the na'vi 'Crank that soulja boy'..no lie.

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