I put this question to Thomas a couple months ago. He gave my links to some very informative and interesting articles, but I like to hear some other professional (or otherwise informed) opinions on the subject.
Here is the letter I wrote to Thomas, followed by links to the articles he suggested:
Hi Thomas,
>
> There is a heated discussion on the tribe "Too
> Much Drama Too Dance" (toomuchdrama.tribe.
> net/) regarding dancers moves as property and I
> was wondering if you'd be willing to put your
> two legal cents in.
>
> Here's the situation in a nutshell:
>
> 1. Are a dancers moves her property?
>
> 2. Once the moves or combos are taught in a
> class do they cease to belong to her? or If you
> pay to learn a move or combo in a class
> situation is it yours? Is it free for all who attended the >class?
>
> An interesting aspect here is that most (but not
> all) of the dancers involved in this discussion
> are of a very specific type: American Tribal
> Bellydance (aka:ATS, aka:Tribal). Tribal is not
> choreographed, it's lead-and-follow similar to
> ballroom dancing. It consists of specific moves
> each with it's own cue and an endless variety of
> combinations (mini-choreographies within a mostly improv piece).
>
> If you're interested you can read through two
> separate posts on that tribe (TooMuchDrama.tribe.net):
> "Flattery or Forgery"
> "If you pay for it , is it yours? OF COURSE!!!"
And a newer one called "Stealing Dance Moves" on The Indigo tribe theindigo.tribe.net
Articles from Thomas (may need to be copy/pasted into your browser):
I found a couple of interesting items you might want to look at (AU based discussion on traditional dance): www.wipo.int/tk/en/studi...s/index.html and
www.wipo.int/tk/en/studi...ormances.pdf
If ATS is a new dance form (New as of early 1970's), there may be some copyright issues to consider. See the following article:
www.csulb.edu/~jvancamp/copyrigh.html
Looking forward to other opinions.
Here is the letter I wrote to Thomas, followed by links to the articles he suggested:
Hi Thomas,
>
> There is a heated discussion on the tribe "Too
> Much Drama Too Dance" (toomuchdrama.tribe.
> net/) regarding dancers moves as property and I
> was wondering if you'd be willing to put your
> two legal cents in.
>
> Here's the situation in a nutshell:
>
> 1. Are a dancers moves her property?
>
> 2. Once the moves or combos are taught in a
> class do they cease to belong to her? or If you
> pay to learn a move or combo in a class
> situation is it yours? Is it free for all who attended the >class?
>
> An interesting aspect here is that most (but not
> all) of the dancers involved in this discussion
> are of a very specific type: American Tribal
> Bellydance (aka:ATS, aka:Tribal). Tribal is not
> choreographed, it's lead-and-follow similar to
> ballroom dancing. It consists of specific moves
> each with it's own cue and an endless variety of
> combinations (mini-choreographies within a mostly improv piece).
>
> If you're interested you can read through two
> separate posts on that tribe (TooMuchDrama.tribe.net):
> "Flattery or Forgery"
> "If you pay for it , is it yours? OF COURSE!!!"
And a newer one called "Stealing Dance Moves" on The Indigo tribe theindigo.tribe.net
Articles from Thomas (may need to be copy/pasted into your browser):
I found a couple of interesting items you might want to look at (AU based discussion on traditional dance): www.wipo.int/tk/en/studi...s/index.html and
www.wipo.int/tk/en/studi...ormances.pdf
If ATS is a new dance form (New as of early 1970's), there may be some copyright issues to consider. See the following article:
www.csulb.edu/~jvancamp/copyrigh.html
Looking forward to other opinions.
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