An investigation on the design of traditional dance spaces in Uganda.

Abstract

Traditional dances are one way information about religion and rituals of different traditional changed over time due to different factors from open spaces as earlier done to closed spaces but all generations in Uganda. The spaces in which the dances are practiced and performed has these spaces have not been designed to accommodate the traditional dances which results to societies are handed down from generation to generation thus keeping culture alive and true in many injuries to the people involved in the traditional dances. There isa need therefore to understand the requirements of space specifications for traditional dances in Uganda. Across-sectional descriptive studywascarried out in three places found within Kampala district: National theatre, Ndere cultural center, and Makerere dance studio. Data was collected from dancers, choreographers, studio owners and persons interested in Kiganda danceusing a self administered questionnaire.In the information received was analyzed for experience in the it was deducedthat open spaces are the most preferred and most practiced in dance spaces. The majority of the participants agreed on the fact that there are no spaces specific for traditional all generations in Uganda. The spaces in which the dances are practiced and performed has these spaces have not been designed to accommodate the traditional dances which results to societies are handed down from generation to generation thus keeping culture alive and true in Traditional dances are one way information about religion and rituals of different traditional many injuries to the people involved in the traditional dances. There isa need therefore to changed over time due to different factors from open spaces as earlier done to closed spaces but dances in Uganda. The need to design better facilities for traditional dances was also Across-sectional descriptive studywascarried out in three places found within Kampala district: National theatre, Ndere cultural center, and Makerere dance studio. Data was collected from available dance spaces, the challenges and the preference of thedance spaces and from the study acknowledged with design merits and demerits from experience.