Props and artefacts for folk dances

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1. What Kenyan folk dances are
2. Characteristics of Kenyan folk dances
3. Why Kenyan folk dances are useful in society
4. Folk dances reflect heritage and values
5. Dances of Kenyan communities
6. Choice of dance: gender
7. Choice of dance: age
8. Choice of dance: occasion
9. Selecting a dance for performance
10. Costumes for folk dances
11. Props and artefacts for folk dances
12. Designing costumes, props and artefacts
13. Singing in folk dances: tone and diction
14. Voice projection
15. Dance steps in folk dances
16. Formations in folk dances
17. Choreography
18. Using the stage
19. Idiom, synchrony and transitions
20. Instrumentation, expressiveness and etiquette