Palenque vs Alvin Ailey Dance Company

After watching both videos I realize that I have learnt some new things and now I can establish some similarities and comparisons, let's see...

Similarities

-Their dancing represent their history, experiences and stories.

-They try to express their thoughts about life, wishes and specially their feelings such as angry, hapiness, gratitude, respect, love, and others.

Differences

-Alvin Company pay more attention to choreography and the message they want to show us,whereas  palenqueros focus on the lyrics, the singer's voice and the drums' sound.

-Palenqueros sing to tell us about their experiences in life, to show us one of the most important apsects from their culture but Alvin Company, they dance and sing to God, to express religious customs.