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    This document provides instructions for basic arm and leg movements commonly found in Philippine folk dances. It describes 5 arm movements - arms in lateral position, bilao, kewet, folded arms, and hayon-hayon. It also outlines 4 dance steps or combinations with simplified descriptions and count patterns for 2/4 and 3/4 time signatures: touch step, change step, step swing, and slow bleke. The movements and steps are intended to help students and teachers familiarize themselves with traditional Philippine folk dance forms.

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    This document provides instructions for basic arm and leg movements commonly found in Philippine folk dances. It describes 5 arm movements - arms in lateral position, bilao, kewet, folded arms, and hayon-hayon. It also outlines 4 dance steps or combinations with simplified descriptions and count patterns for 2/4 and 3/4 time signatures: touch step, change step, step swing, and slow bleke. The movements and steps are intended to help students and teachers familiarize themselves with traditional Philippine folk dance forms.

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    This document provides instructions for basic arm and leg movements commonly found in Philippine folk dances. It describes 5 arm movements - arms in lateral position, bilao, kewet, folded arms, and hayon-hayon. It also outlines 4 dance steps or combinations with simplified descriptions and count patterns for 2/4 and 3/4 time signatures: touch step, change step, step swing, and slow bleke. The movements and steps are intended to help students and teachers familiarize themselves with traditional Philippine folk dance forms.

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    This document provides instructions for basic arm and leg movements commonly found in Philippine folk dances. It describes 5 arm movements - arms in lateral position, bilao, kewet, folded arms, and hayon-hayon. It also outlines 4 dance steps or combinations with simplified descriptions and count patterns for 2/4 and 3/4 time signatures: touch step, change step, step swing, and slow bleke. The movements and steps are intended to help students and teachers familiarize themselves with traditional Philippine folk dance forms.

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    Basic Movements in Philippine Folk Dance


    Classroom Online Resource Document (CORD)

    This handout is designed to help your students familiarize some of the most widely used
    movements in Philippine folk dances.

    Depending on your teaching style, you may arrange the students in one big circle, a series
    of columns, or three rows. These movement patterns may be done individually, facing a partner,
    or facing the leader. These movements may also be used as a warm-up activity, a refresher
    exercise, or as a review of the previous lesson in Philippine folk dance.

    ARMS/HAND MOVEMENT

    1. Arms in lateral position


    a. Place both arms on the Right side, shoulder level.
    b. Transfer both arms on the Left side, shoulder level.
    c. Repeat eight times in 2 or 3 time signature/s.
    4 4

    2. Bilao (bih-la-oh)
    a. Bend elbows close to waist, hands in front, fingers pointing forward, palms down.
    b. Turn hands up and down alternately
    c. Repeat by varying the speed of execution.

    3. Kewet (keh-weht)
    a. With fist slightly closed, stick thumb out.
    b. Turn Right wrist outward, making a check sign in the air with your thumb.
    c. Repeat with the Left hand.

    4. Folded arms
    a. Bend arms in front of the chest
    b. Put one forearm on top of the other.

    5. Hayon-Hayon (ha-yohn-ha-yohn)
    a. Place one forearm in front of the waist
    b. Place the other forearm at the back of the waist.
    c. Do the movement simultaneously and alternately until you achieve a wave like
    movement in the front and back of the body. When the arms go to the side of the
    body (upon exchange), it is as if the arms are in flying motion.

    Compiled by Gluck Fellow: jemuel jr barrera garcia


    Ph.D. student in Critical Dance Studies: Designated Emphasis in Southeast Asian Studies
    Department of Dance, University of California, Riverside
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    Basic Movements in Philippine Folk Dance
    Classroom Online Resource Document (CORD)

    DANCE STEPS/COMBINATIONS
    2/4 time signature ¾ time signature
    1. Touch step
    a. Point Right foot in front. count 1 count 1, 2
    b. Step Right foot close to Left foot. count 2 count 3

    Simplified step pattern: point, close


    Count pattern (ex. 2/4) 1 2

    ¾ time signature
    2. Change step
    a. Step Right foot in front count 1
    b. Step Left foot close to the Right foot in rear count and
    c. Step Right foot quickly in front count 2

    Simplified step pattern: step, close, step


    Count pattern (ex. 3/4) 1 and 2

    2/4 time signature ¾ time signature


    3. Step Swing
    a. Step Right foot to the Right count 1 counts 1, 2
    b. Swing the Left foot across count 2 count 3
    the Right foot in front. The knee
    is slightly bent, toes pointing
    downward.

    Simplified step pattern: step, swing


    Count pattern (ex. 3/4) 1,2 3

    2/4 time signature ¾ time signature


    4. Slow Bleke (blayk)
    a. Place the Right heel in front count 1 count 1
    b. Close the Right foot to the Left foot. count 2 count 2, 3

    Simplified step pattern: heel place, close


    Count pattern (ex. 3/4) 1 2,3

    Sources:
    Arenas, Ken, BPE Alumnus, West Visayas State University, Iloilo City, Philippines.
    Piamonte, Rose Marie R. and Liberty R. Porras. Teaching Guide in Philippine Folk Dance and Recreational
    Ballroom Dancing, Iloilo City, Philippines, 2009.

    Compiled by Gluck Fellow: jemuel jr barrera garcia


    Ph.D. student in Critical Dance Studies: Designated Emphasis in Southeast Asian Studies
    Department of Dance, University of California, Riverside

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