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GRADE LEVEL: 12 WEEK: 6

SUBJECT: PE 3 LESSON: 1
TOPIC: Modern and Contemporary Dance (different types)
OBJECTIVES:
1. Perform a dance routine either modern / contemporary dance
2. Identify different basic steps of modern and contemporary dance
3. Interpret basic steps of modern and contemporary dance

LESSON PROPER:
Modern Dance Steps

Curl Down and Up


Starting in jazz first position (feet parallel facing front), with your arms at your side and your gaze focused
downward, curl your spine over slowly, and being careful not to collapse at the waist. When you are halfway down
to the floor, bend your knees and continue to "curl." Your instructor may tell you to curl down one vertebrae at a
time, and then subsequently "grow back upward," again with one section of your spine at a time.

Leg Swings

Standing again in parallel first, place your arms in second position. Sliding the right leg forward with a pointed toe,
it should then brush through the first position and follow through backwards, slightly bending the knee. This is
often used as a transitional movement in a combination of choreography.

Flat Back
It sounds simple enough, but a flat back executed properly takes a distinct amount of discipline and flexibility.
After you have bent over, keeping your spine as straight as possible, raise your arms into high fifth with the palms
facing inward. Raise the torso back up, simultaneously with the arms as a single fluid movement. This step is a
wonderful exhibition of grace and bodily control, almost derived from its ancestor ballet.

Chasse
The chasse is a simple jump found often in modern dance. Standing with the weight on one foot, you shift the
weight while in a plie stance, and then jump so both feet are vertical together in the air. You can travel across the
room with this movement, and add height and a spin for a more advanced look.

MODERN DANCES EXAMPLES (https://youtu.be/Gtl9NEfjMXM-modern)


 Ballet
In the aspect of modern dances, it is characterized by floor work; turn-in of the legs; greater range of
movement and body line; and pointe shoes but also bare feet.

 Burlesque
A literary, dramatic, or musical work which aims to create laughter by caricaturing the behavior of
serious works or via absurd treatments of such subjects.

 Ballroom Dance
A duet dance, this refers to any type of partner dancing as recreation. It is enjoyed both socially and
competitively globally

 Belly Dancing
Also known as Arabic dance or Raqs sharqi, it is a dance originating from Egypt and emphasizes on the
complex movements on the torso.

 Jazz
A performance dance style and technique which emerged along with jazz music. This can be referred to
as vernacular jazz or to Broadway or theatrical jazz.
CONTEMPORARY DANCE TERM/STEP https://youtu.be/Eg3jf5yuy5g

 Adage-at ease" or slow work


 Arabesque - A pose with one leg stretched straight out to the back and one arm usually stretched out to
the front.
 Attitude.- A pose. As with the arabesque, the leg is raised. But unlike the arabesque, it is bent, not straight.
 Balancé-"rocking". A waltz step.
 Cambré- "bent". A bend from the waist in any direction, but especially forward or back
 Grand jeté- "big thrown (step)". A long horizontal jump, usually forwards, starting from one leg and
landing on the other.
 Passé - "passed". A movement in which the pointed foot of the working leg is made to pass the knee of
the supporting leg. (passing through)
 Retiré - "withdrawn". A position in which the working foot is drawn up to the knee of the supporting leg.

REFERENCE: Physical Education in Daily Life,


https://dance.lovetoknow.com/Modern_Dan ceSteps

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