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PE AND HEALTH 12

Module 1 of 2: NATURE OF THE


DIFFERENT DANCES
Dance - is an expression of the body, following
rhythmic patterns and is accompanied by music. From
the primitive man expressing emotions in such events
as birth, death, marriage, war among other things,
dance has evolved to modern forms of social dancing.
These are the different forms of dance:

Traditional (Folk and Ethnic)


1. Traditional dances are dances of indigenous communities that show
cultural traits of people in specific time and place.
2. Ethnic dances are classified into two major categories.
First, the dances of the Non-Christian Filipinos are made
up to the pagan groups and the Muslim groups. Second,
there are the dances of the Christian and the lowland
Filipinos, some of which are comprised of savage and
vigorous or light-hearted.
3. Folk dances area classified according to geographical locations
and the nature of the dances. According to geographical locations, folk
dances can be national (dances with common basic movements, with
slight variations) or local/regional (dances that are unique to certain
localities only). According to the nature of dance, folk dances can be
occupational dances, religious or ceremonial dances; courtship dances;
wedding dances; festival dances; war dances; comic dances; game
dances; and social dances.
Modern and Contemporary
1. Modern dance is a development that is less
formal that a classical ballet.
2. Contemporary dance incorporates the strong
legwork and balance of ballet and the trunk
movements of modern dance.
Ballroom Dances
1. Ballroom dances comprise of a number of different
dances. There are two categories: In American style, the
categories are called Smooth and Rhythm and in
international style they are called Standard and Latin.
For the most part, the Standard and Smooth categories
contain the same dances, and the Latin and Rhythm
categories contain basically the same
dances. These are listed in the order that they are danced
in competitions. These are the waltz, the polka, the
tango, the faxtrot, the swing, the rumba, the quick step,
the paso double, the samba, the mambo, the cha cha, and
the jive.
Cheer Dance
1. Cheer dance is a combination of cheering
and dancing. Components include the
mandatory cheer as well as a number of
gymnastic or acrobatic moves such as
cartwheels and back handsprings. The purpose
of cheer
dance is usually to motivate sports teams,
entertain audience, or the actual competition.
Hip Hop/ Street Dance
1. Hip hop or street dance has its roots traced to New York,
from the African American and Latino American communities.
It is usually associated with rap music, a form of chanting or
poetry delivered at the speed of 16-bar measures (time frame).
The term hip-hop refers to a complex culture
compromising four elements: deejaying or “turntabling”;
rapping, also known as “MCing” or
“rhyming”; graffiti painting, also known as “graf” or
“writing”; and “B-boying,” which encompasses hip-hop dance,
style, and attitude, along with the sort of virile body language
that Cornel West described as “postural semantics.”
Festival Dance
1. Festival dances are seen during celebrations or fiestas.
Usually, festival dances celebrate good harvest or good
fortune. An event ordinarily celebrated by
a community and centering on some characteristic aspect
of that community and its religion or cultures.

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