The document discusses different forms of dance including traditional/folk dances, modern/contemporary dances, ballroom dances, cheer dance, hip hop/street dance, and festival dances. It provides details on the characteristics and components of each dance form.
The document discusses different forms of dance including traditional/folk dances, modern/contemporary dances, ballroom dances, cheer dance, hip hop/street dance, and festival dances. It provides details on the characteristics and components of each dance form.
The document discusses different forms of dance including traditional/folk dances, modern/contemporary dances, ballroom dances, cheer dance, hip hop/street dance, and festival dances. It provides details on the characteristics and components of each dance form.
The document discusses different forms of dance including traditional/folk dances, modern/contemporary dances, ballroom dances, cheer dance, hip hop/street dance, and festival dances. It provides details on the characteristics and components of each dance form.
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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.