1. NATURE OF DANCE.pptx

1. NATURE OF DANCE.pptx

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  Physical Education and Health12 NATURE OF DANCES
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  Learning Content • Danceas an art • Why do people dance? • Significant feature of dance. • Feature of dance • Kinds of dance • Elements of dance
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  Target Competencies • Discussthe different nature of dance. • Explain the reason why people dance. • Enumerate and discuss the elements of dance.
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  DANCE AS ANART Dance is a rhythmic and expressive movement of the body in successive movement usually accompanied by music. It has been said to be the mother of the arts, for it’s the oldest of the art which actually reflects man’s age old need to communicate different emotions such as joy, grief, excitement and others.
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  DANCE AS ANART Dance simply started as man’s own life for almost all occasions, in whatever aspects, as birth, death, healing of the sick, asking for forgiveness, war, marriage – were celebrated by dancing. There are dances that express thankfulness for a good harvest, in celebration of religious festivities, or just a mere pleasurable expression of the body. It uniquely intensifies different moods and emotions that somehow deepen everybody’s feelings.
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  WHY DO PEOPLEDANCE? •It has been used in worship. •It plays a role in courtship. •It serves as a form of acquaintance for a man and woman. •It is an expression of the joy one feels. •As in old times, it brings magical power s to people. •It brings victory or somehow restores health to life. •It even breaks the monotony of the daily activities. •It serves to entertain others. •It gives beauty and inspiration to others. •It provides personal and effectiveness of communication.
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  SIGNIFICANT FEATURES OFTHE DANCE AS AN FORM Two kinds of movement 1.Movement within the body which includes the hand and arms. 2.Movement from one space to another.
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  Features of Dance 1.MUSIC– It is closely related to dance for it plays a significantrole in it. It is used as accompaniment that somehow motivates the dancer’s movement. 2.MOVEMENT – It refers to action of dances with the use of their bodies to create organized patterns. 3.THEME – It pertains to the content or main ingredient of the dance. It actually conveys the message of the dance. 4.TECHNIQUES - It refers to the skill in executing movement. As a dancer, one needs to have a complete control over the muscles of his body for him to be said technically proficient. 5.DESIGN – It refers to the arrangement of movements according to pattern in time (either fast or slow) and space (one’s position in relation to his background). 6.PROPERTIES AND COSTUME – These contribute to the visual effect of dance. The costumes can somehow relate closely to the beliefs and environment of people.
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  Kinds of Dance 1.ETHNOLOGICDANCE – This is a dance that is indigenous to a certain race or country. The term ethnic is used to distinguish religious dances, and designed as hymns of praise to a god, or to bring on good fortune in peace and war. They are symbolic in meaning that can’t be understood easily by persons who don’t belong to the ethnic group. 2. SOCIAL DANCE – These are popular type of dancing for pleasure as generally performed by pairs or group of people following a definite step or pattern. Most of these have specific rhythms and coordinated with the movement and steps of the body, hand, foot and head. a. BALLROOM DANCE – It actually originated as square dance which wa followed by waltz, tango, foxtrot, swing, etc. b. FOLK DANCE – It usually derived from ethnic dances. People all over t world have their own folk dances as distinct to their specific culture.
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  Kinds of Dance 3.THEATRICAL or SPECTACULAR DANCE –this type of dance is so called because it is performed for the entertainment of spectators. Theatrical dancing includes the ballet, modern dance, musical comedy dances, and tap dancing. a. Ballet – formalized type of dance which has its origin in the royal courts of the Middle Ages. It is often shown in the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The term „ballet‟ refers to a series of solo and concerted dances in which poses and steps are combined with light flowing figures,.
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  Kinds of Dance 3.THEATRICAL or SPECTACULAR DANCE –this type of dance is so called because it is performed for the entertainment of spectators. Theatrical dancing includes the ballet, modern dance, musical comedy dances, and tap dancing. a. Ballet – formalized type of dance which has its origin in the royal courts of the Middle Ages. It is often shown in the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The term ”ballet” refers to a series of solo and concerted dances in which poses and steps are combined with light flowing figures. b. Modern Dance – characterized as natural and free. Also called expressional dance
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  ELEMENT OF DANCE 1.TIME: a. Speed – slow, medium, fast, freeze, suspend. b. Rhytm – pulse, beat, pattern, syncopation 2. SPACE: a. Place – Personal, general b. Size - small, medium, big c. Level – low, middle, high d. Direction – forward, background, left, right, up, down e. Pathway – straight, curved, zigzagged, turning
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  ELEMENT OF DANCE 3.Energy a. Light, strong, weak, sharp, smooth 4. Body a. Shape – lines, curves, angles, various shape b. Parts – head, neck, shoulder, arms, back, stomach, fingers, legs, bottom,toes. 5. Movement concepts a. Locomotor – walk, run, heap, hop, jump, gallop,slide, crawl, creep, slither. b. Nonlocomotor – bend, twist, stretch,reach, swing, push, pull, fall, sway, turn, spin, dodge, kick, poke, curl, slash, dab, punch, flick, float, glide, shake, rise, wiggle, burst.
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  ACTIVITY 1.Divide your classinto 3 groups. 2.Search for different example of Ethnologic dance then select one from these example for your group to perform. 3. Presentation is on next meeting. 4.Be guided by the rubric on how your presentation be graded.