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Physical Activities Towards Health & Fitness 3: Dance
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- 2. St. Arnold (OpeningPrayer) L. God, Eternal truth A. We Believe in you L. God, our Strength and salvation A. We trust in you L. God, infinite goodness A. We love you with all our heart L. You sent the WORD into the world as our savior. A. Make us all one in Him L. Fill us with the Spirit of Christ A. That we may glorify your Name. Amen L. May the Holy Triune God Live and Reign in our Hearts A. And in the hearts of all. Amen
- 3. PATHFIT 03 COURSE INTRODUCTION Thecourse introduces the nature of dance and its fitness benefits. It involves the fundamental techniques that include movement skills. Through skills training, exercise drills, dance participation and independent or self-directed PAs, fitness levels will be enhanced.
- 4. Topics 1.Dance and History 2.FiveElements of Dance 3.Do’s and Don’ts in Folk Dancing 4.Values in Dancing 5.Common folk-dance terms in Philippine Folk Dance 6.Philippine Folk Dance – Bicol Region * Pantomina de Albay * Lapay Bantigue * Pandanggo Rinconada * Paceo de Bicol
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- 6. Dance is… Dance isa rhythmic and expressive movement of the body in successive movement usually accompanied by music. It has been said to 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.
- 7. Brief history of Dance Originsin antiquity: • The earliest historical records showing the origins of dance are cave paintings in India dating to about 8000 BCE Egyptian tomb paintings also depict dance in about 3300 BCE. • These early dances may have been religious in nature, and by the era of ancient Greece, people were incorporating dance into celebrations of the wine god Dionysus (and later the Roman god Bacchus) and into ritual dances at the ancient Greek Olympic Games. • In addition, early people danced for enjoyment, seduction, and entertainment.
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- 9. Brief history of Dance Indiaand China: • Dance throughout Asia has a rich history. While Hindu dancing in India has a rich performance history going back millennia, in the late 1700s, dance was restricted by British colonists, who considered the dances immoral. • Once India gained its freedom from Great Britain, the country revived its classical dance traditions. • Chinese dance dates back at least 3,000 years, with ceremonial dances and folk dances adapted for performance at court. • To this day, celebrations still include traditional dances such as the dragon dance and lion dance.
- 10. Ancient Greece • Dancewas not just for religious and military training but also a form of entertainment and display. • Plato immensely gave importance to dance in education as stated in the education on the laws. • He highlighted the two kinds of dance and music: the NOBLE (fin and honorable) and the IGNOBLE (imitating what is mean and ugly)
- 11. Ancient Rome • Gaveless importance to dancing which eventually became an integral part of the corruption in the latter days of the Roman Empire resulting in the condemnation of dance by early Christians. • Primarily performed for religious, social and entertainment. Theatrical entertainment was prohibited but still existed and was performed within church during religious ceremonies.
- 12. Middle ages andthe Renaissance • 1400 ballet started in this year in Italy, but did not really become popular until around the year 1500. Ballet believed to be the main core of every single dance style. • New court dances performed by the nobility came about as well as the rise of the art of ballet in Italy and France.
- 13. Late 16th to 21st Century •Late 16th and 17th Centuries Masque Dancing Dance at Court Theatrical dance and music • 18th Centuries 1795 Classical Persian Dancing 1800 Tippity Tappity from African tribe dancing • 19th Century Merengue, Jazz, Acro, Ballroom, and Caribbean Dance
- 14. 21st Century • Described asa period of "dance fever" wherein the young and old alike were not limited to express emotions through dance. • 1950 Contemporary dance is a style that combines jazz, ballet, and modern dance. It can be many different styles, but most of the time it is melancholy and or intense. • 1970 (Hip Hop Dance). There are many styles of hip hop that include breaking. popping, locking, and more. Street dance was performed both in night clubs and on the streets. It is associated with funk. breakdancing, and hip- hop. • Several social dance movements also evolved such as castle walk, tango, foxtrot, Charleston, Lindy Hop, Rumba, Mambo, Cha-Cha-Cha, Samba, Bossa Nova, Boogaloo and Twist. • Popular fad dances also emerged like YMCA and
- 15. 21st to Present • Today'sdance style has taken a turn towards more hip-hop dances. Small and popular dances that involve hip hop and that most everyone can achieve include the whip and nae nae. Gangnam style and more.
- 16. 5 universal elementsof dancing Body Time Space Energy 01 02 03 04 05 Actions
- 17. Body • The primaryinstrument of dance. • Dancers may use their entire bodies or limit movement to certain body parts. Professional dancers train their bodies to have exceptional agility and strength • Shape - the body can contort itself into different shapes (curves, angles, straight) • Parts - the arms, legs, head, toes, fingers can take on the different focuses (open, closed, relaxed) • Body percussion - sound created using the body (stamp, pat, clap, snap)
- 18. Space • Dancers movethrough space in every possible way, varying their level, direction, and path as they move, no matter the form of dance. • They also move, often in very specific ways, in relation to other people taking part in a given dance. • Pathways & focus - curved lines, straight lines, zigzags, circles, figure-eights, and many more • Shape - large, small, rounded, and angular • Level - high, medium, low or on the floor (5 Levels) • Direction / Spatial exposure - forward backwards, diagonally, sideways
- 19. Time • Time isone of the key elements of dance, as it relates to the rhythm of the movements. Performers often choreograph their dances to the meter of the music. • TEMPO - fast, slow, moderate • DURATION - short, long • BEAT / RHYTHM - pulse of the music With or without music
- 20. Energy • Speaks tohow the dancers move through space and time. • Dancers can use their bodies and their dance technique to make movements that are smooth or sudden, that feel tight and restricted or light and relaxed. • QUALITY - smooth, sharp, free, flowing • Energy - weak/light or strong • Weight - heavy, light, suspended collapsed • Dynamics - energy & flow
- 21. Actions • Action refersto what the dancer does • while dancing, whether they stay rooted in one spot or move across the floor and through the air.
- 22. Values of Dancing • Physiologicaland neuro-muscular development of the organic system of the body • Cultural-depicts of the culture of people • Social and recreational
- 23. Classification of Dances • FOLKDANCE • LATIN DANCE • JAZZ DANCE • LINE DANCE • HIP HOP DANCE • BELLY DANCE • BALLROOM DANCE • IRISH DANCE • MODERN DANCE • CONCERT DANCE • BALLET • SAMBA • CONTEMPORAR Y DANCE • FLAMINGO • TAP • SWING
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- 25. Phases of Dance Program •Creative rhythms • Folk dance • Social and ball room dance • Creative dance form
- 26. Creative Rhythms • Creativerhythms are for children in the elementary grades. • These activities are sometimes called fundamental rhythms or natural dances. • A creative rhythm is an end-product of exploration and improvisation of movements as children learn to love the parts of their body and to use them as instruments of expression.
- 27. Social and Ballroom Dance •The setting of the social and ballroom dance is a social gathering with the more formal atmosphere than the simple and informal parties in which the recreational dances are the usual forms. • Social and ballroom dancing are generally held in the evenings. The participants are usually in formal attire. • Examples of social and ballroom dances are cha- cha, fox trot, jitterbug, tango, samba, rumba, quick step, Viennese waltz, jive, and paso doble.
- 28. Recreational Dance • Recreational danceincludes dance mixers, square dance, round and couple dances. • Many of these dances have simple patterns and combination of walking steps, two-step, polka step, and the waltz step. • The setting of recreational dances is usually informal gatherings and parties, reunions, and the like.
- 29. Folk Dance • Folk danceare traditional dances of a country which evolved naturally and spontaneously in connection with everyday activities and experience of the people who developed them. • Folk dancing is the heartbeat of the people. • Folk dances are traditional social expressions of the ideals, mores, feelings and thoughts of a people or group of people through body movement. • Dancing is the outburst of people's feelings.
- 30. Brief History ofFolk Dance in the Philippines • During this period, dance were considered by some historians, anthropologists, and researchers as in its purest form because this particular dance form has not been refined, developed, trained, or guided by an artist. • To the early Filipinos, dance was an expression of community life that animates the various rituals and ceremonies. • Before the coming of Magellan in 1521, the Negritos and Proto-Malays dancing was mostly pantomimic, performed to depict the events of daily chores. Pre-Colonial Period
- 31. Brief History ofFolk Dance in the Philippines • For almost four centuries to the influence of European dances, the Filipinos gradually assimilated the dances of the Spaniards, evolving their own simplified versions and derivations of the different forms with each region adding its own touches. • The elegance of the body and arm movements of foreign dances fascinated the Filipinos, so they adopted these. However, the sharp and fast movements of most European dances were tempered and softened by the languid grace that is characteristic of many Filipino dances. Spanish Colonial Period
- 32. Brief History ofFolk Dance in the Philippines • America made its presence felt in the Philippines through “bodabil” dancing, a term which comes from the French “voix de ville”--- street songs. (voice of the city) • Which was dancing in the variety show which consisted mainly of popular and theatrical dances from the U.S.A. but later included Philippine folk dances and choreographies among its production number. American Colonial Period
- 33. What is Philippine FolkDance? • Philippine folk dance mirrors the culture and tradition of the Filipinos. • It has also been a source of culture identity of the people. In this diversified country, there are also great diversity of dances in different forms and dynamics that grow out of various times, situation and experiences. • Unlike most other dance forms, tend to have no stringent rules, and are sometimes formed spontaneously among groups of people. • The steps of folk dances are passed through generations, rarely being changed.
- 34. Nature of Folk Dance •Occupational Dances • Religious or ceremonial Dances • Comic dances • Game dances • Wedding dance • Court Manship dances • Festival dances • War dances
- 35. Do’s and Don’tsin Folk Dancing 1. Dance in a natural, simple and direct manner. 2. Dance with ease and smoothness. 3. Use the proper costume for the dance. 4. Follow directions and dance instructions as closely as possible. 5. Dance with feeling and expression. 1. Do not exaggerate the dance steps. 2. Do not make the dances too dainty and graceful like ballet. 3. Don’t make entrance and exit long. 4. Don’t make steps too elaborate and complicated. 5. Don’t call a dance a folk dance unless steps come from traditional dances. Do’s in Folk Dancing Don'ts in Folk Dancing
- 36. Common Folk Dance Terms Armsin lateral position Both arms are at one side either right or left, at shoulder, chest or waist level. Brush Weight on one foot, hit the floor with the ball or heel of the other foot and lift that foot from the floor to any direction. Crossed Arms Partners facing each other or standing side by side join their left hands together and the right hands together; either right over left or left, over right hands. Cut To displace quickly one foot with the other. Do-si-do Partners advance forward, pass each other’s right ( left ) side, step across to the right move backwards without turning around, pass each other left side to proper places. Hayon - hayon To place one forearm in front and the other at the back of the waist. Hop A spring from one foot landing on the same foot in place or in any
- 37. Common Folk Dance Terms Kumintang Movingthe hand from the wrist either in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. Place To put foot in a certain position without putting weight on it. Pivot To turn with the ball, heel or whole foot on a fixed place or point. Point Touch the floor lightly with the toes of one foot, weight of the body on the other foot. Salok To swing the arm downward-upward passing in front of the body as if scooping, the trunk is bent following the movement of the arm doing the salok. This is a Tagalog term. Saludo Partners bow to each other, to the audience, opposite dancers, or to the neighbors with feet together. This is of Spanish origin and is used in almost all Philippine dances.
- 38. Common Folk Dance Terms Sarok Crossthe R foot in front of the L , bend the body slightly forward and cross the hands down in front of the R hand over the L. This is a Visayan term. Stamp To bring the foot forcibly and noisily on the floor with or without transfer of weight. Tap To rap slightly with the ball or toe of the free foot, flexing the ankle joint keeping weight of the body on the other foot. There is no change or transfer of weight. Jaleo Partners turn around clockwise (with right elbows almost touching) or counterclockwise ( with left elbows almost touching ) using walking or any kind of dance step. Leap A spring from one foot landing on the other foot in any direction. Reverse “T” position Both arms at sides and bent at the elbows so that the forearms are parallel to the head, palms facing inwards.
- 39. Common Folk Dance Terms Freefoot The foot not bearing the weight of the body. Free hand The hand not placed anywhere, or not doing anything. Hands on waist Place hands at the waist line, knuckles in, fingers pointing rear. Whirl To make fast turns by executing small steps in place, right, or to left. Abresete Girl at the right side holds R arm of partner with her L hand, free hands sown at sides. This term is Spanish in origin and is used in rigodon and in other dances. “T” position Both arms at sides and bent at the elbows so that the upper arms re at shoulder level.
- 40. Practical Test RUBRICS Mastery ofSteps Remembers the sequence of the steps and executing it without hesitation. 45 Grace and Poise Projection of eye contact and good facial expression. The dancer is confident in performing 30 Effort and Participation Actively participates and has a good attitude during practice and while performing 25 Total Score: 100
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