PHYSICAL EDUCATION

QUARTER 2: Lesson 1
SOCIAL DANCES AND DANCE MIXER
For the learner:

Welcome to the Physical Education 9 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM)Module on Physical Education
of the Medieval Period!

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WHAT I NEED TO KNOW This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in the
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situation

ASSESSMENT This is a task which aims to evaluate your level of

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LESSON SOCIAL DANCES AND DANCE

1 MIXERS

Welcome to the first part of your lessons in Social Dances and Dance Mixers! In this phase, you
will be provided with activities that will activate your prior knowledge as a regards the lesson. From
here, Follow-up activities will be given to elicit your tentative understandings. As you go through the
rest of the activities, misconceptions and alternative conceptions you have in mind will be clarified.
Finally, your knowledge, considering its adequacy and relevance will be assessed at the end of this
Phase. So what are you waiting for? The dance floor is yours!
 What I Need to Know

Nature and Background of Social Dances and Dance Mixers

Social Dances and dance mixers are dances intended primarily to get to know other people in
attendance to a certain social function. They are also called Ballroom dances. They are usually
performed in pairs, male and female, but may also be performed in groups. Social dances are
classified into two major classification namely the Latin America dances and Modern standard
dances.
Latin America Dances include the salsa, mambo, merengue, swing, cha-cha-cha, rumba,
samba, jive, boogie, and paso doble. They are called Latin American dances because most of them
are from the Latin-American Countries. While the modern Standard dances. Include the slow waltz,
tango, Viennese waltz, foxtrot,and quickstep. Latin dances distinguish themselves by the costume
they worn by performers. They are somewhat revealing, tight fitting, sexy yet sophisticated in
nature.
Social or ballroom dances are different from dance sport because later in freer in nature
and primarily intended to widen one’s social horizon, for recreation; and fitness. The required
athleticism has established rules of different levels of difficulty and is limited to five dances per
category only. They are the cha-cha-cha, rumba, samba, paso doble and jive for the Latin category
and slow waltz, tango, Vineese waltz, foxtrot and quickstep for the standard category.

Below is where each of the dances enumerated came from.

LATIN AMERICAN ORIGIN MODERN STANDARD ORIGIN

DANCES DANCES
Cha-cha-cha Cuba Slow Waltz Austria

Rumba Cuba Tango Argentina

Samba Brazil Viennese Waltz Vienna

Paso Doble Spain Foxtrot USA

Jive/Boggie USA Quickstep USA

Swing USA

Merengue Dominican Republic

Salsa Cuba

Mambo Cuba

Dance mixers, on the other hand, are social dances which allow group of performers to change
partners periodically while dancing to allow chance to get to know other members of the performing
group. There are specific dance mixers that are performed in social events but ballroom or social
dance can be converted into dance mixers by expanding it from a pair-dancing to group dancing
activity with exchange of partners periodically while dancing.
 WHAT’s NEW

Complete Me ( Assessment of Knowledge )

In this Activity, your knowledge will be assessed through the given completion statements below. As
much as possible don’t copy ideas which were already presented in the lecture-discussion, if there’s
any. You are encouraged to come up with your own idea to complete the given statements.

NAME:_______________________ YR./SEC.: ______________ DATE:________

Social dances are ________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________. They are classified into two
groups,________________________ and _____________________________________________
_____. Social dances are also called _______________________________________on the other
Hand can be social dances performed in groups while periodically changing partners to maximize
the social dimensions of social dancing. _____________________ can be developed if one
engages in _______________________. __________________________ and_______________
can also improve if one performs social dances regularly. The ____________________________
Can guide one as to what kinds of food to eat to maintain or improve weight too. My favorite
among the social dance is ___________________________because_______________________
________________. I believe that with my participation in social dancing, I will improve my
fitness, __________________________and my eventually help me in influencing
my___________________________ to improve their fitness too.

ASSESSMENT

Your final challenge is to pass the fallowing test. It will assess the knowledge, process and
understanding you have acquired in social dances and dance mixers. So, get a pen and bring out a
whole sheet of paper for you to accomplish this job. Good luck!

Multiple choice: Read the statements carefully. Choose only the letter of the correct answer and
write in the corresponding number in your answer sheet.

1. Which of the following is a term used to refer to dances primarily intended to get to know
other people in a certain formal or semi-formal occasion?
a. Ballroom dances b. Dancesport c. Festival dances d.Social Dances
2. What is the general term referring to the Dos and DONTs insocial dancing?
a. Behavior b. character c. dance demeano d. dance etiquette
3. Social dances are of two classifications namely, Latin American and Modern Standard
Dances. Which of the following is an example of Modern Standard Dances?
a. Cha-cha-cha b. jive c. rumba d. tango
4. Which of the following is the attire appropriate for males in Modern Standard Dances?
a. Black/ white shirt c. black/ white sweat shirt
b. Black/ white long sleeves d. coat and tie
5. Social dancing can prevent some diseases caused by sedentary lifestyle, if regularly
performed. Which of the following does NOT belong to the group?
a. Diabetes b. lung cancer c. obesity d. weight gain
6. Which of the following best describes social dances?
a. Social dances are for pairs only
b. Social dances can be competed
c. Social dances are dances that improve social skills and fitness
d. Social dances are dances that entertain people in attendance to a social function
7. Which of the following , asides from fitness, can be developed if one engages in social
dancing activities?
a. Respect b. sense of community c. courtesy d. all of them
8. In social dancing, a boy leads while a girl follow. What values can be developed in such
training?
a. Leadership b. obedience c. respect d. all of them
9. “May I have this Dance?”. This lines implies…
a. A boy who treats a girl with respect even in dancing
b. A boy forcing a girl to dance
c. A boy with no one to dance with pleading
d. A boy whishes to dance with somebody
10. “ It takes two to Tango”. What does this quote means?
a. A Tango requires two individuals to dance
b. One cannot exist without the other
c. It takes two to make any endeavor work
d. There should always be two individuals dancing the Tango

REFERENCES

http://www.utdallas.edu/aria/dance/etiqutte.html#Intro
http://stresscourse.tripod.com/id63.htmi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_eDzZm9JQw
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-sedentary-lifestyle.htm