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    Dance has a long history dating back to religious rituals and social expression in pre-historic times, and over the centuries dance evolved into diverse forms across different cultures and eras for purposes of worship, entertainment, communication, and building community. The document also outlines the core elements of dance including body, energy, space, and time, and discusses the physical, mental, and social benefits of dance.

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    Lesson 1 History and Nature of Dance

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    HISTORY AND NATURE OF

    DANCE

    Physical Education 3
    Lesson Objectives

    Discuss the history Enumerate the Demonstrate


    and nature of dance benefits of dance understanding towards
    the importance of dance
    Dance
    • Dance is an art form consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic
    value, either improvised or purposefully selected. - Wikipedia "What is Dance?"
    • According to Myers (2005), dance is performed for 4 specific reasons, and these are:

    To please
    Gods Others Themselves Build

    Dance are perform for 4 specific reasons


    The Pre-Historic Past
    Dance rituals has been a Used as way of
    major form of religious reinforcing tribal
    rituals and social expression
    strength and unity

    First used to
    communicate

    Gestures
    Pre-Christian Era
    • Real knowledge of dance came about

    • Dance became full and was richly recorded in

    ancient Egpyt
    • Reflected on wall paintings, reliefs, and literary

    record in hieroglyphs
    • Most of the dance was a form as a medium of

    religious expression
    • Dancing was taught in military
    education as a form of display and
    entertainment
    • Greek philosophers like Aristotle
    support this as an integration of
    body and soul
    • Plato highlighted two kinds of
    dance: noble (honorable) and
    Pyrrhike Dance ignoble (ugly)
    Ancient Rome
    • Dance is less important and does not have any

    value as a work of art

    • Captives and slaves are the dancers in ancient

    Rome, making it sensationalized and brutal

    • As a result of this, this was condemned by the

    early Christians
    CATHOLIC
    CHURCH
    • A period of transformation in the history
    of dance as theatrical entertainment was
    porhibited
    • However, dance still existed in religious
    gatherings and became a part of worship
    and services
    DARK AND MIDDLE
    ANGES

    Marked the beginning Peasant performed Peasants danced on grass,


    while noblemen danced in
    of social dances round and couple dance
    floor wood or polished
    marble called "ballroom"
    Early renaissance and 15th and 16th century

    The rise of ballet in France


    Dance wholly accepted in the and Italy began and dance
    court. forms are recognized world
    wide
    Body Energy Space Time

    • Symmetrical • Sustained • Size • Rhythmic pattern


    • Asymmetrical • Percussive • Pathway • Duration
    • Vibratory • Connection • Speed
    • Swinging • Relationship • Beat
    • Suspended • Focus • Accent
    • Collapsing • Tempo
    BENEFITS
    PHYSICAL MENTAL SOCIAL
    • Gives sense of togetherness
    • Develops cardiovascular and • Helps keep the brain sharp
    • Decreases incidence of within the group.
    muscular endurance
    • Improves coordination, balance, • Encourages positive social
    dementia and Alzheimer’s
    flexibility, and body composition interaction and
    diseases
    • Lowers risk of cardiovascular
    • Decreases Depressive interpersonal relationship
    diseases in a group
    • Lowers body mass index Symptoms
    • Contributes to the
    • Improves lipid metabolism • Increase self-esteem
    • Helps improve and maintain bone • Aids in releasing emotional individual’s potential for
    density, thus helps prevent • and physical tension self-actualization in society
    osteoporosis
    • What is dance?
    • What are the elements of dance?
    • What was the reason why dance is being
    performed?
    • Give one of the benefits of dancing
    • Which dance history era you liked the
    most? Why?
    Performance Task #1 - Hataw na!
    Instructions:
    • Create a 5 to 6 member group
    • Open your phone and go to Tiktok
    • Perform your preferred dance

    Criteria:
    Dance - 60%
    Effort and participation - 40%
    Seatwork #1 - Reflection paper
    Instructions:
    • In a short bond paper, write your insightful reflections about your
    experiences you had while performing on your PETA #1. Along with
    this, give two benefits of dance based on your performance.
    Criteria:
    Content and grammar- 60%
    Creativity - 40%

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