Dance
Dance
Dance
12
DANCE
1ST QUARTER
TRADITIONAL FOLK AND
ETHNIC DANCE
BALLROOM
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE DANCE
OBJECTIVES:
• Identify dance and dancing.
• Appreciate and apply different values of dance.
• Recognize the elements of dance
What is Dance?
Dance comes from the German word damson, which means
“to stretch or “to drag”. It developed as a natural expression
of united feeling and action. Dance is considered the mirror of
the society because it responds to historical and religious
events as well as social and political statements.
Dance refers to movement set to music where there
emerges organization, structure and pattern. It is a
composition that implies arrangement of parts into a form.
Creative rhythms are sometimes called fundamental rhythms or natural dances. It is an end product of
exploration and improvisation of movements as children learn to move the parts of their body and
touse them as instruments of expression.
2. Folk/Ethnic Dance
It is a cultural art form handed down from generation to generations. It communicates the customs,
beliefs, rituals, and occupations of the people of a region or country. Folk dancing belongs to the
people. It emanates from them. Ethnic tribes have their specific tribal art forms originated and danced
by the people of the tribe. Examples of folk dances are the rural and country dances, jotas, mazurkas,
pandanggos, among others with foreign influence. Examples of ethnic dances are the dances of the
mountain peoples of the Cordilleras, dances of the ethnic groups in the Cagayan Valley Region and the
ethnic dances in the Mindanao Regions.
3. 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.
4. Recreational Dance
It includes dance mixers, square dance round and couple dances. Many of these dances have
simple patterns and combinations of walking steps, polka step and the waltz step. The setting is
usually informal gatherings and parties, reunions etc.
5. Creative Dance
It is the highest form of dance. It is the end-product of exploration and improvisation of movements
as the dancer or the choreographer expresses his feelings or emotions, ideas, and interpretations.
This is a dance with a definite form, a beginning and an ending. The principles of art form are all
observed in the composition of the dance. Examples of creative dance are ballet, jazz, and modern
or contemporary dance.
TRADITIONAL FOLK
AND
ETHNIC DANCE
HISTORY
The history of Philippine folk dancing
incorporates influences from immigrants and
conquerors while at the same time maintaining
distinctly Filipino roots. Philippine folk dancing is a
true reflection of daily life in past centuries while
enchanting modern audiences at the same time
(Crawford, 2019).
PHILIPPINE FOLK DANCE
Traditional dance can be another term for folk dance, or sometimes even for
ceremonial dance. The term ‘Traditional’ is more frequently used when the
emphasis is on the cultural roots of the dance. A Traditional dance will therefore
have arisen from a people’s cultural traditions, for example, the folk dances of
indigenous populations of Europe. However, dances that have a ritual origin or
purpose are not usually considered to be Traditional dances. These are known
as ‘Religious dances’ instead.
Value
- helps keep the people connected to their ancestry and their traditions.
-helps to preserve the cultural unity of the people.
Importance
- they help keep a culture alive. People have been doing folk dances for
hundreds of years, and there is value keeping that tradition alive.
-they preserve the Philippine culture and pass it on to the next
generation. They are a uniting force to the Philippine people.
Dance step
- Are created from man’s basic movement: walk, run, jump, hop, skip, slide,
leap, turn, and sway. Folk and ethnic dances are combinations of those
basic movements have been used to: social or ballroom dances, ballet,
and modern expressive dance.
According to Roper (2019) the following are examples of folk dance:
Tinikling – Leyte.
Itik-Itik – Surigao del Sur.
Maglalatik – Biñan, Laguna.
Binasuan – Pangasinan.
The Sayaw sa Bangko
The Pandanggo sa Ilaw
The kuratsa
Cariñosa – Panay Island
The Tinikling
- The steps mimic the way a duck walks, as well as the way it
splashes water on its back to attract a mate. According to popular
tradition, the dance was created by a lady named Kanang who
choreographed the steps while dancing at a baptismal party. The
other guests copied her movements, and everyone liked the dance
so much that it has been passed along ever since.
The Maglalatik
Binanog Binaylan
Pinagkabula
Inagong Pinegket
Saut Binalanak
Tinambol Pi-agawan
Talupak Pagadugsa
Dugso
Binanog
- A Typical Dance of the Talaandig tribe mimicking the
movement of the bird up in the air called "Bano”
Inagong
- A dance for entertainment performed during
festivals and gatherings.
Saut
- A dance of male Talaanding tribe presenting their expertise
in style and arts in fighting their opponents or enemies with their
ritual dances for offering to their magbabaya (GOD).
Tinambol
-A dance performed by male and female Talaandig for
entertainment and sometimes in their ritual dances for
offering to their Magbabaya.
Talupak
-A dance depicting the way and style in planting, harvesting and
winnowing palays. This is performing for public entertainment.
Dugso
-Ritual dance performed by women during religious celebration,
kaligaon.
Binaylan
-The dance of the Baylan or Priest during a hinaklaran ritual.
Pinagkabula
-A dance perfomance solo.
Pinegket
-A dance imitating one who is suffering from legs cramp.
Binalanak
-Social dance.
Pi-agawan
-A courtship dance performed by two men and a woman, with
one man winning the maiden love.
Pagadugsa
-A dance mimicking the hunters adventure.
Characteristics of Philippine Folk dances:
Doris Humphrey joins the Denishawn in 1917, being already a dance teacher in
her native province. She’s known for being contrastingly sober beside the
commercial and spectacular wastes of Saint Denis. She also created theatrical
sense and works using pantomime and humor. She develops an original
dancing technique observing relationship between gravity and human body.
She found principle for dance : Fall and Recovery. She also teaches important
notions like weight, rebound, suspension and the importance of breath. Another
one of her contributions is the understanding of the dancing group as a main
choreographic entity and not only as a mass counterpointing the soloist.
Jose Limon (José Arcadio Limón,
1908 - 1972, Mexico - U.S.A.)
Jose Limon is responsible for spreading
Humphrey’s technique in Europe. His expression
of a consciousness of precarious state of humanity
in his piece is about the subject from his childhood
history. Some examples of that are his pieces “La
Malinche” (1949), “Carlota” (1972) and “The
Pavane of the Moor” (1949). According to modern
dance history, he’s renowned for his title as the
finest male dancer of the moment by the New York
times.
Martha Graham (1894 - 1991, U.S.A.)
Alvin Ailey also known as ‘black modern dance’. What makes him
different is that his work are mostly focus on the expression of black
people’s feelings at that point of time. His piece “Revelations”
(1960) is considered a master piece in terms of lyricism, ethnic
music, techniques, spirituality and revolutionary ambience. Even his
choreograph are based on black culture aspects, over the time he
opened his company to multi-ethnic possibilities which placed him in
the history
Alwin Nikolaïs (1910 – 1993, U.S.A.)
Modern dance movement are based on basic locomotor and non-locomotor steps and skills. It is the
application and the incorporation of the meaning of movement that turns the simple movement to
dance movements.
1. Locomotor movements - are those that move the body in space in any direction with the feet as the moving
base.
Examples: walking, running, jumping, hopping, skipping, leaping, galloping and
sliding
2. Non-locomotor - are those in which various parts of the body move in space with a fixed base. The base may
be standing, kneeling, sitting or lying.
Non-locomotor movements:
1. Flexion--- Bending or shortening of a body part occurring at a joint.
2. Extension—Turning, twisting or circling
3. Pendular---- Swinging/ swaying arms forward, backward or sideward.
4. Percussive—Striking and hitting: pushing and pulling.
5. Vibratory----- Shaking and beating.
6. Sustained---- A slow, smooth flowing movement with a balance of movement throughout the entire series.
7. Suspended--- A sharp movement followed by a series of slow or prolonged movements until a peak is reached.
BASIC DANCE STEPS AND SKILLS IN MODERN DANCE
a. Log rolls – from a supine lying position, with arms extended overhead
and feet and ankles extended, revolve entire body to end in prone
lying position. Repeat as many times as desired.
c. Backward roll – begins supine lying, arms at the side of the body.
Contract abdomen and hinge legs up and backward. Aim knees
slightly to the R shoulder and turn head to left. End on knees or on
feet in a squat.
Turns – this involves establishing an axis within the body,
through the body’s point of contact with the floor. It is vital to
learn how to spot –in order to execute the turns efficiently and
smoothly. Spotting is an attempt to trick the eye and inner ear
balance receptors into thinking one has not turned at all. This is
done by selecting a spot at the eye head to tilt, usually ¼ of
turn. The head the flips around to focus on the spot again
before the body has completed its turning action. In turning, the
head is last to leave and first to arrive.
Elements of Modern Dance
2. Body - Mind Centering - the basic inner peace of the body and mind. a good example is
doing yoga routines.
4. Flying Low - all the movements of the dancers has connections to the environment even
on the floor or by standing.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MODERN AND
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
19th century
Ballroom Dancing became an integral part of
Physical Education in American public and in
private schools.
There are many different types of ballroom dancing,
with the main two being Smooth style and
Latin/Rhythm style.
The smooth style dances
are performed with the
couple dancing over the
entire dance floor. This
type of dancing includes
the Quickstep, Viennese
Waltz, the Tango, the
Waltz, and the Foxtrot.
The energetic Latin style of dance
usually keeps the couple in one spot
on the dance floor. This style includes
the Rumba, Cha Cha, the Swing,
Disco, and the Samba
TYPES OF BALLROOM DANCES
WALTZ
From the German word “WALZEN”, which means “to roll” or “to
turn”.
First popularized in Vienna, Austria
Popularly known as the “WELLER” or “SPINNER”.
It is performed fashionably by couples or partners in fast sliding or
gliding movements.
It was the first time men and women were seen holding each
other “so closely that their faces touched” (Montaigne,1580)
It is danced in CLOSED-HOLD POSITION
Romantic melodies are in time.
It is characterized by its graceful movements and gracious
turning.
CHA CHA CHA