PE EXAM

• Dance is a series of movements that follow the speed and rhythm of music, including hand, arm, and head movements.
• Dance is a form of expression that helps a person bring forth who they are, and what they’re passionate about.
• Dance is used as a whole-body workout.
• Traditional Dances are dances of indigenous communities that show cultural traits of people from a specific time and place.
• Customs and traditions through dance steps and costumes are preserved in traditional dance.
• Ethnic dances in the Philippines are classified into two categories: the dances of the Non-Christians, referring to the pre-Hispanic and Muslim Dances, and the dances of the Christians, performed mostly by the lowland Filipinos, with strong influence from the Western culture, particularly Spain.
• Folk dances can be national (dances with common basic movements, with slight variations) or local/regional (dances that are unique to certain localities only).
• Binasuan is a lively dance where performers balance glasses filled with liquid on their heads and hands while executing intricate footwork.
• Binislakan folk dance commemorates the Chinese pirate, Limahong, who built a kingdom in Lingayen.
• Sayaw sa Banko is performed by a couple on a narrow bench, inching and hopping from one end to another.
• Itik-Itik is an entertaining dance inspired by the movements of ducks, characterized by quick, side-to-side steps and undulating arm movements.
• Carinosa, known as the national dance of the Philippines, is a flirtatious courtship dance with participants using fans and handkerchiefs as props.
• Tinikling is a famous dance that mimics the movements of the tikling bird, as dancers skillfully navigate between bamboo poles that are rhythmically tapped together.
• Sayaw sa Banko or Sayaw ed Tapew na Bangko is a dance which originates from Pangasinan and was researched by Jovita Sison.
• Singkil is a mesmerizing dance that tells the story of a Maranao princess and her suitor, featuring precise footwork as dancers gracefully avoid clashing bamboo poles.
• Binislakan is a dance from Lingayen, Pangasinan, which came to the Philippines with Chinese immigrants.
• Pandanggo sa Ilaw is a graceful dance that involves balancing oil lamps on the dancers’ heads and hands, symbolizing the fishermen’s celebration after a bountiful catch.
• Sayaw sa Banko or Sayaw ed Tapew na Bangko is a dance which originates from Pangasinan and was researched by Jovita Sison.
• Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dances which included dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• Modern dance is considered to have been developed as a rejection of, or rebellion against, classical ballet, and also a way to express social concerns like socioeconomic and cultural factors.
• Tinikling is a Philippine folk dance that is originated in Leyte, the performers will bamboo sticks to perform the dance.
• Singkil is a cultural dance that is originated in Lanao, portraying the Muslim Royalty.
• Carinosa is a Philippine folk dance that is originated in Panay Island, it is usually portrayed where the fan or handkerchief plays an instrumental role as it places the couple in a romance scenario.
• Sayaw sa bangko is a Philippine folk dance that is originated in Pangasinan, it is usually performed on top of a bench.
• Pandanggo sa ilaw originated in Mindoro, it is performed and danced by balancing the glass.
• Pandanggo sa oasiwas originated in Lingayen, it is portrayed to celebrate a good catch of fishing.
• Bendayan is an ethnic dance of the Igorots that is originated in Benguet.
• Cotillion is a social dance, popular in 18th - century Europe and America, originally for four couples in square formation.
• Tribal dance is performed by several persons portraying a war.
• Ballet is an artistic dance that is originated during the Italian renaissance period, combined with other artistic elements such as music, costume, and stage scenery.
• Modern dance is characterized by interpretative movement instead of using sets of steps and dances books.
• Modern dance employs loose movement, gravity plays an important role, it tells a story through the dance, and costumes were important to the overall dance.
• Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid - twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in the U.S. and Europe.
• Contemporary dance incorporates the strong legwork and balance of ballet with modern dance, it employs contract-release, floor work, fall and recovery, and improvisation characteristics of modern dance.
• Choreography in contemporary dance refers to figures and steps in dancing that enable the dancers to perform in an organized manner.
• Scenery in contemporary dance refers to the background or setting where the dance is performed to make it more realistic and enriching.
• Contemporary dance can be danced to almost any style of music and can be united with any other dance forms to create new movement styles.
• Sub-genres of contemporary dance include conceptual dance or pedestrian.
• Contemporary dance often focuses on breathing, alignment, raw emotion, and opposing movement.