PEH

• Folk dance reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region
• Traditional dances of a particular country are folk dances, e.g., Panagbenga, Balacat, Masskara
• Ethnic dances imitate nature and life, maintaining close links to religious rituals and customs of communities, e.g., Idaw, Chhau
• Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance that includes styles like ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing
• Characteristics of modern dance include technique, improvisation, and choreography
• Dance improvisation is spontaneously creating movement without pre-planning any steps or choreography
• Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies where motion or form or both are specified
• Basic modern dance skills include Dance Walk, Leap, Run, Lead, Triplet, Jump, Waltz, Falling, Gallop, Rolls, Chasse/Slide, and Turns
• Dance Walk is a ballroom step consisting of a simple rhythmic walk
• Run is the transfer of weight from one leg to the other during which there is a brief moment when both feet are off the ground
• Triplets are three steps usually done in a down (plié) up (relevé), up (relevé) sequence
• Waltz is characterized by rise and fall and by sway on the side steps
• Gallop is stepping off one foot then sliding with the other foot in a forward direction
• Jump is any jump or leap taking off from one foot and landing on the other
• Falling is when the body gives into gravity, and in this technique, any part of the body can fall
• Rolls involve a body roll starting at the head and going down through the chest and belly to the hips
• Turns in dance and gymnastics are rotations of the body about the vertical axis
• Injury prevention in dance includes programmed exercise and training, adequate recovery, appropriate environment, proper footwear, warm-up and technique, cross-training, and early recognition of issues