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• Rhythm

  A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound
• Creative Rhythms

  Fundamental rhythms or natural dances, an end product of exploration and improvisation of movements as children learn to move the parts of their body and to use them as instruments of expression
• Rhythmic activities

  The physical manifestations of the mental and emotional response of the individual to rhythm, activities which an individual responds to physically, socially, and mentally to regular patterns of sound
• Dance

  Movement set to music where there emerges organization, structure and pattern, a composition that implies arrangement of parts into a form
• Dancing

  A means of expressing one's emotions through movement disciplined by rhythm, an act of moving rhythmically and expressively to an accompaniment
• Elements of Dance

  • Body
  • Energy
  • Space/Level
  • Relationship
  • Time
• Fundamental Dance Positions

  • 1st position
  • 2nd position
  • 3rd position
  • 4th position
  • 5th position
• Locomotor movements

  • Walking
  • Running
  • Jumping
  • Hopping
  • Skipping
  • Leaping
  • Galloping
  • Sliding
• Non-locomotor movements

  Various parts of the body move in space with a fixed base (standing, kneeling, sitting or lying)
• Formations commonly used in Rhythmic Activities

  • Single circle, facing clockwise
  • Single circle partners facing
  • Single circle, facing counterclockwise
  • Single circle, facing center
  • Double circle, partners facing
  • Double circle, facing clockwise
  • Double circle, facing counter clockwise
  • Double lines, facing front
  • Semi-circle or half moon
  • Double lines, partners facing
  • Long open formation
  • Long open formation, partners facing
• Folk/Ethnic dance

  A cultural art form handed down from generation to generations, communicating the customs, beliefs, rituals, and occupations of the people of a region or country
• Social and Ballroom Dance

  Held in a more formal atmosphere than recreational dances, usually in the evenings with participants in formal attire
• Recreational Dance

  Includes dance mixers, square dance round and couple dances, with simple patterns and combinations of walking steps, polka step and the waltz step, held in informal gatherings and parties
• Creative Dance

  The highest form of dance, the end-product of exploration and improvisation of movements as the dancer or the choreographer expresses his feelings or emotions, ideas, and interpretations, with a definite form, a beginning and an ending, following the principles of art
• Folk dancing

  The oldest form of dance, one of the earliest forms of communication, self-expression through patterned movements
• Folk dance

  • Traditionally separates folk dance forms from other dance forms
  • Danced by everyday folk of all ages
  • More or less fixed in their pattern, but may differ in various areas or provinces
• Types of Philippine folk dances

  • National Dances
  • Local or Regional Dances
• Categories of Philippine folk dances

  • Occupational Dances
  • Religious or Ceremonial Dances
  • Courtship Dances
  • Wedding Dances
  • Festival Dances
  • War Dances
  • Comic Dances
  • Game Dances
  • Social Dances
• Dos in folk dancing

  • Dance in a natural, simple and direct manner
  • Dance with ease and smoothness
  • Use the proper costume for the dance
  • Follow directions and dance instructions as closely as possible
  • Dance with feeling and expression
• Don'ts in folk dancing

  • Do not exaggerate the dance steps
  • Do not make the dances too dainty and graceful like ballet
  • Don't make entrance and exit long
  • Don't make steps too elaborate and complicated
  • Don't call a dance a folk dance unless steps come from traditional dances
• Common dance terms

  • Arms in lateral position
  • Brush
  • Crossed Arms
  • Cut
  • Do-si-do
  • Hayon-hayon
  • Hop
  • Jaleo
  • Jump
  • Kumintang
  • Leap
  • Place
  • Pivot
  • Point
  • Masiwak
  • Panadyak
  • Patay
  • Salok
  • Saludo
  • Sarok
  • Slide
  • Stamp
  • Tap
  • Whirl
• 2/4-time dance steps

  • Bleking step
  • Touch step
  • Close step
  • Hop step
  • Cross step
  • Change step
  • Contraganza step
  • Habanera step
  • Heel and toe change step
  • Shuffling step
• 3/4-time dance steps

  • Native waltz
  • Cross waltz
  • Waltz balance
  • Mazurka step
  • Redoba step
  • Engaño w/ a waltz
  • Sway balance w/ a point
  • Sway balance w/ a hop
  • Sway balance w/ a waltz