4th Prelim Reviewer

• Contemporary dance


  A popular form of dance that was developed in the early 20th century
• Pioneers of contemporary dance

  • Isadora Duncan
  • Martha Graham
  • Merce Cunningham
• Belief of contemporary dance pioneers


  Dancers should be free to express their innermost feelings and thoughts
• Contemporary dance


  Against the restrictions associated with traditional ballet
• Contemporary dance technique


  • Combination of modern, lyrical, and classical ballet
• Contemporary dance


  • Incorporates other art forms including theater, film, music, and visual arts
• Contemporary dance techniques


  • Fall and recovery
  • Improvisation
  • Floorwork
  • Contract-release
• Contraction


  Action of your body at the moment of the exhalation of your breath
• Release


  Movement of your body at the moment of inhalation
• Modern dance techniques

  • Cunningham
  • Graham
  • Limon
  • Release
  • Improvisation
• Cunningham technique


  • Focuses on the architecture of the body
  • Develops strength and flexibility in spine and legwork
• Graham technique


  • Concentrates on contraction, release, fall, and recovery
• Limon technique


  • Employs energy in relation to gravity like fall, rebound, recovery, and suspension
• Release technique


  • Focuses on the emphasis of reducing tension in muscles and joints
• Improvisation technique


  • Manifests the investigation of the body's movement and its relation to performance
• Elements of contemporary dance

  • Space
  • Shape
  • Time
  • Energy
• Space


  How the dancers should move through space
• Shape


  How you were able to use your body while dancing
• Time


  Use of timing and when to apply actions or movements based on the beats, speeds, intervals, accents, and rhythmic patterns of the music
• Energy


  Dynamic quality of the body by using forces, tension, and weight
• Festival dances


  Cultural dances performed by a community of people that portrays cultural heritage
• Street dance


  Vernacular dance where the styles have developed outside of dance studios
• Festival dances

  • Ati-atihan festival (Kalibo, Aklan)
  • Sinulog dance festival (Cebu)
• Ati-atihan festival


  • People cover their bodies and faces with charcoal or black paint as they depict Filipino natives known as the Aetas
  • Hold images of the Sto. Niño
• Sinulog dance festival


  • Indigenous dance that begins in the Hispanic period of the natives of Cebu or the Cebuanos
  • Celebrated in honor of Child Jesus or the Sto. Niño
• Sinulog dance steps

  • Natural: Combination of two steps forward and one step backward
  • Kinampilan: Right foot with one step forward and one step while left foot remains in place
• Street dances

  • Kadayawan festival (Davao City)
  • MassKara festival (Bacolod City)
  • Dinagyang festival (Ilo-ilo)
• Dinagyang festival


  • Very fast in tempo
  • Dancers move their feet with the movement of their hands rapidly while moving in a different formation
• Florante at Laura


  • One of the most enduring Filipino literary masterpieces
  • Poetic art that shows the nature of justice, truth, and commitment
  • Utilizes the Filipino theater form "komedya" with grandiose marches
• Daragang Magayon


  • Work of poetry and mixed media for men and women narrators, female voices, two percussionists, two pianists, and two dancers
  • Music created by national artist Ramon P. Santos, with dance choreography by Hazel Sabas, Composer Francisco Buencamino
• Composer Francisco Buencamino's fantasy for piano and orchestra titled "Mayon" depicts relaxed life in the province until the volcano erupts and ruins all life, then the community returns to normal activities and enjoys life once again