LESSON 1

• Dancing


  An activity that enhances physical fitness
• Dancing


  • Considered an excellent fitness workout
  • Provides not only physical benefits but also mental and social benefits
• Benefits of Dancing


  • Improves the endurance of the muscles of the body
  • Constant movements of the body allow stretching or extension of the muscles of the body
  • Strengthens the core muscles to balance the body
  • Regular and consistent dance workouts boost the body's coordination and reflexes
• Mental and Social Benefits of Dancing

  • Dancing sessions give people opportunities to mix up with other people
  • Provides relief from mental tension and stress as it diverts the attention of dancers to a more relaxing activity
  • Improves one's memory as dancers must memorize and recall steps and patterns in dance routines
• Dancing is fun!
• Physical Fitness Assessments in Dancing

  • Flexibility test or modified sit and reach
  • Balance and coordination
• Flexibility


  A component of physical fitness in which dancers must have high scores
• Balance and coordination


  Two important parameters to be successful in dancing
• Balance


  • Ability to maintain an upright position while standing and moving
  • Could be tested by using the stork balance stand test
• Stork balance stand test

  1. The athlete will stand on one leg, the other leg will rest on the standing leg

  2. Athletes will be timed on how long they can stand without putting their foot down
• Stork balance stand test score interpretation

  • 5 (Excellent)
  • 4 (Very Good)
  • 3 (Good)
  • 2 (Fair)
  • 1 (Needs Improvement)
• Coordination


  Linking of senses through the brain to the different parts of the body to produce a smooth, quick, and efficiently controlled movement
• Agility


  • The ability to change and control the direction and position of the body while maintaining a constant and rapid motion
  • Important in dancing tinikling
• Folk dance


  • A traditional dance that is developed by a group of people from a certain country or region
  • It reflects the culture of this group of people
• Importance of folk dances

  • Understanding culture and history
  • Embodies the history and culture of a group of people
  • Express the ideals and aspirations
  • Use dance to express their joy and sorrow
  • Reflect well-known qualities of a group of people in a particular community
  • Depict creative expressions of a certain community's beliefs and practices
  • Showcase other arts like the design of the costumes and the props and the music created to match the rhythm of the dance steps
• Dance Vocabulary


  • Arms in Reverse "T" Position
  • Chasing
  • Clockwise
  • Counterclockwise
  • Kumintang
  • Lateral Position
  • Transfer Weight
  • Weight on Both Feet
  • Saludo or Bowing
• National Dances


  • Cariñosa
  • Kuratsa
  • Balitaw
  • Rigodon
  • Pandanggo
• National dances have common basic movements or patterns but with slight variations
• Regional or Local Dances


  • Maglalatik in Biñan, Laguna
  • Alcamfor in Leyte
  • Rogelia in La Union
  • Esperanza in Nabua, Camarines Sur
• Festival Dances


  • Kadayawan in Davao City
  • Sinulog in Cebu
  • Dinagyang in Iloilo