COMMON DANCE TERM IN FOLK DANCE(pe)

• Arms in lateral position - performed either right or left; chest or waist level with both arms at ones side lateral
• Brush - the foot with the weight hit the floor with the ball or heal, lifting the float from the floor to any direction.
• Crossed arms - standing side by side, partners face each and join their left hand and right hand together, right over left or left over right.
• Cut - to displace quickly one foot with the other thus completely taking of the weight of the body from the displaced foot.
• Do-si-do - partners pass each other's right side step across to the right, move backward without turning around, pass each other, left side to proper places.
• Free foot - the foot which does not have the weight of the body.
• Free hand - the hand which is not doing anything.
• Hayon - hayon - placing one forearm in front while the other at the back of the waist.
• Bilao - to turn palms of up and down alternately.
• Inside foot - partners stand side by side foot which is nearest the partner.
• inside hand -the hand nearest one's partner, when partners stand side by side.
• Jaleo - using any kind of dance steps, partners turn around clockwise or counterclockwise with elbows touching each other.
• Kumintang - moving the hand clockwise or counterclockwise with wrist action.
• Point - the toes of one foot touch the floor lightly with the weight on the other foot.
• Salok - to bend the trunk forward while simultaneously swinging the arm downward-upward passing in front of the body like in a scooping motion.
• saludo - bowing