It is a recreational activity and competitive sport composed of an organized routine.
Cheerdance
they encourage the crowd to cheer team sports event
Cheerdancer
Advantages of cheerdancing
Strengths the heart and lungs
reduces heart attack stroke high blood and type 2 diabetes
these are the cheerleaders who are held and thrown into the air and are doing the stunts.
Flyer
these are the person in charge of holding and controlling the throw of the flyers.
Bases or mounts
they are the one who stand behind or in front of the flyers and support the flyers to prevent them from falling. They help the bases when lifting the flyers.
Spots
this elements includes arm motions like high V, low V, Diagonal, K’s, L’s, T’s broken T’s motions.
Motions
these are feet movements through jumping moves like toe-touch, hurdler and pike jumps.
Jumps
this are the mostly seen from flyers or selected cheer dancers and pike jumps.
Stunts
Cartwheel and round off are basic tumbling movements in cheer dance while backhand spring springs, round off backhand springs, back tucks, layout and layout twists are more difficult skills in cheer dance.
Tumbling
cheer and chants incorporate stunts, jumps and tumbling and are used to lead the crowd. Dance routines on the other hand are used to entertain the crowd during breaks.
Cheer chants and dance routine
Tumbling skills in cheerdance
Forward roll
cartwheel
backbend
cultural dances that are performed by a group of people that share the same culture. These dances are performed either to honor a patron saint or to show gratitude for a bountiful harvest.
Festival dance
help in the strengthening of the peoples culture as they artfully represent a group of peoples way of life through costumes and dance movements.
Festival dance
Popular in festivals like in the KadayawanFestival in Davao City.
•This festival celebrates the regions bountiful harvest and marks the survival of their native people.
•Celebrations includes a parade of flowers or float parades and people dancing on the streets known as “indak- Indak sa Dalan”
Street dance
Known as the city of smile. Performers wearing colorful masks and costumes while dancing on the streets.