BRIEF

HISTORY AND
NATURE OF
DANCE
Physical Education-3
Objectives:
a. Discus the nature of dances
b. Appreciate the origin of the
different dances,
c. Perform the fundamental step in
dancing.
Picture Puzzle:

Direction;
 Seat with your group
 Identify the picture given to
your group within 5 seconds.
Wait for the signal to start.
 First group to finish will earn 10
points for today
Journal Notebook:
Fill up the Physical Activity Log.
Physical activity that have done the previous
week
Age: Section:
Week No:
Date:

Day Activity Duration Notes

Monday
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Wednesday
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday
 WHAT IS DANCE?

 Dance differs from athletics or other daily activities

because it focuses primarily on “an aesthetic or even
entertaining experience”
It provided variety of functions throughout history due to its
multidimensionality.
People still dance mainly for four reason: (a) to please the
Gods; (b) to please others; (c) to please themselves or self-
expression; and (d) to build community within an ethnic group
or social interaction
 BRIEF HISTORY AND NATURE OF DANCE

The origins of dance are rooted in the prehistoric past

Various artistic, religious and social forces started out the
incorporation and development of dance.
It was used as a way of expressing and reinforcing tribal unity
and strength, as an approach for courtship and mating, and as a
means of worship , communication and therapeutic
experience.
The first use of dance was as a gesture in order to
communicate
 BENEFITS OF DANCE AND CREATIVE
MOVEMENT

Physical Mental/ Emotional

• Develop cardiovascular and  Helps keep the brain sharp
muscular endurance  Decrease incidence of dementia
• Improves coordination, balance, and Alzheimer’s disease
flexibility and body composition  Decrease depression symptoms
• Lower risk of cardiovascular  Increase self- esteem and
diseases improves body image
• Lowers body mass index  Aids in releasing emotional and
• Lowers resting heart rate physical tension
• Improves lipid metabolism
• Enables joint mobility
• Helps improve and maintain bone
density
• Helps recover coordination and
neuromuscular skills injury
 BENEFITS OF DANCE AND CREATIVE
MOVEMENT

Social Culture
• Gives sense of togetherness within  Promotes cultural values
a group
• Encourages positive social
interaction and interpersonal
relationship in a group
• Contributes to the individual’s
potential for self- actualization in
society
Elements of Dance
SPACE-this is the area the performers occupy and where they
moves. Also known as spatial elements

a. Direction- dance movements can travel in any direction. The

performers can go forward, side, backward, diagonal, circular and
so on. They may also face any direction while executing a single
movement or several phrases.
b. Size movements can be varied by doing larger or smaller actions
c. Level movements can be done in a high, medium or low level.
d. Focus performers may change their focus by looking at different
directions.
Elements of Dance
TIMING
may be executed in varying tempo (speed).
Performers move with the tempo of an underlying sound, known as
beat or pulse
Can be varied by moving faster or slower than the normal beat.
Elements of Dance
DANCE ENERGIES- the movements have propelled by energy
or force . A force can either initiate or stop an action.
a. Sustained- movements are done smoothly, continuously and with
flow and control. It does not have a clear beginning and ending
b. Percussive- movements are explosive or sharp in contrast with
sustained movements. They are accented with thrust of energy.
They have a clear beginning and ending.
c. Vibratory- movements consist of trembling or shaking. A faster
version of percussive movements that produces a jittery effect
d. Swinging- movements trace a curved line or an arc in space. The
movements are relaxed and giving in to gravity on the downward
part of the motion, followed by an upward application of energy.
Elements of Dance
DANCE ENERGIES
a. Suspended- movements are perched in space or hanging on air.
Holding a raised leg in any direction is an example of a suspended
movement
b. Collapsing- movements are released in tension and gradually or
abruptly giving in to gravity, letting the body descend to the floor.
A slow collapse can be described as a melting or oozing action
in a downward direction.
Elements of Dance
BODILY SHAPES- it refers to how the entire body is molded in
space. The body can be rounded, angular or a combination of two.
Other body shapes can be from wide to narrow and high to low.
a. Symmetrical- balanced shape; movements are practically identical
or similar on both sides

b. asymmetrical- unbalanced shape; movements of two sides of the

body do not match or completely different from each other
 PHILIPPINE FOLK
DANCE
• WHAT IS FOLK DANCE?
• Are the indigenous dances of any specific”folk” or the
common people.
• They are traditional customary or recreational dance
forms of a given country which have evolved naturally
and were handed down across generation
• Are related to everything of importance in our daily
lives, such as customs, rituals and occupation of a
specific group of people
 DIFFERENT TYPES OF PHILIPPINE
FOLK DANCE

1. LIFE-CYCLE DANCES- dances that serve as ritual as one passes

to a different stage in life such as from birth to childhood to adulthood;
from singlehood to marriage; and fr
om life to death. (ex. Courtship, wedding and funeral dance)

2. FESTIVAL DANCES- dances that are either religious or secular

and are connected with the celebration of reoccurring events of special
significance.
 DIFFERENT TYPES OF PHILIPPINE
FOLK DANCE

3. OCCUPATIONAL DANCES- dances that depicts the

means of livelihood of the Filipino people. (ex. Palay Dance)

4. RITUAL AND CEREMONIAL DANCE- dances

performed as part of the rituals and ceremony ies of a certain
tribe or group of people.

5. GAME DANCES- derivations from local folk games. (ex.

Pukol Dance)
 DIFFERENT TYPES OF PHILIPPINE
FOLK DANCE

6. JOKE AND TRICKSTER DANCES- include jokes or tricks

played by a dancer on another or a group of dancers who is one
of them.
7. MIMETIC OR DRAMA DANCES- dance that mimic
animals, inanimate objects or other people. (ex. Itik-itik dance)
8. WAR DANCE- dances that express feud and enmity wherein
two male dancers engage in physical combat.
9. SOCIAL DANCES- dances that express social graces,
hospitality and offerings of gifts to friends.
 Activity:
FUNDAMENTAL
STEPS IN
DANCING
 Activity:
b. Timing- Gradually increase the tempo of your chosen movement and
then slow it down. Using the same floor pattern, vary the tempo of the
pattern at several points

c. Energy- Perform your chosen movement using the six different dance
energies

d. Bodily Shapes- try various shapes you can make with your body. Put
some of the shapes you have discovered . Practice moving from one
shape to another
 Assignment:
Bring the ff.
1.REVIEW ON THE
DIFFERENT BASIC
STEPS IN FOLK DANCE