DANCE AS A

COMPETITION
GROUP 5
 Knowing understanding the nature of a specific dance
and mastering several of its techniques or just the first.
Bringing it to different level such as dance competition
challenges the dancer to a certain extent and further
enhances experience.
Dance competitions are aware dancers show off and
compare their skills with other dancers. Depending on what is
required of the dancer petition is a main focus.
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A good cheerleader is not
measured by the height of her
jumps but by the span of her
spirit.
 CHEERDANCE
Is relatively new in the feet sports and dance as it has only emerged during
the early 1990s as part of a cheerleading events. It is one of the categories in
international cheerleading competition that focuses on dance techniques and
basic elements of cheerleading excluding stunts and advanced gymnastic
skills. The performers are cheerleaders and not just dancers per se.
 1. What is cheerleading?
Cheerleading is an event that consists of cheers and organized
routines for sports team motivation audience entertainment or
competition. The routines contain melons of cheers jumps dance
gymnastics and stunting. the purpose is to encourage the
spectators of events to cheer for sports teams at games.
 The others dance with its
involved in cheerleading are
called cheerleaders. When they
are grouped together as one
they are called a squad.
 Cheerleading history is linked closely to the
United States history of sports its sporting venues as
well as the historical development of overall crowd
participation at many athletic events. However, its
origins can be traced as far back as the late 19th
century were in 1860s students from Great Britain
began to cheer and chant and unison for their
favorite athletes at sporting events. This event
eventually reached and influence America.
 In late 1880s the first organized recorded yelled and
locomotive style was performed in an American campus
and was first seen and heard during a college football
game. However, organized all-male cheerleading only
transpired when Thomas Peebles one of the graduates of
Princeton University brothel and the football sport to the
University of Minnesota in 1884. It was through the
initiative of Johnny Campbell who was a student of the
University of Minnesota that cheerleading officially began
in November 2, 1898.
 Cheerleading for the first 25 years was
an all-male activity. It was only during the
1920 is when women cheerleaders
participated in. A lot had happened then in
the world of cheerleading in America.
 •The first pep club was
1870 established at Princeton
University

•Great Britain: students

1883 began cheering their
favorite athletes on at
sporting events
 • Princeton: Thomas Peebles started
1884
a yell of "Sis Boom Rah!"

• University of Minnesota: Johnny

Campbell was the first cheerleader.
Campbell started yelling with a
1889 megaphone "Rah, Rah, Rah! Ski-U-
Mah! Hoo-Rah! Varsity! Minn-e-so-
tah!" After that people started
calling him a yell leader
 •University of Minnesota:
Johnny and five guy friends
organized cheers, fight songs,
1899
and raised school pride. This
was the first cheerleading
squad.

•Gamma Sigma is named the

1903
first cheerleading fraternity
 •University of Illinois: held
1910
the first Homecoming Week

•University of Minnesota:
Female students are
1923 allowed to cheer, they bring
tumbling and gymnastics to
the routines
 •Dallas: Herkimer has the
1949 first workshop under the
NCA name

•Santa Cruz, Ca: Herkimer

1950 develops the Herkie jump
and NCA in incorporated
 •Herkimer founds the
1953 Cheerleading Supply
Company

•Herkimer invents the first

1956
pompom
 •Baltimore: the Colts add
the first professional
1960 cheerleading squad in
history

•Pop Warners cheerleaders

1967 are added to pee wee
football
 •Fred Gasthoff makes the
1968
first vinyl pompom

•Title IX was passed. Varsity

1972 is founded, so was the
famous Dallas Cowboys
Cheerleaders
 •Cheerleaders start
1973 cheering for women's
sports

•Jeff Webb quits his job with

1974
NCA and starts up UCA
 •UCA shows their first
1976 liberty (stunt) at summer
camp

•UCA shows their first

1979 basket toss at a summer
camp
Mar •All Star squads start
3, forming everywhere
1980
Mar
•American Cheerleader
3,
Magazine make its debut
1995
 •15 states say that
1997
cheerleading is a sport

•Minnesota: The Cheerleading

1998
Alliance is founded
•ESPN on the record says that
1999
cheerleading is a sport
What are the elements of a cheer
dance routine?
1. Dance techniques – depending on the competition requirements, various dance techniques may
be used in a cheer dance competition. Some squads prefer contemporary dance techniques, while
others incorporate several techniques such as jazz, hip-hop, modern dance, contemporary ballet
and ethnic or folk dance. However, cheerleading style dance depends to be more rigid and
sharper compared to contemporary or pop-culture dance styles. The emphasis is on the
placement, sharpness and synchronicity of the movements.

2. Elements of cheers – cheers are coordination of organized words and movements relating to an
athletic event. These are used during a sport event when play has been stopped on the field or
court. The purpose is to draw a unified response from the crowd to highlight their support for the
playing team.

Cheer motions are also used to lead the crowd and emphasize words for crowd response. These
are made up of hand, arm, and body positions. Although cheer styles may vary according to the
cheerleaders’ preference, all motions originate from the standard basic motions.
 DANCESPORT
Dancesport is a combination of art and sport. It was called
competitive ballroom dancing in the past. This goes with partners (male and
female) competing against other partners dancing on the floor at one time.
Dancesport provides an avenue to gain discipline of the body and mind of
the dance athletes.

There are five latin dances: Samba, Cha-cha-cha, Rumba, Paso

Doble, and Jive, and five standard dances: Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz,
Slow Foxtrot, and Quickstep, which constitute the dance style. Dancesport is
now being recognized by the international Olympic committee and is
included in the Olympic program. The World Dance Council (WDC) and the
World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) are the bodies governing dancesport.
 What are the characteristics of dancesport?

Below are the fundamental characteristics that make up dancesport as a dance style (Radler,1998):

1. Posture – enables a dancer to stand out on the floor, which shows sophistication and confidence.

2. Timing – dancing on time with the music.

3. Line – the stretching of the body.

4. Hold – the correct position of the body with the partner in closed position.

5. Poise – the stretch of the woman’s body upwards and outwards and leftwards into the man’s right
arm to achieve balance and connection with his frame, as well as to project outwards to the
audience.

6. Togetherness – dancing of two people as one on the dance floor.

7. Musicality and expression – the basic characterization of the dance with the particular music being
played and the choreographic adherence to musical phrasings and accents.

8. Presentation – how the couple presents their dancing to the audience as well as the proper costuming
and grooming.

9. Power – the energy that is controlled and not wild.

10. Foot and leg action – the use of lower extremities that creates balance, beauty and strength.

11. Shape – the combination of turn and sway to create a look or a position.

12. Lead and follow – the non-verbal communication of the man and lady through shape, visual, and body
weight.

13. Floorcraft – the ability to avoid bumping into other couples and continue dancing without pause when
boxed in.

14. Intangibles – how a couple “look” together in performing their dances.

 What are the different dancesport styles?
The International Standard and International Latin techniques were codified by the Imperial Society of Teacher of Dance (ISTD) to come up with
a unified syllabus for all those interested in learning ballroom dancing. This book became the source in the development of dancesport in the world.

A. International Standard

1. Waltz was introduced in England in 1874 but it was in 1922 that it became as fashionable as Tango, Waltz’s steps have already undergone change and
improvements as well and as a result of this, many more variations became possible. These results have been standardized eventually by the Imperial Society
of Teacher of Dancing.

2. Tumbling – very dynamic and an excellent way to shake a crowd up quickly. Properly, incorporated tumbling can be a real attention getter and crowd
pleaser. Tumbling may be executed simultaneously by several tumblers or the entire squad. Thus, it is imperative that cheerleaders in a squad should have an
identical technique in tumbling to strengthen the uniformity of the routine. According to Carrier and Mckay (2006) any inconsistency in proper form or
positioning detracts from the overall level of a team’s performance.

3. Basic gymnastics skills – cheer dance incorporates simple gymnastics skills such as jumps and tumbling to add to the thrill of the game and the effect of
a routine. Also, these help cheerleader to develop a higher spirit level and enhance crowd motivation. These skills must work smoothly with the cheer.

a. Jumps – jumping requires stamina, strength, and flexibility and they greatly improve every areas in cheer dance routine. Every jump has four important
elements, namely:

• Approach – the first stage of a jump.

• Lift – occurs after a cheerleader leaves the ground.
• Execution – is hitting a jump at its peak or maximum height.
• Landing – this involves whipping of the legs and feet together to end with a small rebound knees are slightly bent when touching the ground to absorb the
weight.
3. Rumba originates primarily from Cuba in the sixteenth century, which has its roots in African rhythms brought to America by the
slaves. It is composed of three rhythms: the Guaguanco, the Yambu, and Columbia.

Time Signature – 4/4 with an accent on the first beat and fourth beat of each bar.

Counting in beats 2 3 4 1, Count 2=1 beat. Count 3=1 beat. Count 4 1 = 2 beats half beat.

4. Paso Doble means “double step,” which originated from Spain and is inspired by bullfighting. The Paso Doble is one of the most
dramatic of all the Latin dances.

Time Signature – 2/4 with an accent on the first beat of each bar.

Counting 1 2. Count 1=1 beat. Count 2 = 1 beat.

5. Jive was developed from the dance “jitterbug” from America. After the origination of the jive dance in the United States, it slowly
spread to the European countries and in the United Kingdom. The popularity of this dance form coincided with that of Rock n’
Roll.

Time Signature – 4/4 with accent on the first beat, second beat, and fourth beat of each bar.

Counting 1 2 3a4 3a4. Count 1=1 beat. Count 2=1 beat. Count 3=3/4 beat. Count a=1/4 beat. Count 4=1 beat.
 BASIC DANCESPORT TERMINOLOGIES
• Name of the figure – identification of a figure in a dance style.
• Step number – number of steps in a figure.
• Alignment – the position of the feet in relation to the room.
• Amount of turn – this is measured between the feet.
• Footwork – refers to the part of the foot in contact with the floor.
• Timing – the synchronization of actions with the beat of the music.
• Line of dance (LOD) – the counter clockwise direction around the dance floor.
• Wall – means the direction perpendicular to the LOD pointing towards the wall of the room.
• Center – means the direction perpendicular to the LOD pointing towards the center of the room.
• Open facing position – A variation of open position where man and lady stand apart, facing each other, usually with a
one or two hand connection.
• Outside partner position – A variation of the closed position where the tracking of the man and lady’s feet are slightly
offset.
• Promenade position – A V-shaped dance position where both man and lady move forward and in the same direction,
toward the open end of the “V”.
• Closed position – The normal hold where partners stand facing each other in body contact slightly offset to the left. In
the Latin dances, partners stand a few inches apart, either directly in front of each other or very slightly offset.
• Open position – Any dance position where man and lady stand apart or slightly apart, without taking a closed position
dance hold.
 What is Hip-Hop?
Hip-hop culture is from the African-American group of people who were looking for a
creative outlet to vent their frustrations and disappointments with society. It started with funky
beats reverberating at house or basement parties and the streets of New York. According to
Aldridge and Stewart (2005) it has developed as a “cultural and artistic phenomenon affecting the
youth worldwide as it reflects the social, economic, political, and cultural realities and conditions
of their lives, speaking to them in a language and manner they understand.”

It consists of four fundamental characteristics:

1. Rapping (MCing) – vocal element. Rap music is the heart of the hip-hop musical genre.
2. Disc jockeying (DJing) – means scratching or turn-table record mixing.
3. Break dancing (B-boying) – an elaborate social dance form that came from teenage Latino and
African American males in the South Bronx of New York City circa 1970. According to DeFrantz
(2004), it started “as a form of fighting, a mixture of physically demanding prowess of their
performers, and stylized punching and kicking movements.
 Did you know?
The first Philippine Team who won the World Hip Hop
Dance Championships is the Philippine All-Stars.

The World Hip Hop Dance Championships is an

international competition wherein thousands of the world’s
best hip-hop dancers come together and compete in Las Vegas
to capture the world title and international bragging rights. Its
started in 2002 under the initiative of the Hip Hop
International.