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DANCE: Brief History and Nature of Dance

Dance
- Refers to movement set to music where there emerges organization, structure and
pattern.
Creative Rhythms
- An end product of exploration and improvisation of movements as the children learn to
move the parts of their body and to use them as instrument of expression.
Rhythm
- The regular recurrence of accented and unaccented beats.
Dancing
- A means of expressing one’s emotions through movement disciplined by rhythm.
Rhythmic activities
- The physical manifestations of the mental and emotional response of the individual to
rhythm.
Danson - Which means to stretch and relaxing.
Folk/Ethnic Dance - A cultural art form handed down from generation to generations.
- communicates the customs, belief, rituals, and occupations of the people of a
region or country.
Recreational Dance - Includes dance mixers, square dance round and couple dances.
The setting is usually informal gatherings and parties, reunion etc.
Creative Dance
- The end product of exploration and improvisation of movements as the dancer or the
choreographer expresses his feelings or emotions, ideas, and interpretations.
- is the highest form of dance with a definite form beginning and ending.
Social and Ballroom Dance
- This is a social gathering with more formal atmosphere than the simple and informal parties.
- are generally held in the evenings and the participants are usually in formal attire.
WHAT IS DANCE?
• comes from the German word damson, which means “to stretch or “to drag”.
• developed as a natural expression of united feeling and action.
• considered the mirror of the society because it responds to historical and religious
events as well associal and political statements.
BRIEF HISTORY AND NATURE OF DANCE
• dance accompanied ancient rituals, spiritual gatherings and social events.
• a conduit of trance, spiritual force, pleasure, expression, performance and
interaction, dance became infused into our nature from the earliest moments of our
existence
• from the moment when first African tribes covered themselves in war-paint to the
spreading of music and dance across all four corners of the world.
• dancing remains one of the most expressive forms of communications that we know.
• Dance, the movement of the body in a rhythmic way
• usually to music and within a given space, for the purpose of expressing an idea or
emotion, releasing energy
• or simply taking delight in the movement itself.
Barbara Mettler:
• American dancer, dance educator, author, and film and video producer
• Dance is an activity which can take many forms and fill many different needs.
• can be recreation, entertainment, education, therapy, and religion.
• In its purest and most basic form, dance is an art, the art of body movement.”
Why is dance so important?
• Dance teaches the importance of movement and fitness in a variety of ways
through a variety of disciplines.
• dancers learn to coordinate muscles to move through proper positions.
• is a great activity to pursue at almost any age provided you are in proper health
to handle the rigors of dancing for life.
Why is dance important in the PE curriculum?
• allow students to experience cultures from the different and around the world
• able to work in groups with others to achieve different types of challenges, such
as creating dance variations and to learn about body movement while being motivated
by the power of music.
3 Types of Learning Experience during Dance
Creating
• While creating, students use the cognitive processes of application, analysis,
synthesis and evaluation to create dances.
Performing
• During performance, students recall and reproduce movements from existing
dances.
Responding
• When responding, learners observe, interpret,analyze, and evaluate as they
describe movement, qualities of movements, compositional structures and their feelings
and understanding of a dance.

PHASES OF THE DANCE PROGRAM

• Creative Rhythms
• sometimes called fundamental rhythms or natural dances.
• an end product of exploration and improvisation of movements as children learn
to move the parts of their body and to use them as instruments of expression.
• Folk/Ethnic Dance
• Is a cultural art form handed down from generations.
• communicates the customs, beliefs, rituals, and occupations of the people of a
region or country.
• Ethnic tribes have their specific tribal art forms originated and danced by the
people of the tribe.
• Social and Ballroom Dance
• The setting of the social and ballroom dance is a social gathering with the more
formal atmosphere than the simple and informal parties
• recreational dances are the usual forms.
• Social and ballroom dancing are generally held in the evenings.
• The participants are usually in formal attire.
• Recreational Dance
• Includes dance mixers, square dance around and couple dances.
• have simple patterns and combinations of walking steps, polka steps and the
waltz step.
• participants are usually in formal attire.
• Creative Dance
• Is the highest form of dance.
• It is the end-product of exploration and improvisation of movements as the
dancer or the choreographer expresses his feelings or emotions, ideas, and
interpretations.
• a dance with a definite form, a beginning and an ending.
• The principles of art form are all observed in the composition of the dance.
THREE PURPOSES OF DANCE
• Ceremonial Dance
- Celebrating life events, religious rituals and other occasions reflecting
cultures or traditions.
• Culture is defined as our way of life.
• The tradition and norms which is important in every culture can be represent in a
way of dancing and this is what we called cultural dance.
• A graceful dance, colorful props and costumes, slow movements and fast that
catches the Attention of every people.
b. Religious ritual
- a ceremony or action performed in a customary way.
• ritual means “conforming to religious rites,” which are the sacred customary
ways of celebrating a religion or culture.
• Recreational Dance
- Dances performed in a social setting like folk, social dancing and
aerobic dance.
• Folk Dance - a type of dance that is a vernacular, usually recreational,
expression of a historical or contemporary culture.
• Social Dance- recreational and usually performed with a partner and in groups
or as a community activity or fun and enjoyment.
• Aerobic dance- energetic physical exercises, often performed with a group of
people to music, that make the heart, lungs and muscles.
• Artistic Dance
- Performed on a stage for an audience like ballet, modern, narrative,
tap, lyrical.
• Ballet - classical dance form characterized by grace and precision of movement
and by elaborate formal gestures, steps, and poses.
• Modern dance - theatrical dance that began to develop in the United States and
Europe late in the 19th century.
• Narrative dance - a choreography structure that follows a specific story line and
intends to convey specific information through that story
• Tap dance - style of dance in which a dancer wearing shoes fitted with heel and
toe taps sounds out audible beats by rhythmically striking
• Lyrical dance - relatively recent form of dance coming from a fusion of jazz dance
and ballet.
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