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FUNCTIONS OF MUSIC
1. RHYTHM-is the variation of length and accentuation of a Example: Miss Saigon, Chicago, les miserables,
series of sound. It is a larger concept that includes the beat and New York
everything that happens to sound in relation to time. In music, Composer - a person who create musical or literary work
its most fundamental component is beat - is the simple pulse
found in almost all music familiar to us. Best Composers
It is an art performed by individuals or groups of Example: Solo, Group Dance, and Interpretative
human beings, existing in time and space, in which Dance
the human body is the instrument and movement is
the medium. 4. Ethnic Dance - used to perform their rituals
Is an art and a recreation. As an art, it tells a story, Example: Pagdiwata of the Tagbanwa of Palawan
a set of mood or expresses an emotion. Dances 5. Indian Dance - highly exaggerated facial expression and
vary in form. Some forms of dances are religious extensive vocabulary of hand gestures
dance, magical dance, commemorative dance,
Example: Kathakali, Bhangra, and Punjab
ceremonial dance, recreative dance, and
testimonial dance.
6. Ballet - a stage entertainment which enacts a story of
expresses a dramatic idea through dance or theatrical
ELEMENTS OF DANCE
story telling. It is a combined with music, drama, poetry,
Theme - is the most basic element of a dance. It conveys song, costumes and dance.
the message of a dance.
Example: The Swan
Design - is the pattern of movement in time and space.
7. Court Dance - a street dance.
Pattern in time refers to the unaccented beats of
movements into measures. Path in space refers to the Example: Panagbenga and Ati-atihan
path traced by the dancer’s feet on the floor and the
levels on which they move. 8. Theatrical Dance - perform in order to convey drama
or play.
Movement - refers to the bodily actions of the dancer
that include his steps, gestures of the arms, hands, and Example: Opera, Myme, and Classical dance
body and facial expression.
Choreography - refers to the figures and steps in dancing -It is a way of expressing ideas, attitudes, feelings,
that enable the dancers to perform in an organized dreams, and fantasies to an audience through series of
manner. lights and images.