DANCE

DANCE
• Dance is an art form that generally refers
to movement of the body, usually rhythmic
and to music, used as a form
of expression, social interaction or
presented in a spiritual or
performance setting.
• It is also a form of recreation because
dancing provides fun, relaxation and
companionship.
Why Do People Dance
• Dance is an expression of worship.
• It plays a vital role in courtship.
• It relieves stress and anxiety.
• Dancing brings magical powers.
• It is a form of exercise.
• It is a form of entertainment.
• It is a means of communication.
 KINDS OF DANCING
1. ETHNOLOGICAL DANCE
• It is a dance which is • Most folk dances
native to a specific race developed among
or ethnic group. villages and are passed
• It includes folk dances from generation to
which are associated to generation.
national or cultural • They tell about the culture
groups. of a people---their beliefs,
• Religious rituals are interests, desires and
designed as hymns of habits.
praise to God or bring • Dances reveal a country’s
good fortune in war. heritage.
 CARIÑOSA
• Cariñosa is the national
dance of the Philippines.
• It is of Hispanic origin from
the Maria Clara suite of
Philippine folk dances.
• The fan or
handkerchief plays an
instrumental role as it
places the couple in
romance scenario.
• This flirtatious dance
called Cariñosa is known
throughout the Philippines.
• Cariñosa means
affectionate, lovable, or
amiable.
• With a fan or handkerchief,
the dancers go through
hide-and-seek movements
and other flirting acts
expressing tender feelings
for one another.
• There are many versions of
this dance, but the hide-
and-seek movements are
common in all.
CARIÑOSA
CARIÑOSA
 TINIKLING
• The tinikling used to be the National Dance of the
Philippines until it was changed into the Carinosa,
according to the Philippine government.
• The tinikling is a pre-Spanish dance from the
Philippines that involves two people beating, tapping,
and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against
each other in coordination with one or more dancers
who step over and in between the poles in a dance.
• The name is a reference to birds locally known
as tikling, which can be any of a number
of quail species; the term tinikling literally means
"tikling-like."
TINIKLING
 ALCAMFOR
• Alcamfor is a couples
dance from Leyte, a
province of the Philippines
located in the Visayas
group of islands.
• In this dance, the girl holds
a handkerchief laced with
camphor, a substance that
is locally thought to induce
romance.
• She flirts with the man by
waving her scented
handkerchief in front of his
face.
• The word Alcamfor comes
from the Spanish Alcamfor,
meaning camphor.
• Filipinos also spell it
as Alcamfor.
• In the Philippines, it refers
to mothballs.
• In the old days, clothes
were kept in wooden chests
with a few naphthalene
balls to keep away moths.
• The camphor gave off what
was considered a pleasant
scent that supposedly
attracted men.
ALCAMFOR
 BANGA
• "Banga" literally mean pots.
• The Banga or pot dance is
a contemporary performance of
Kalinga of the Mountain Province in the
Philippines.
• This dance illustrate the languid grace of
a tribe otherwise known as fierce
warriors.
• Heavy earthen pots, as many as seven
or eight at a time, are balanced on the
heads of maidens as they trudge to the
beat of the "gangsa" or wind chimes
• They display their stamina and strength
as they go about their daily task of
fetching water and balancing the banga.
BANGA
BANGA
 BILAAN
• A courtship dance of the • Bilaan is a dance that
Bilaan of Davao del Sur
imitating forest birds
during the mating season.
Two richly-plumed male
birds eye three female
birds. The females scurry
to safety, burying their
heads under their wings
(represented by the
malong, a tubular cloth),
but the aggressive males
follow them wherever
they go.
depicts the lively,
simple movements of
birds in flight as they
preen themselves
beautifully portrayed
by tribal maidens.
costume worn are
typical of the ethnic
tribe of Bilaan from
Cotabato.
BILAAN
BILAAN
 ITIK-ITIK
• Itik-itik - According to history of
this dance, a young woman • Hinted from its name,
named Kanang (short for
Cayetana) happened to be the the dance steps are
best performer in the province of
Surigao del Norte. likened to the way a
• At one baptismal reception, she duck walks. A duck or
was asked to dance the Sibay,
and began improvising her steps
in the middle of her performance
itik in Filipino walks in
imitating the movements of an
“itik”, a duck, as it walks with
a choppy and short
choppy steps and splashes water
on its back while attracting its
steps. Water is also
mate. splashed on its back
• Because of its unusual steps and
fascinating interpretation, the while walking. This is
audience began imitating her.
to attract mates.
ITIK-ITIK
 JOTA CAVITEÑA
• Jota Caviteña is a • Dance influenced by Spain
named after the province of
dance that shows Cavite, Central Luzon.
strong Spanish • This lively dance, an
adaptation of the Castilian
influence. "Jota" shows the use of
• Costume is elaborately Filipino castanets made of
bamboo, unstrung and held
embroidered "Maria loosely--the idea of which
Clara" and "barong was borrowed from the
original Spanish Castanets.
Tagalog". • Yet this dance shows
• Castanets fashioned Filipino style and grace in
both costume and
from bamboo provide movement that the people
clacking sounds adding incorporated into their
dance.
to the lifting music.
JOTA CAVITEÑA
 PANDANGGO SA SAMBALILO
• Pandanggo sa
Sambalilo is a SAMBALILO
flirtatious dance from
Bulacan.
• It shows a barrio swain
and his body love play
and dance with a native
hat.
• He tries to show off by
picking the hat from the
ground without using
his hands.
…Performed with hats, instead of oil
lamps
PANDANGGO SA SAMBALILO
SAYAW SA BANGKO
• Sayaw ed Tapew na Bangko (DANCE ON TOP
OF A BENCH), is a dance which originates from
Pangasinan and researched by Jovita Sison.
• It is performed by a couple on a narrow bench,
inching and hopping from one end to another.
• Dancer show skill in staying up the bench as they
exchange places by moving their way around or
the girl thrown in the air while boy moves to the
other end.
• They do not compete but rather complement each
other so that no one falls. It is usually performed
during town fiestas.
SAYAW SA BANGKO
 SINGKIL
• SINGKIL, a dance • The ladies dressed in
originating from Lanao elegant Muslim
del Sur, Mindanao is said
costumes waving
to be a dance of Muslim
royalty. great big fans, the
• To the rhythmic clapping men flipping brightly
of bamboo poles, the colored handkerchiefs
dancers weave expertly right and left.
through crisscrossed
bamboos.
 SINGKIL
• The dancers • There are many
wearing solemn versions of SINGKIL.
When performed by
faces and ladies of the royalty of
maintaining a Lanao, the dancer is
dignified pose usually accompanied
being dancing at a by a waiting lady, who
holds a beautifully
slow pace which decorated umbrella
soon progresses to over the Princess' head
a faster tempo. wherever she goes.
SINGKIL
 IFUGAO DANCES
• In the Ifugao
“dinnuy-a” and
“pagaddut” dance,
the Ifugao brave
spreads his arms
akin to that of the
“but-but” (hawk), that
remains steady in
the air while looking
for his prey and
shouts in a loud
deafening voice.
IFUGAO DANCES
 KINDS OF DANCING
2. SOCIAL & BALLROOM DANCES
• Social dance is a major • Ballroom dance refers to
category or classification a set of partner dances,
of dance forms or dance which are enjoyed
styles, where sociability both socially and
and socializing are the competitively around the
primary focuses of the world.
dancing. • Because of
• Social dances can be its performance and
danced with a variety of entertainment aspects,
partners and still be led ballroom dance is also
and followed in a relaxed, widely enjoyed on stage,
easy atmosphere. film, and television.
 WALTZ
• The waltz is a romantic • The waltz most often
dance performed in refers to a dance, has
triple (3/4) time usually partners in a closed
in the basic closed stance holding onto
position. It is a graceful each other, and has
and elegant dance beautiful turns and
characterized by long, swirls.
flowing movements and • It is considered in
continuous turns. Waltz present day as an
couples appear to glide elegant dance that
effortlessly around the evokes an old-
dance floor. fashioned past.
WALTZ
 FOXTROT
• A ballroom dance • At its inception, the
having an uneven foxtrot was originally
rhythm with danced to ragtime.
alternation of slow Today, the dance is
and quick steps. customarily
• The foxtrot is split into accompanied by the
slow and quick same big band music
versions, referred to to which swing is also
as "foxtrot" and danced.
"quickstep"
respectively.
FOXTROT
 SWING
• "Swing dance" is a • The best known of
group of dances that these dances is
developed with the Lindy Hop, a
the swing style
of jazz music in the
popular partner
1920s-1950s, dance that
although the earliest originated in
of these dances Harlem and is still
predate swing jazz danced today.
music.
SWING
 CHA-CHA
• Originally known as the
Cha-Cha-Cha. Became
popular about 1954.
• Cha Cha is an offshoot of
the Mambo.
• In the slow Mambo tempo,
there was a distinct sound
in the music that people
began dancing to, calling
the step the "Triple"
Mambo.
• Eventually it evolved into a
separate dance, known
today as the Cha Cha.
• The dance consists of
three quick steps
(triple step or cha cha
cha) and two slower
steps on the one beat
and two beat.
• The music for
the international
ballroom cha-cha-cha
is energetic and with
a steady beat.
CHA-CHA
 BOOGIE-WOOGIE
• Boogie dance, or boogie-
woogie, is a form of swing
dancing.
• It is called boogie-woogie in
Europe, but this dance is
more commonly known as
East Coast swing in the
United States.
• It's most often seen now in
dance competitions, which
are run by the World Rock
'n' Roll Confederation.
• Boogie-woogie was
originally called
"barrelhouse" dancing.
• During the 1950s, today's
boogie-woogie would have
been known as "rock 'n'
roll."
• Although the dance can go
with boogie-woogie music,
it's more often paired with
rock music.
BOOGIE-WOOGIE
 TANGO
• One of the most fascinating of all dances,
the tango is a sensual ballroom dance that
originated in South America in the early
twentieth century.
• Tango is usually performed by a man and
a woman, expressing an element of
romance in their synchronized
movements.
TANGO
 ROCK DANCES
• Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll is a very athletic,
competitive form of dance that originated
from lindy hop.
• Unlike lindy hop, however, it is
a choreographed dance designed for
performance.
• It is danced by both couples and groups,
either all-female or 4-8 couples together.
• This is normally a very fast and physically
demanding dance.
ROCK DANCES
 KINDS OF DANCING
3. THEATRICAL & SPECTACULAR
DANCES
• This type of dance is so • The French noble style was
called because it is danced both at social events
performed for and by professional dancers in
theatrical productions such as
entertainment of
opera-ballets and court
spectators. entertainments.
• It includes the ballet, • However, 18th century theatrical
modern dance, tap dance dance had at least two other
and musical comedy styles: comic or grotesque, and
dances. semi-serious.
 BALLET
• Ballet is a formalized • The word ballet comes from
the French and was
kind of performance borrowed
dance, which originated into English around 1630.
in the Italian • The French word in turn has
its origin in Italian balletto,
Renaissance courts of a diminutive of ballo (dance)
the 15th century, and which comes
which was further from Latin ballo, ballare,
meaning "to dance“, which
developed in France and in turn comes from
Russia as a concert the Greek (ballizo), "to
dance form. dance, to jump about”.
BALLET
BALLET
 MODERN DANCE
• Born in the early 20th century, modern
dance is a dance style that centers on a
dancer's own interpretations instead of
structured steps, as in traditional ballet
dancing.
• Modern dancers reject the limitations of
classical ballet and favor movements
derived from the expression of their inner
feelings.
MODERN DANCE
MODERN DANCE
MODERN DANCE
 TAP DANCE
• Tap dance is a form of dance
characterized by using the sound of one's
tap shoes hitting the floor as a percussive
instrument.
• Tap is an exciting form of dance in which
dancers wear special shoes equipped with
metal taps. Tap dancers use their feet like
drums to create rhythmic patterns and
timely beats.
TAP DANCE
TAP DANCE
GROTESQUE DANCE
• Grotesque dance is a category of
theatrical dance that became more clearly
differentiated in the 18th century and was
incorporated into ballet.
• Grotesque dances were comic or
lighthearted and created
for buffoons and commedia
dell'arte characters.
GROTESQUE DANCE
GROTESQUE DANCE
 ELEMENTS OF THE DANCE
1. Theme-is the content or the main
ingredient of the dance. It tells what the
dance is trying to tell or convey.
2. Design-refers to the planned organization
or pattern of movement in time and
space.
3. Movement-is the action of dancers as
they use their bodies to create organized
patterns.
 ELEMENTS OF THE DANCE
4. Technique-is the skill in executing
movement.
5. Music-must be closely related to the
dance. It is something melodic and
harmonious usually used as an
accompaniment.
6. Costume & Properties-the type of
costume must relate closely to the type of
dance. Properties must be limited.
 ELEMENTS OF THE DANCE
7. Choreography-is about the steps and
movement on how the dance must be
performed. These must be rigidly
practiced and taught.
8. Scenery-refers to the background or
setting where the dance takes place. This
would make the dance more realistic and
beautiful.