PHYSICAL EDUCATION 4

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General Instruction: Read, understand and answer each guide question with all HONESTY (10 pts. each).
1. Why you need a partner in presenting a folk dance? What is the role of a partner in dancing?
2. From your own Knowledge, what is the best description that will define folk dancing?
Name: HALIPA, LYKA C. Teacher: MR. PAUL JASON L. ELLE ,LPT
Time: 1-3PM Subject: PE-4 (Dance)
SAINT PETER’S COLLEGE OF TORIL, INC.
Mc Arthur Highway, Toril, Davao City
AY 2021-2022
COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
2nd Semester
PRELIM LONG QUIZ in PE-4
Folk dance is a form of dance created by people to represent the lives of the people of a
particular country or region. Some traditional dances, whose core choreography necessitates
the synchronized dancing of two partners, must be performed with a partner since it is
required when dancing. When you were dancing, your partner's responsibility was to try to
work together to achieve synchronized or complimentary motions. The person who takes the
lead is primarily responsible for getting things moving. The initiator of momentum or 'energy'
(the one who leads) initiates the process, which is followed by both parties maintaining,
exaggerating, diminishing, or dissolving this momentum. This momentum or energy can be
expressed in a variety of ways, including compression, where each partner 'compresses' the
energy by bending joints and moving towards or 'into' their partner to varying degrees, and
leverage, where one partner – usually the leader – uses the development of compression or
connection to shift their follower's weight or 'ground' themselves more thoroughly before
initiating a move.
Folk dancing is a form of expression that reflects a person's culture's traditional
way of life. It's also a means for people to connect with their own traditional culture
by expressing, sharing, and connecting with it. Folk dancing is a form of expression
that reflects a person's culture's traditional way of life. Folk dance is a form of
expression that honors a group's cultural heritage. It is usually done during social
gatherings as a kind of ritualistic entertainment. Folk dance tells the core stories of
a civilization, while others just highlight cultural pride.
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3. Who is the mother of the Philippine Folk Dance? Explain her achievements why she is entitled to be the
Mother of Philippine Folk Dance.
4. Why is it important to know the literature in folk dance in making an execution, movement, and
choreography?
5. How folk dance reflects the life of early Filipino?
Frances Reyes Aquino, the legendary "Mother of Philippine Dancing," was born in
Lolomboy, Bocaue, in the Philippine Province of Bulacan, on March 9, 1899. She
obtained her High School Teacher's Certificate in 1923 and her Bachelor of Science in
Education degree in 1924 from the University of the Philippines. She’s entitled to be
called the Mother of Philippine Folk Dance becaus of her effort to traveled the
Philippines to observe and record dances and formed various dance troupes including
thr Filipina Dance Troupe. Founded the Philippine Folk Dance Society to bring
together the physical education students, teachers, administrators and individuals
folks interested in dancing. And her untiring efforts in collecting, compiling, and
propagating folk dances, and for her outstanding contribution to the advancement of
Filipino culture in the field of dance.
A dancer's lifetime will be ensured by good technique, which will prevent
injuries, improve strength and flexibility, and refine movement quality. All of which
enable technically competent dancers to dance with beautiful lines and precise body
positioning and alignment. A dancer's plie must be executed correctly in terms of
movement, choreography, and execution; every movement begins and finishes with a
bent knee posture. This awareness can help to prevent both acute and chronic harm,
as well as providing power and motivation.
Philippine folk dancing is a realistic picture of everyday life in previous ages
while also enthralling current audiences. Many ancient dances were created to express
gratitude to the gods for natural and agricultural occurrences like rain and harvests.
Folk dances depict early Filipinos' lives, works, traditions, and customs, such as the
cariosa, a wooing dance that depicts the interaction of man and woman. The dance
has a hide-and-seek feel to it.