Cheerdancing is a combination of cheerleading, dance, and gymnastics. It originated from cheerleading routines that incorporated jumps, tumbling, lifts, and cheers. Today, cheerdancing is a popular performance at collegiate sporting events in the Philippines. The document outlines the basic arm/hand and leg/foot positions, gymnastic skills like jumps and pyramids, dance techniques from hip hop, jazz, and classical styles, and the importance of incorporating strong and rhythmic cheering.

1. CHEERDANCE

2. CHEERDANCE
• is coined from the words, CHEER and DANCE.
• To cheer is to shout out words or phrases that may help
motivate and boost the morale of a playing team and
perform better during a game.
• Dance, on the other hand, is a physical activity where
one expresses emotions or gestures while performing
bodily movements usually in time with rhythm.

3. CHEERDANCE
• Cheerdancing rooted from cheerleading - performance
of a routine, usually dominated by gymnastic skills such
as jumps, tumbling skills, lifts and tosses combined with
shouting of cheers and yells to lead the crowd to cheer
for a certain team during a game or sport.

4. CHEERDANCE
• Today, cheerdancing is identified as one of the most
spectacular events in one of the biggest collegiate sports
events in the country, the UAAP (University Athletic
Association of the Philippines).

5. ARMS/HAND MOVEMENTS
• Beginning stance and cheer stance
• “T” and half “T” positions
• Clasp, clap, overhead clasp, low clasp
• Touchdown, low touchdown
• High “V” and low “V”
• Tabletop and punch, etc.
• “L” and diagonal positions

6. LEGS/FEET POSITIONS
• Feet Together
• Feet Apart
• Dig (front and side)
• Hitch, Liberty, and Scale
• Lunge (front and side)
• Knees and Hips position

7. ESSENTIALS OF CHEERDANCING

8. ESSENTIALS OF CHEERDANCING

10. CHEERDANCE BASICS (GYMNASTIC
SIDE)
JUMPS
• Tuck
• Star/spread eagle
• Pike
• Split
• Hurdle Jump/Hurkie
• Toe Touch Jump

11. CHEERDANCE BASICS (GYMNASTIC
SIDE)
Pyramids
Composition:
Flyer Base Spotter
Levels: One-and-a-half high
two-high
two-and-a-half high

12. STEPS IN EXECUTING A PYRAMID
• Setting up (Preparing to lift)
• Load (Actual lift)
• Hit (Striking for a final pause)
• Dismount (To move down by the flyer)

13. CHEERDANCE BASICS (DANCE SIDE)
Hip Hop Basics Jazz/Classical Dance Basics:
• Bounce (Downrock) ● Tendu (point)
• Groove (Toprock) ● Pliē (knees slightly bent)
• Power moves: ● Grand Plie (full knees bent)
- Pump ● Relevē (heels raised)
- Lock ● Piquē (Raising a knee)
- Point ● Battement (Kicks)
- Curl ● Ball Change and Chassē
• Freezes ● Piroutte and Chainē (Turns)

14. Tendu Plie Releve
Pique
Battement Ball change

15. Toprock Toprock Pirouette
Chaine
Chasse

16. CHEERDANCE BASICS (CHEER SIDE)
• Cheering is the very essence of cheerdance
performances. To cheer is to make someone or a team
motivated and encouraged. It boosts, salutes or
acclaims the morale of individuals and teams. In
cheerdance, cheering needs to be strong, loud, and
metered so that it will be delivered in time with rhythm or
the music played.