This document contains information about physical activities and their effects on fitness and mood. It includes a table to fill out indicating whether various activities sustain fitness and one's feelings about them. It then lists some warm-up exercises and their benefits. Finally, it provides information about contemporary dance, including its history, elements, pioneers, basic steps and techniques.

2. COMPLETE THE TABLE. WRITE YES OR NO
FOR THE SECOND COLUMN AND HAPPY
OR SAD TO THE THIRD COLUMN
Activities
Does the
activity
sustain
fitness
What are your
feeling in doing
when you do the
activity
Playing Computer
Games
Reading Books
Movie Marathon
Watching Television
Jumping Jacks
Running

3. Playing Badminton
Hip-Hop Dancing
Jogging
Folk Dancing
Street Dancing
Surfing on the Internet
Playing Basketball
Scrubbing the Floor
Fetching a Pail of Water

4. I WILL READ THE EACH PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY, THEN YOU WILL DO THE
CORRESPONDING ACTION:
YES AND HAPPY – clap 3times and show
happy face
YES AND SAD - clap 3times and show a
sad face
NO AND HAPPY - stand and show– clap
3times a happy face
NO AND SAD – stand and show a sad face

5. START BEING FIT –
STRETCH IT OUT
The Warming Effect
An effective warm-up exercise should:
Increase blood flow to the muscles;
Increase muscles elasticity;
Gently raise heart rate;
Increase mental alertness; and
Increase core body temperature.

6. Neck
Stretch
Shoulder
Rolls
Side Arm
Stretch

7. Triceps
Stretch
Harmstring
Stretch
Quadriceps
Stretch

8. Outer Thigh
Stretch
Inner Thigh
Stretch
Knee Bend/
Squat

9. CONTEMPORARY DANCE

10. WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY DANCE?
Contemporary dance is an expressive dance
technique which is a combination of a variety
of dances: modern, jazz, lyrical, and classical
ballet.
A performing art that involves rhythmic body
movement within a given space,
choreograph based on musical beat.
Developed in 1950s in America and Europe.

11. 8 ELEMENTS
 THEME – most basic element of a
dance.
 DESIGN – pattern of movement in time
and space
 MOVEMENT – the bodily actions of the
dancer that incudes his steps
 TECHNIQUE- the skill of movement
executed by the dancer
 MUSIC – the auditory background to
which a dancer moves

12.  COSTUME and BODY
PARAPHERLANIA- properties worn by
the dancer that help reflect the message,
customs and beliefs.
 CHOREOGRAPHY – the figures and
steps in dancing that enable the dancers
to perform in an organized manner
 SCENERY – the background or setting
where the dance is performed to make it
more realistic and enriching.

14. Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham and
Merce Cunningham are the pioneers
of contemporary dance.
They believe that “dancers should have
freedom of movement, allowing their
bodies to freely express their innermost
feelings and thoughts”

15. BASIC STEPS AND PROPER
TECHNIQUES
1.Lateral
2.Stag Leap
3.Stag Turn

16. OTHER BASIC STEPS AND
PROPER TECHNIQUES
1.Primitive Squat
2.Hinge
3.Contraction
4.The release

17. How does the media
information help in
promoting physical
activities and fitness?

18. ASSIGNMENT:
Read with
comprehension
the Contemporary
Philippine Music