This document provides information about festival dances and folk dance steps in the Philippines. It discusses two types of festival dances - religious festivals which honor religious figures, and secular festivals which celebrate local industries. Examples of specific festivals from different regions are listed along with their origin place and month of celebration. It also outlines basic locomotor movements like walking, running and jumping used in dances. Common folk dance steps are defined, including close step, bleking, touch step and others. Elements of movement in dance are described such as rhythm, level, range, floor pattern and direction.

1. FESTIVAL DANCE
Ms. Joana Marie M. Bernasol
Bro. Andrew Gonzalez Technical High School

2. FESTIVAL DANCES
are cultural dances performed to
the strong beats of percussion
instruments by a community of
people sharing the same culture
usually done in honor of a patron
saint or in thanksgiving of a
bountiful harvest.

3. TWO TYPES OF
FESTIVAL DANCES

4. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
a festival celebrated in honor of a
certain religious icon

5. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Cebu City
Religious Figure Honored:
Sto. Niño
Month of Celebration:
January

6. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Iloilo City
Religious Figure Honored:
Sto. Niño
Month of Celebration:
January

7. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
–
Place of Origin:
Kalibo, Aklan
Religious Figure Honored:
Sto. Niño
Month of Celebration:
January

8. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Bicol
Religious Figure Honored:
Virgin Mary
Month of Celebration:
September

9. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Angono, Rizal
Religious Figure Honored:
Saint Clement
Month of Celebration:
November

10. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Vigan City, Ilocos Sur
Religious Figure Honored:
Saint Paul
Month of Celebration:
January

11. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Dapitan City
Religious Figure Honored:
James the Great
Month of Celebration:
July

12. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Pintados City, Iloilo
Religious Figure Honored:
Sto. Niño
Month of Celebration:
March

13. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Santiago City
Religious Figure Honored:
Señor San Tiago
Month of Celebration:
May

14. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Tacloban City
Religious Figure Honored:
Sto. Niño
Month of Celebration:
July

15. SECULAR FESTIVALa festival celebrated as thanksgiving
or celebration of peoples industry
and bountiful harvest.
Non-religious festival

16. SECULAR FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Dagupan, Pangasinan
Industry:
Milkfish
Month of Celebration:
April to May

17. SECULAR FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Isabela
Industry:
Scarecrow
Month of Celebration:
January

18. SECULAR FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
City of Ilagan
Industry:
Corn
Month of Celebration:
May

19. SECULAR FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Iba, Zambales
Industry:
Mango
Month of Celebration:
April

20. SECULAR FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Baguio City
Industry:
Flower
Month of Celebration:
February

21. SECULAR FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Pampanga
Industry:
Migratory Bird Egg
Month of Celebration:
February

22. SECULAR FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Bacolod City
Industry:
Mask (Sugar)
Month of Celebration:
October

23. SECULAR FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Koronadal, Cotabato
Industry:
Colorful Abaca
Month of Celebration:
January

24. SECULAR FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Nueva Vizcaya
Industry:
Gathering of tribal industries
Month of Celebration:
May

25. SECULAR FESTIVAL DANCE
Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Vigan, Ilocos Sur
Industry:
Weaving
Month of Celebration:
May

26. LOCOMOTOR
MOVEMENTS

27. STEP
This is the basis of all locomotor
movements.
It prepares you to move in any
direction you wish to go.
It is defined as transfer of weight
from one foot to the other.

28. WALK
Series of steps executed by both
of your feet alternately in any
direction.

29. RUN
Series of walks executed quickly
in any direction wherein only one
foot stays on the ground while the
other is off the ground.

30. JUMP
This movement is simply described
by having both feet lose its contact
with the ground

31. NON-LOCOMOTOR
MOVEMENTS

32. FLEXION
It is the act of decreasing the
angle of a joint.
Another term for flexion is to
bend.

33. EXTENSION
You are extending if you are
increasing the angle of a joint.
Stretching is another word for
extension.

34. CONTRACTION
A muscle movement done when it
shortens, narrows and tightens using
sufficient amount of energy in the
execution.

35. RELEASE
A muscle movement opposite to
contraction done when it let goes
or let looses of being held into a
shortening movement.

36. COLLAPSE
To deliberately drop the exertion
of energy into a body segment.

37. RECOVER
The opposite of collapse.
This is to regain the energy
exerted into a body segment.

38. ROTATION
To rotate is to move a body
segment allowing it to complete a
circle with its motion.
Rotation can also be done in
wrists, waist, knees and ankles.

39. TWIST
To move a body segment from an
axis halfway front or back or quarter
to the right or left as in the twisting
of the neck allowing the head to
face right or left and the like.

40. PIVOT
To change the position of the feet
or any body part that carries the
body’s weight allowing the body to
face in a less than 360 degrees turn.

41. TURN
To move in a turning movement
with a base of support, usually a
pointed foot, the other raised, while
equilibrium is maintained until the
completion of the turn.

42. BASIC 2’4 TIME
FOLK DANCE
STEPS

43. CLOSE STEP
Step R sideward (1),
Close Step L to R (2)

44. BLEKING
Step R. in place (1),
Heel Place L in front (2)

45. TOUCH STEP
Step R sideward (1),
Point L in Front of R (2)

46. WALK
Step R forward (1),
Step L forward (2)

47. CHANGE STEP
Step R (1),
Close Step L to R (and),
Step R in Place (2)

48. CROSS CHANGE STEP
Cross R over L (1),
step L sideward (and),
step R in place (2)

49. HOP STEP
Step R sideward (1),
Hop R in place (2)

50. MINCING
Point L in place (and),
Step R in place (1),
Point L in place (and),
Step R in place (ct. 2)

51. CROSS STEP
Step R across L (1),
Step L sideward L (2)

52. HEEL-TOE, CHANGE STEP
Heel place R sideward (1),
point L close to R (2),
change step with the R
(Maybe repeated with L)

53. ELEMENTS OF
MOVEMENT
IN SPACE

54. RHYTHM
Regular recurrence of a beat.
May be slow, moderate or fast.
This element of rhythm is called
tempo.

55. LEVEL
Refers to the level of movement
May be high, medium or low

56. RANGE
Refers to the scope of movement
execution
Dictated by the space provided

57. FLOOR PATTERN/DESIGN
Refers to the designs created in
the floor by the bodies of dancers
Maybe geometric or non-
geometric

58. DIRECTION
Adds to variety of movement
Maybe forward, backward,
sideward or even upward

59. FOCUS
Refers to the focal point of
dancers attention while moving