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1. Folkdance – Refers to the dances created and performed collectively by the
ordinary people.
5 types of folkdance
o Country side or rural dances
o Maria clara or Urban dances
o Cordillera Dace – Northern
o Muslim dances
o Ethnic dances
Classification of folkdance
o Occupational dances – depict actions of a particular occupation.
o Religious Ceremonials - Associated with religion vows and
ceremonies.
o Comic dance – Depict funny movement for entertainment.
o Game dance – Done with play elements.
o Wedding dances - Perform during wedding feast.
o Courtship dance - Depict art of courtship.
o Festival dance – suitable for occasions.
o War dance – show imagery combat.
Folkdances may also devided into the:
o Regional - which refers to the dancer particular to one locale or area.
o National- which refers to those performed all over the country.
Creative folk dance - refers to character dances whore choreography uses folk
steps and music.
FUNDAMENTAL POSITIONS
Feet
o 1st Position - Heads together toes apart with an angle of by 45
degrees.
o 2nd position - Astride sideward of about a pace or 1 foot distance.
o 3rd Position - Heel of one foot close to the in-step of the other foot.
o 4th Position - One foot in front the other about a pace distance.
o 5th Position - Heel of front close to the big toe on the rear foot.
Arms
o 1st Position - Encircle both arms in front of the chest with the
o 2nd Position - Both arms raised sideward with a graceful curve.
o 3rd Position - one arm raised out sideward, the other arm overhead.
o 4th Position - one arm in a halfcircle in front, other arm raised
overhead.
o 5th Position - Both hand raised to overhead.
2. Cheerdance - This refers to a physical activity with a combination of different dance
genre and gymnastics skills such as tumbling, pyramids, tosses and stunts.
Which of the following best characterized cheer dance?
o Cheer motions are used to lead the crowd and emphasize words for crowd
responses.
Cheering - It is a very essence of cheer dance performances that makes someone
or team motivate and encouraged.
The differences between Cheer dance and Cheerleading:
o Cheerleading usually dominated by gymnastics skills while cheer dance
combined with shouting and yells.
Flyer - While stunting, the person that is lifted in the air.
Bring it On - popular movie about Cheer dancing.
How dancing can improve your life and health?
o Keeping you physically strong, isn't the only benefit dancing provides, but it
can also provide social and emotional health.
Front lounge - Lead leg bent with the knee over the ankle, back leg straight, feet
perpendicular to each other.
Diagonal - One arm extended in a high "V" and the other arm extended in a low "V"
(Right Diagonal shown).
T motion- Both arms extended straight out to the side and parallel to the ground,
relax the shoulders.
Low V - Arms extended down forming a "V".
High V - Arms extended up forming a "V", relax the shoulders
Table top - Arms bent at elbow, fists in front of shoulders.
Beginning stance - Feet together, hands down by the side in blades
Cheer stance - Feet more than shoulder width apart, hands down by the side in
blades
Jogging - The ball and the toes should not be parallel when hitting the ground. The
ball should touch the ground lightly first while the toes point downward.
Bucket - Hand is extended sideward with a close fist facing downward.
3. HIPHOP
The word hip-hop was derived from the word “hep”, an African-American
vernacular English language since 1904 which means “current”. It was
apparently invented by a New York rapper Kevin Donovan, (known as Afrika
Bambaataa), who was dubbed as the Grandfather of Hip-hop. The dancing
style of Hip-Hop developed from the music style that was first introduced
during the 1970s in New York City among young Hispanic and African-
American communities and was made popular in the 1980s by media’s
exposure of several hip-hop dance groups in America.
FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENTS
Breaking (Break dance) - Executes several explosive, acrobatic movements with
breaks or freezes in between acts.
Popping - A quick contraction and relaxation of muscles to producing jerking of
various joints
Locking - It includes a lot of acrobatics and physically demanding moves, such as
landing on one’s knees and the split
Krumping - Characterized by unrestrained, rapid-fire, and highly energetic moves of
the limbs and torso
Tutting (Tetris) - It is a dance style that imitates the angular poses seen in ancient
Egyptian art
House dance - Combination of skating, stomping and shuffling