dance Flashcards
It is a type of performing art that uses artistic movement to express feelings or emotions, release energy, or simply tale delight in the movement itself.
Dance
The term dancing is originated from a German word blank which means to stretch
Danson
It was developed during the Italian Renaissance, before evolving in France and Russia into a concert dance meant for public performance. It is a dance presented in theater with the integration of drama plot, music, and stage designs and strictly based on a well-codified theatrical school dance.
Ballet Dance
It was developed during the mid-twentieth century and is now one of the one of the most popular and technical forms of dance studied and performed professionally.
Contemporary Dance
It is a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz, and classical ballet which separates body movement, and the need to express certain idea or story.
Contemporary Dance
It is considered as being a broad genre of dance. It primarily arose from western countries such as the USA and Germany during the late 1900s. Its purpose is to rely on the dancer’s interpretation of the music and feeling to guide movements.
Modern Dance
It refers to cultural art form which communicates the customs, beliefs, rituals, recreational, expression of a past or present culture.
Folk Dance
a form of dance that combines both African and European dance styles. this high energy dance has a liveliness that sets it apart from traditional dance forms, such as classical ballet.
Jazz Dance
a style of street dance form that evolved from hip hop music. it began as a form that combined a variety of freestyle movements to create a cultural piece of art.
hip hop dance
It is dance created outside studios. This dance is freestyle in nature as it was performed in street and open areas.
Street Dance
Who are the Big Three?
Alice Reyes
Douglas Nierras
Lisa Macuja-Elizalde
She is known as the mother of contemporary dance.
Alice Garcia Reyes
She is known for blending styles and movements from Philippine indigenous dance, classical ballet, and modern dance in expressing Filipino subject matters.
Alice Garcia Reyes
He is the king of modern pinoy dance
Douglas Nierras
He blends technology with a live human component. He projects video clips in 3D format, and he adds 4d synchronized dance movements.
Douglas Nierras
She is a Filipino prima ballerina
Lisa Mcuja-Elizalde
it is the preeminent professional classical and contemporary dance company in the country.
ballet philippines (bp)
A Philippine folkloric dance troupe based in the island of Leyte in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. Its repertoire consists of Philippine traditional dances and music showing a kaleidoscope of Philippine culture through the performing arts.
Leyte Kalipayan Dance Company
A dance troupe in Mimaropa region
Perlas ng Silinganan Dance Troupe
This cultural dance troupe from Zamboanga City raised the country’s flag in Bulgaria after winning the gold medal at the European Association of Folklore Festival
ZCSPC Nawan Cultural Dance
It is known for preserving and promoting Pangasinan culture and heritage through dance and other related activities.
Dangoan Pangasinan Dance Troupe
It is a dance company in Isabela, their mission is to continue the revitalization of Echague culture. Echague is the home of Yogad Tribe.
Sangbayan Dance Company
He is credited for his work in promoting Philippine traditional dance and cultural work. He also founded Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group in 1972.
Ramon Obusan
She is a choreographer, dance educator, and researcher who spent almost four decades in the discovery and study of Philippine folk and ethnic dances. Over a period of thirty years, she had choreographed suites of mountain dances, Spanish-influenced dances, Musim pageants and festivals etc.
Lucresia Faustino Reyes-Urtula
She is known as the mother of Philippine folk dancing
Francisca Reyes Aquino
She is acknowledged as the Folk Dance Pioneer. She is the author of Philippine Folk Dances and Games where she focused on studying our native dances.
Francisca Reyes Aquino
She was a Filipino national artist in creative dance. Her pen name was Cristina Luna, and she was known as the “Trailblazer”, “Mother of Philippine Theater Dance”, and “Dean of Filipino Performing Arts Critics”
Leonor Orosa Goquingco
A dance troupe in Cebu that perform different genres of dance such as folk dance, hip hop, contemporary dance, etc.
SCSIT Dance Troupe
It is the official folk dance group of the Bulacan State University that showcases the vibrancy of Philippine folk dances through staged performances within their university and their Bulacan hometown.
BULSU Lahing Kayumanggi Dance Troupe
It is the official folk dance company of the Lyceum of the Philippines University Batangas which features various Philippine folk and cultural dances across the country.
Lahing Batangan Dance Troupe
