Folk Dance Flashcards
Where was Polka sa Nayon Popular
Batangas
When was Polka sa Nayon Popular
Spanish time, usually during town fiestas and social affairs
Costume for Polka sa Nayon
Women: Maria Clara
Men: Barong Tagalog
3 Types of Folk Dance
Traditional, Ethnic, National
Mother of Philippine Dancing
Francisca Reyes-Aquino
Examples of Philippine Folk Dances
- Life Cycle
- Festival
- Rituals and Ceremonial
- Occupational
- War
See polka steps in ppt
is an expression of the body, following rhythmic patterns, and is accompanied by music.
Dance
Benefits of Dance
- Physical
- Social
- Mental/Emotional
- Cultural
are the indigenous dances of any specific “folk” or the common people. They are traditional customary or recreational dance forms of a given country which have evolved naturally and were handed down across generations.
Folk Dance
performed in primitive tribes and have retained their close kinship with religious ritual and community custom. These dances may require a certain level of special performing skills that are symbolic in meaning, making it harder for those outside the group to understand.
Ethnic Dance
are dances that depict ritual
ceremonies examples of these are
Dugso (Bukidnon) and Pagdidiwata (Palawan).
Ritual Dances
are related to the cycle of human
life such as birthing, courtship, wedding, and funeral. Examples are Binasuan (Pangasinan) and Daling-daling (Muslim courtship dance from Sulu).
Ethnic Dances
exhibit work and occupation of dancers like Mag-asik(Cotabato) and Mananagat (Cebu) dances.
Occupational Dances
popular and widely danced throughout a given country, often a
number of regional variations
National Folk Dance
Filipino folk dancer and academic
noted for her research on Philippine
folk dance. She is a recipient of the
Republic Award of Merit and the
Ramon Magsaysay Award and is a
designated National Artist of the
Philippines for Dance.
Francisca Reyes-Aquino
three major regional classifications of Philippines folk dances
- Tribal Dances from the Cordilleras - nclude non-Christian dances from Cordilleras.
- Lowland Christian Dances- dances coming from places with Western influences such as that of theTagalogs,Ilokanos, Bisayans and Bicolanas. These dances are influenced by Hispanic and European cultures.
- Muslim Dances- dances from the people of the Southern Islands of the Philippines such as in Mindanao and Sulu. These dances are influenced by Arabic and Indo Malayan cultures.
dances that serve as ritual as one
passes to a different stage of life such as from birth to childhood to adulthood or from life to death. Examples of the portray life cycle dances are courtship, wedding and
funeral dances.
Life-cycle dances
dances that are either religious or
secular and are connected with the celebration or recurring events of special significance
Festival Dances
dances performed as part of the rituals and ceremonies of a certain tribe or group of people.
Ritual and Ceremonial Dances
dances that express feud and enmity wherein two male dancers engage in physical combat with Spartan like intensity. Maglalatik (Binan, Laguna) is an example of a war dance. In this dance, the Muslim won and Christians sought conciliation in order to convert Muslim Moros to Christianity (Aquino,1979).
War Dances
dances that depict the means of
livelihood of the Filipino people. Palay festival, a national dance in rice-growing regions, is an example of this wherein dancers portray different steps in growing- from planting to harvest (Aquino, 1979).
Occupational Dances
