Folk Dances

Question 1

Characteristics of a folk dance

Answer 1

1. It is traditional.
2. It has an expressive behaviour.
3. Folk dance is simple and basic rhythim.
4. It is created by unknown coreographer or by communal efforts.
5. Folk dance performs a function in the life of the folk or people.

Question 2

Examples of National Folk dances

Answer 2

Cariñosa, Curacha, and Pandango

Question 3

Example of Pandango dances

Answer 3

Pandango Ilocano
Pandango Visayan
Pandango Dumagueteño
Pandango Ivatan
Pandango Rinconada
Pandango sa Ilaw

Question 4

Are those performed in primitive tribes and have retained their close kinship with religious ritual

Answer 4

Ethnic Dance or ethnological dances

Question 5

Three different categories in Ethnic dance

Answer 5

ritual
life-cycle and
occupational