INTRODUCTION TO DANCE Flashcards
- form of art/exercise purposefully
recreating selected sequences of human
notion - values of aesthetic and symbolism;
freeform - acknowledged by both performers and
observers from within particular culture
DANCE
VARIOUS FUNCTIONS OF DANCE
Social
Competitive
Ceremonial
Martial
Theatrical
interaction/connection
Social
judge
Competitive
cultures
Ceremonial
war
Martial
audience
Theatrical
HISTORY OF DANCE
● Earliest: accompanied ancient rituals,
spiritual gatherings, social events
● Conduit of trance, spiritual force, pleasure,
expression, performance, and interaction
● Infused into nature from earliest moments
of existence
● 1st African Tribes: covered in war paint to
spread of music and dance across all 4
corners of the world
● Remains 1 of the most expressive forms
of communication that we know
: used to perform
BODY
: how dance is structured (Locomotor and Non-Locomotor)
ACTION
where movement is performed
SPACE
when movement is performed (tempo)
TIME
how movement is performed
ENERGY
traditional dance represents group of
people’s views, ideas, and feelings in
relation to experiences of people who
created by it
FOLK DANCE
tribe’s distinct qualities, cultural, racial,
religious, and traditional affinities
ETHNIC DANCE
SIMILARITIES OF FOLK AND ETHIC
- culture and influences of ancient tribe
- tell about traditions, beliefs, norms
- passed on to later generations (evolve)
- represent tribe/group
- influences from immigrants and
conquerors - maintaining distinctly Filipino roots
- true reflection of daily life in past centuries
while enchanting modern audiences
HISTORY OF FOLK DANCE
KINDS OF PHILIPPINE FOLK DANCE
01 THE ITIK-IITK
02 TINIKLING:
03 SAYAW SA BANGKO
mimetic folk dance; duck in
Tagalog
- 1st created by young Filipino
maiden-dancer of Surigao del Norte,
Kanang, best dancer
- Dancing prowess: asked to perform Sibay
(baptism dance)
- Got inspired by music: improvised steps
borrowing from duck movements
THE ITIK-IITK:
: tikling birds
- Leyte, Visayas during Spanish Colonial Era
- Rice farmers set up bamboo traps to
protect fields (imitating birds dodge
movements)
- Legend: King of Spain ordered locals to
work in large plantations, punishment for
slow workers to stand between 2 bamboo
poles clapped together to beat Filipino
natives’ feet
TINIKLING
dance on a bench
- Pangasinan, researched by Jovita Sison
- Couple on narrow bench; inch, hop from 1
end to another (skill stay up on bench
while exchanging places by moving)
- Way around: Girl thrown in air and boy
moves to other end
SAYAW SA BANGKO
