PE|1ST QUARTER Flashcards
is an art form or activity that utilizes the body and the range of movement of which the body is capable.
dance
ELEMENTS OF DANCE (5)
BODY
ENERGY
SPACE
RELATIONSHIP
TIME
dance is comprised of various body motions that express feeling and emotion. Our bodies move in ways to express ourselves using locomotor and non-locomotor movements.
1.Body
the force at which we express our body motions. Are you moving with hard or gentle motions? How do you choose to move?Bounce, shake,explode or sway?
- Energy
THIS IS THE AREA THE PERFORMERS OCCUPY AND WHERE THEY MOVE. IT CAN BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR DIFFERENT ASPECTS,ALSO KNOWN AS SPATIAL ELEMENTS.
3.SPACE
4 criteria of Space
Direction
Size
Level
Focus
dance movements can travel in any direction. The performers can go forward, side, backward, diagonal, circular, and so on.
Direction
movements can be varied by doing larger or smaller actions.
Size
movement can be done in high, medium, or low level.
Level
performers may change their focus by looking at different directions.
Focus
we often dance with other people in a group. Just like with conversation, we communicate and react using motions.
- Relationship
timing is the key to any dance. We follow the rhythm or beat to match our actions with the music
- Time
Primitive dance is considered as a dance in its purest form because this particular dance form has not been refined, developed, trained, or guided by an artist.
To the early Filipinos, dance was an expression of community life that animates the various rituals and ceremonies.
Primitive Era
Kinds of Primitive Dance (4)
Ritual Dances
Life-cycle Dances
Occupational Dances
Mimetic Dances
Sustains spiritual and social life of the indigenous Filipinos
Closely attuned to nature, believing in the spirits that keep their environment fruitful
Ritual Dances
Dances that celebrate an individual’s birth, baptism, courtship, wedding and demise (death)
Life-cycle Dances
Dances which transform defense and livelihood activities to celebratory performances.
Occupational Dances
Special dance which are mimetic in nature
The surrounding animal life also easily lends itself to imitative dances that are both graphic and symbolic
Mimetic Dances
Examples of Ritual Dance (5)
Pagdiwata
Dugso
Sohten
Bendian
Tahling Baila
Tagbanuas of Palawan perform this dance in gratitude for good harvest, to implore continued protection and favor from the deities and for general well-being
Pagdiwata
dance of Manobos of Bukidnon, is a thanksgiving for bountiful harvest
Dugso
the Subanon supplicates the spirits to give strength and courage to a warrior who shakes a shield and palm leaves
Sohten
is a dance of healing, natural calamities and to celebrate victory in war
Bendian
a prayer dance for a bountiful fish catch
Tahing Baila
Examples of Life-cycle Dances (3)
Daling-daling
Himog or Death Dance
Pangalay Pangantin
displays grace as much as affection. It is considered as a courtship dance.
Daling-daling
ceremonial dance performed by men to ask gods for help in punishing the killer of their warriors
Himog or Death Dance
dance in “Pangalay” style performed by a bride
Pangalay Pangantin
Example of Occupational Dances (2)
Tudak
Tauti
acts out a whole sequence of the rice cycle into dance
Tudak
occupational dance which vividly portrays the labors of catching “tauti” (catfish)
Tauti
Example of Mimetic Dances (4)
Sayaw tu Baud
Pinuhag
Inamo-amo
Ninanog
an imitation of flight of pigeons from hunters stalking them
Sayaw tu Baud
imitates movements of a bee gathering honey
Pinuhag
mimicked the movements of a monkey as it bounces and gambles about
Inamo-amo
an imitation of the movements of the hawk as it pounced on its quarry
Ninanog
__________ came to the Philippines on
______________ and colonized the Philippine islands for _____ years
Spaniards
March 16, 1521
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Native dances were modified and used in the rites celebrating Christian holy days and religious fiestas turned to native traditions to become spiritual and communal expressions
Dances took on the tempo and temper of the European forms for example,the noted Tinikling (which has had some Southeast Asian beginnings) andbthe Itik-itik (rustic and imitative like the other dances) acquired the tempo of the jota and the polka.
European dances like the waltz, mazurka, the Spanish jota, paso doble, fandango and others were transformed to suit the climate and the temperament of the people
SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
had some Southeast Asian beginnings
Tinikling
rustic and imitative like the other dances
Itik-itik
Acquired the tempo of the jota and the polka
Tinikling and Itik-itik
European dances (5)
waltz
mazurka
Spanish jota
paso doble
fandango
and others
In _____, the United States colonized the Philippines
1898
The cakewalk, buck-and-wing, skirt-dance, clog, tap and soft-shoe were performed in the zarzuela theaters, later with the cinema shows
John Cowper was called “dean of Philippine vaudeville,” and with him came other American and European artists.
Filipinos increasingly experienced the ballet.
The development of dance in the Philippines is generally credited to the efforts of Francisca Reyes Aquino and Leonor Orosa Goquinco. Aquino pioneered in the research and revival of Philippine folk dance and music in the 1920’s and is regarded as the foremost authority on Philippine folkdances.
AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD
were performed in the zarzuela theaters, later with the cinema shows (6)
cakewalk
buck-and-wing
skirt-dance
clog
tap
soft-shoe
was called “dean of Philippine vaudeville,” and with him came other American and European artists.
John Cowper
The development of dance in the Philippines is generally credited to the efforts of: (2)
Francisca Reyes Aquino
Leonor Orosa Goquinco