PE and Health Flashcards
It’s good for your heart, it makes you stronger, and it can help with balance and coordination.
Dance
30-minute dance class burns between?
130-250 calories
Depending on the type of dance you choose, some of the steps/moves will engage the
core muscles.
Core
Although most dances focus on your lower body, you’re also using your arms.
Arms
The choreography will have you doing moves that work your lower body, including
your quads and hamstrings.
Legs
Dance uses your core muscles, including those in your back.
Back
Most dance-inspired workouts include moves that improve flexibility.
Flexibility
Dancing raises your heart rate. The more up-tempo the dance style, the better it is for
your heart.
Aerobic
You won’t be lifting weights, but your body weight counts, helping to build muscle
strength.
Strength
Dancing can be a high-or low-impact workout depending on the style of dancing.
Low-Impact
In the east, the Chinese have their own symbolic
Dragon Dance
the Japanese have the ancestral dance
Bon Odori
the Americans
have their own
Square Dance
Philippines would not be left behind for
The Pearl of the Orient
Luzon dances traces its cultural
influences from
Indu, Buddist Spanish
One of the interpretative dances created during the KAYAW days.
Banga
a mock-war dance that demonstrates a fight between the Moros and the Christians
over the prized latik or coconut meat during the Spanish rule.
Maglalatik
comes from the Spanish dance “fandango” that requires excellent balancing
skill to maintain the stability of three tinggoy, or oil lamps, placed on head and at the back of each hand.
Pandanggo sa Ilaw
was a popular dance in Marikina, Rizal during the Spanish times. This dance was
performed after the lutrina (a religious procession) and the music that accompanied the dancers was played by the musikong bungbong.
Balse
The Visayas, are grouped into 3 sections:
Central, Eastern, and Western
The people in the Visayas consist of
Austronesians, Negrito and the Animist Tribal Group.
The dance imitates the movement of the Tikling birds as they walk between grass
stems, run over tree branches, or dodge bamboo traps set by rice farmers.
Tinikling
is highly favoured by the Waray people of the Eastern Visayan region in the
Philippines.
Kuratsa
is a Spanish-inspired ballroom dance from the Bohol province of the Philippines.
Mazurka Boholana
southernmost region of the Philippines. It is the second largest island group and
its cultural group consists of mostly Muslim and “Moro” people,
Mindanao
A martial arts dance originating from the Tausug people of the Sulu archipelago in
the Southwestern part of the Philippines.
Kini-kini
is a traditional Tausug dance characterized by elaborate body postures and gestures
and the graceful arm and hand movement of the dancer, amplified by the use of janggay or metal
claws.
Pangalay
It is a re-telling of an episode from the Maranao epic legend involving the rescue of Princess Gandingan (abducted by the diwatas) by the legendary Prince Bantugan.
Singkil
Maranao epic legend involving the rescue of Princess Gandingan (abducted by the diwatas) by the legendary Prince Bantugan.
Darangen
based on classical and traditional Indian dance forms.
Kandingan
depict the lifestyle and daily work of the people living in various topographies, for example, planting and pounding.
Occupational Dances
are those associated with religion, vows and ceremonies. A religious dance may be performed to drive away evil spirits and for having recovered from sickness,
favors granted and vows fulfilled.
Religious or Ceremonial Dance
are those that are done with play elements.
Game Dances
are those dances that are performed during wedding feasts.
Wedding Dances
depict the art of courtship.
Courtship Dances
-Both arms are raised forward in a circle in front of the chest with the fingertips about an inch apart.
1st Position