Preliminary Flashcards
(123 cards)
Every person responds to rhythm through-
Body movement
They are merely physical response of an individual, expressing his emotional and mental response to rhythm.
Rhythmic activities
It is a sign of life and as old as mankind.
Dance
It is rhythmic and expressive body movements usually coordinated into a pattern and adapted to musical accompaniment.
Dance
It is perhaps the oldest of the arts, reflecting man’s age-old need to communicate joy or grief by using the most immediate instrument at his disposal-hid body. It consists of rhythmic movements, considered as a non-verbal communication, as means for social interaction and self-expression.
Dance
It is also an expressive folk art which shows man’s traditional and contemporary feelings. It also reflects many societies in many stages of life and in every country in the world.
Dance
Dance is classified into different forms such as:
Creative rhythmic Folk dance Social dance Modern jazz/modern dance Creative dance
It gives life to every movement
Music
Almost all important occasions in the life of primitive men were celebrated by-
Dancing
They are created from man’s basic movements.
Dance steps
Some of the more important features of the dance are rhythm or the relatively fast or slow repetition and variations of movements:
Design/Arrangement of movements according to a pattern
Gestures
Dynamic/Variation in the force and intensity of movements
Technique/Degree of body control and mastery of basic steps and positions
The word “dance” comes from the _____ word “ _____” which means to ____
Greek
Danson
Stretch
It is made up of stretching and relaxing.
Dancing
The term “sayaw” which easily lead to one, that derives from the word “_____“which means _____
Saya
Happy
It brings dance closer to people especially to the young generation. It has greatly affected the development and enhancement of dance productions.
Modern technology
Through this, dance performance, it is upgraded benefiting dance artists, instructions or trainors, choreographers and dance enthusiasts.
Modern technology
Meaning of dance:
- Physical expression of rhythm and music.
- Union of movement rhythm and arts of life
- Pure expression of the dancer’s thoughts and feelings
- Union of mind and body expressions the intangible thought, the medium of time and space
- Man’s primitive and natural self-expression.
Scope of Dance
Character Dance (Tap Dance) Folk Dance Classical Dance (Ballet) Ballroom Dance Modern Dance
It influences the diversity of our cultural beginnings and the drama of our everyday lives. It blends the exotic customs and culture of many countries and races-
Spanish Indonesia Malay Indian Chinese American
The Philippine archipelago had been inhabited by three racial groups even before the coming of Magellan in 1521:
Pygmies
Indonesians
Malays
They were the descendants of the Pygmies
Negritos and Proto-Malays
They possess natural grace, an inborn love for music and dance. Dancing was considered a religious activity among them.
Filipinos
Examples of popular Philippine folk dances:
Binasuan Rigodon Itik-Itik Pandanggo sa Ilaw Sublian Maglalatik Kuratsa Tinikling Maria Clara Cariñosa La Jota Manileña Sakuting Pantomina
Originated in Pangasinan Province “meaning with the use of drinking glasses”
Binasuan