1. The document describes the steps and figures of the Carinosa, the national dance of the Philippines. It involves partners facing each other and performing synchronized stepping patterns and hand gestures.
2. The dance consists of several figures including steps side-to-side, turning, pointing feet, hand movements, and hiding faces with fans or handkerchiefs in a flirtatious "hide-and-seek" manner.
3. Traditional costumes include a balintawak skirt and camisa for women and a barong tagalog with trousers for men. The dance is performed to music in 2 parts, with counts of 1, 2, 3 per measure.
1. The document describes the steps and figures of the Carinosa, the national dance of the Philippines. It involves partners facing each other and performing synchronized stepping patterns and hand gestures.
2. The dance consists of several figures including steps side-to-side, turning, pointing feet, hand movements, and hiding faces with fans or handkerchiefs in a flirtatious "hide-and-seek" manner.
3. Traditional costumes include a balintawak skirt and camisa for women and a barong tagalog with trousers for men. The dance is performed to music in 2 parts, with counts of 1, 2, 3 per measure.
1. The document describes the steps and figures of the Carinosa, the national dance of the Philippines. It involves partners facing each other and performing synchronized stepping patterns and hand gestures.
2. The dance consists of several figures including steps side-to-side, turning, pointing feet, hand movements, and hiding faces with fans or handkerchiefs in a flirtatious "hide-and-seek" manner.
3. Traditional costumes include a balintawak skirt and camisa for women and a barong tagalog with trousers for men. The dance is performed to music in 2 parts, with counts of 1, 2, 3 per measure.
- Partners stand opposite, THREE STEPS AND POINTING
(the national dance of facing each other about POINT the philippines) six feet apart. Music B. - When facing the audience, Music A. - Partners face each other. - flirtation dance a. Starting with R the Girl is at right of Boy Girls hold skirt and Boys - means affectionate, foot, take three place hands on waist lovable, or amiable steps sideward Note: In the original form, a. Starting with R foot, - fan & handkerchief; hide- right (cts. 1,2,3). the figure I is used as an take three steps and-seek movements Point L foot in intermission. It is omitted in forward to meet at (common) and other flirting front (cts. 1,2,3). R this arrangement for it the center(cts. 1,2,3). acts showing tender hand in reverse ‘T’ makes the dance long and Step L close to R (ct. feelings for one another position and L monotonous. 1), pause (cts. hand on waist. 2,3)… 2M COSTUME: Kumintang R hand b. Take four touch Girls- balintawak style when pointing L INTRODUCTION steps in front, R and costume/patadyong and foot… 2M L alternately. Look camisa; fan hanging at right b. Repeat (a) starting Music Introduction: at each other… 4M side of waist with L foot and Partners face each other. c. Starting with R foot, Boys- barong tagalog and moving sideward Execute a three-step turn take four steps any color of trousers; left. Reverse right in place and bow to forward to partner’s handkerchief in pocket position of each other place, passing each hands… 2M other by R MUSIC: Girls hold skirt and Boys c. Repeat (a) and (b) shoulder(cts. - Composed of two parts: A places hands on three more 1,2,3,1). Turn right waist…… 2M and B times… 12M about to face each other and close R to COUNT: L foot(cts. 1,2,3)… - One, two, three to a 2M measure d. Repeat all (a-c), Repeat three more a. Partners meet at the forward to the finishing in proper times pointing center…2M center, Girl holds places… 8m L,R,L and shaking b. Girl- Hold and open skirt, Boy places L,R,L index finger fan with R hand. hands on waist (cts. alternately at Point R foot in front 1,2,3). Girl- Kneel FIGURE III: partner. partners are and cover face with on R while Boy BACK-TO-BACK standing by each fan, L hand holding passes around on other’s R shoulder skirt(cts. 1,2) of right of Girl to stand Music A. when shaking R every measure(3m). behind her and faces a. Partners meet at the index finger to Boy- points R and L the same direction. center (cts. 1,2,3,1). partner and by L foot alternately in Partners place hand Turn right about to shoulders when front and looks at on waists(cts. be in back-to-back shaking L index partner from 1,2,3)…2M position a little bit finger to partner. underneath the fan. b. Boy- Point R and L to right of partner Free hands on waist Hands on waist...4m foot times (cts. 2,3). Girl holds (3M)… 4M c. Exchange alternately in front, skirt, Boy places c. Turn right about and places…2m looking at Girl over hands on waist… exchange places as d. Repeat all (a-c), her R and L 2M in figure II (c)…2M finishing in proper shoulder alternately. b. Point R foot in front d. Repeat all (a-c), places… 8M Girl in the and shake R index finishing in proper meantime, looks at finger at partner places… 8M partner over her R over R shoulder L FIGURE V: and L shoulder hand on waist(cts. KNEELING AND alternately. Both 1,2). Step R FIGURE IV: FANNING place hands on sideward to be side HIDE AND SEEK waists…4M by side with partner WITH FAN Music A. c. Boy- turn right L shoulder, place R a. Starting with R foot, about. Girl stands hand on waist (ct. 3). Music B. take three steps and exchange boy’s hands on top d. Repeat all (a-c), opening of the places…2M at face level(cts. finishing in proper handkerchiefs above d. Repeat all (a-c), but 2,3)… 2m places. This time and below alternately. this time. Boy b. Partners’ point R girl keeps The girl peeps above kneels down and and L foot handkerchief at the when the R hands are Girl fans boy over alternately four end of this up and the boy when the his R and L times as in figure II figure…8m L hands are up. shoulder alternately (b). invert as she points her R handkerchief at Note: In the Bicol and L foot every measure, that regions the hide-and- FIGURE VII: alternately. Finish in is, one measure with seek movement is done FLIRTING WITH proper places…8m boy’s hand on top with two handkerchiefs HANDKERCHIEF while pointing R that crosses diagonally foot and the next folded(triangular form). Music A. FIGURE VI: measure with Girl’s While dancers point the Note: if only one pair is HIDE AND SEEK WITH hands on top while R foot, the right hands dancing, partners may go HANDKERCHIEF pointing L foot. are held obliquely right in any direction so long as When own hands upward and the L hands they finish in their proper are down look at are obliquely left places at the end of this Music B. partner’s face from downward, thus the figure. a. Partners meet at below and when up, handkerchiefs are a. Partners turn R center. Boy takes look above crossed like the letter X shoulders toward handkerchief from handkerchief…2m in front between them. each other. Starting pocket. Partners c. Girl releases The positions of hands with R foot, take 8 hold handkerchief at handkerchief. are reversed when waltz steps forward corners in Partners exchange pointing L foot. They moving around perpendicular places as in Fig. change position of clockwise. Girl- position between II(c)… 2m hands at every measure. hold handkerchief at their faces with They peep through the one corner and place it over her R Girl’s arms in Finish side by side, and L shoulder lateral position Girl at right side of alternately at every moving sideward R Boy… 6m measure, looking and L, boy’s hand back at boy at the on waist… 2m SALUDO same time. Boy in b. With girl leading in the meantime front, partners take Execute a three-step turn follows behind girl six waltz steps right in place and bow to stretching out R and forward moving each other, Girl holding L hand alternately around clockwise. skirt, Boy’s hands on waist. as if trying to catch Same position of the free end of the hands as in (a) but handkerchief…8m girls fingers b. Turn right about and fluttering in time repeat (a) with the music as counterclockwise, she looks over her R Girl leads again, and L shoulder finish in proper alternately at Boy places… 8m who is following her closely…6m c. Turn right about. FIGURE VIII: Repeat (b) FLIRTING counterclockwise. This time boy leads. Girl holds skirt, Music B. Boys arms in lateral a. Starting with R foot, position, fluttering take two waltz steps fingers. Wink at girl to meet at the center. once in a while.