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Pe 3 Worksheet 4
Pe 3 Worksheet 4
II. DISCUSSION
The Dance Program offers a rich array of dance experiences for the many and diverse students. It
welcomes the newcomer as well as supports the continuing progress of trained dancers.
The program includes a range of technique courses in different styles and genres of dance, multiple
performance ensembles, courses in composition and choreography, and dance studies courses that
introduce students to dance as an exciting area of research and inquiry.
1. Creative Rhythms
Examples of ethnic dances are the dances of the mountain peoples of the Cordilleras, dances of the
ethnic groups in the Cagayan Valley Region and the ethnic dances in the Mindanao Regions.
3. Social and Ballroom Dance
4. Recreational Dance
5. Creative Dance
The choreographic process may be divided for analytical purposes (the divisions are never distinct
in practice) into three phases: gathering together the movement material, developing movements into
dance phrases, and creating the final structure of the work.
The way in which the choreographer accumulates movement material depends on the tradition in
which he or she works. In certain dance forms it may be simply a question of creating variations within a
traditional pattern of movements. Although each choreographer draws material from diverse sources and
often employs contrasting styles, most dance works of a single choreographer show a characteristic style
of movement. Dances, however, are rarely if ever a loose collection of isolated movements. One of the most
important features of any choreographer’s style is the way in which movement material is connected
into dance phrases.
A phrase, loosely speaking, is a series of movements bound together by a physical impulse or line
of energy and having a discernible beginning and end. (A rough analogy can be made with the way a singer
phrases a multiplicity of notes within a single breath.)
Many factors work to make the spectator perceive a series of movements as a phrase. The first is
the recognition of some kind of logical connection between the movements that prevents them from
appearing arbitrary and isolated. It may be that one movement flows easily and naturally into another within
the phrase and that there are no awkward transitions or that there is some clearly visible pattern to the
movement (such as the basic three-step phrase in the waltz).
Rhythm is a significant factor, and movements are often clearly linked by a recognizable pattern of
accents. A movement’s accent is measured by its force and duration; thus, a hard, sharp movement has a
strong accent, while a soft, gradual movement has a weak one. Even a single movement, such as a head
roll, may begin with a strong accent and end with a weak one. In phrases that have perfectly regular rhythm,
the strong and weak accents recur in the same sequence and always over the same duration of time.
The third phase of the choreographic process, creating the overall structure of the dance, may be
influenced by a variety of considerations, including the purpose of the dance. If the work is to be a narrative
piece, the plot will obviously determine the way in which the dance material is to be structured. It may have
to follow a strict succession of events, create characters in a particular order, and bring the drama to climax
at the proper moments. Similarly, if the dance forms part of a ritual, the material may have to strictly follow
sanctioned form and procedure.
RUBRICS
THE GROUP MET THE THE GROUP MET THE THE GROUP THE GROUP
STANDARDS WITH STANDARD PROGRESS TOWARDS UNSATISFACTORY
DISTINCTION THE STANDARD PROGRESS TOWARDS
THE STANDARD
(15 points) (12 points) (9 points)
(5 points)
Students skills in this Students skills in this Students skills in this Students had great
activity were excellent, activity were good, activity were fair, difficulty using the skills
performed the skills performed the skills performed the skills successfully during this
correctly all the time. correctly most of the time inconsistently or unit.
but have trouble with awkwardly and needs a
some of the body lot more practice.
positions.