Rhythmic

Activities
What is Folk Dance?

It is handed from
generation to
generation
What is Folk Dance?

It has more or less a

fixed movement in
their pattern, but
may differ in various
area or provinces
What is Folk Dance?

the oldest form of

dance and the
earliest form of
communication
What is Folk Dance?
For centuries,
dancing and
singing have been
the principal past
time of the
people.
What is Folk Dance?

Early Filipinos
considered
dancing as
religious activity.
 1. Thanksgiving for
fruitful harvest.
They performed
dances in: 2.Victorious battle
3.Prosperous voyage or
recover form fitness.
Folk dancing has been increasing in
popularity.
Folk dances have already been
documented and performed not
only in school but also in various
dance groups, both for amateurs
and professionals.
Francisca Reyes-Aquino

National Artist for Dance (1973)

(March 9, 1899 –November21,
1983)
 Francisca Reyes Aquino is acknowledged as the Folk
Dance Pioneer.
This Bulakeña began her research on folk dances in the
1920s making trips to remote barrios in Central and
Northern Luzon.
Her research on the unrecorded forms of local
celebration, ritual, and sport resulted into a 1926 thesis
titled “Philippine Folk Dances and Games,” and arranged
specifically for use by teachers and playground
instructors in public and private schools.
 In the 1940s, she served as supervisor of physical
education at the Bureau of Education that distributed
her work and adapted the teaching of folk dancing as a
medium of making young Filipinos aware of their
cultural heritage.
In 1954, she received the Republic Award of Merit
given by the late Pres. Ramon Magsaysay for
“outstanding contribution toward the advancement of
Filipino culture”, one among the many awards and
recognition given to her
Francisca Reyes-Aquino
She authored six (6) volumes of
books about different
Philippine Folk dances and
other unpublished books.
Francisca Reyes-Aquino
Philippine National Dances (1946)
Gymnastics for Girls (1947)
Fundamental Dance Steps and
Music (1948)
Foreign Folk Dances (1949)
Dances for all Occasion (1950)
Playground Demonstration (1951)
Philippine Folk Dances, Volumes
I to VI.
5Major Classification
of Folk Dance
Spanish
M usli
Influenced
m
Dances
Cordillera Dances
Dances
Tribal Rural
Dances Dances
Major Classification of Folk Dance

Cordillera Dances
Major Classification of Folk Dance

Spanish Influenced
Dance
Major Classification of Folk Dance

Muslim Dance
Major Classification of Folk Dance

Tribal Dance
Major Classification of Folk Dance

Rural Dance