GEC6:ART APPRECIATION

VISUAL ART
JOHN ACE COSIO HINGADA
INSTRUCTOR 1
TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES-MANILA
 VISUAL
ART
art forms that
create works that
are primarily visual
in nature
 Dance
-the movement of the body
in a rhythmic way for the
purpose of expressing an
idea or emotion, releasing
energy, or simply taking
delight in the movement
itself
 Dance
Dance as a powerful
impulse and dance as a
skillfully choreographed art
are the two most important
connecting ideas running
through any consideration
of the subject.
Aesthetics of Dance
One of the most basic
motives of dance is
the expression and
communication of
emotion.
Aesthetics of Dance
People also dance for
the pleasure of
experiencing the body
and the surrounding
environment in new
and special ways.
 Here are some of the most
popular dance categories and types

1. Ballroom Dances
2. African-American and Traditional Jazz
dances
3. Worldwide Dances / Latin dances
4. Professional performance dance
5. Hip-hop & Funk dance
6. Modern Dances
 BALLROOM
DANCES
These dances started appearing
first in Italy, during the early years of
Renaissance. Popularity of this kind
of entertainment quickly swept over
the Europe, United States
and the World.
 BALLROOM
DANCES
➢ Waltz ➢ Samba
➢ Viennese Waltz ➢ Mambo
➢ Tango ➢ Quickstep
➢ Cha-cha-cha ➢ Jive
➢ Rumba ➢ Bolero
 Waltz
• This graceful and slow two person dance
was first introduced in mid-19th century and
was greatly popularized by the music of the
famous composer Johann Strauss.
• Today this dance represents gold standard
and the most famous dance of the
ballrooms around the world.
 Viennese Waltz
• Original form of waltz, first performed at
the Italian courts is today remembered
as Viennese Waltz.
• It differs from the much more famous
"English Slow Waltz" by having much
faster 180 beats per minute and was
the first who introduced "closed hold"
between performers.
 Tango
• Originally created in the Argentinean
region of Rio de la Plata, this dance is
today known by many of its variations
(Argentine tango, Uruguayan tango,
Finish Tango and two types of Ballroom
tangos - standard and American) and
the fascinating sensual and energetic
style.
 Cha-Cha-Cha
• This incredibly rhythmic dance created
in Latin America managed to meld
together both the slow and very
energetic movements, making it an
instant hit among the dancers around
the world.
 Rumba
• Popularity of this Cuban dance came from
its focus on sensual hip movements of
dance partners.
• Since its creation in 1930s many types of
Rumba were created, most notably Cuban
Rumba (with the style of the African slaves
which created it), Catalan Rumba (with
Spanish flavor), Flamenco Rumba and
African Rumba.
 Samba
• Samba is a famous dance and musical
genre that originated form the coast of
Africa and land of Brazil.
• Today infectious rhythm of Samba is
regarded as the national dance of
Brazil, and its famous Brazilian Carnival
gathers millions Samba dance fans
every year.
 Mambo
• This Cuban dance that accompanies
the music of the same name was
introduced in 1930s, and quickly
managed to gain popularity with the
exploits of famous musicians and
dancers such as Perez Prado, Benny
Moré, Tongolele, Adalberto Martínez,
Rosa Carmina and Lilia Prado.
 Quickstep
• Light-hearted and fast movement,
powerful forms and syncopations,
represent the core style characteristics
of the Quickstep.
• The smooth and glamorous version of
quickstep that is danced today across
the world to 4/4 music beat of 48-52
measures per minute was standardized
in 1927.
 Jive
• Jive is one of the five most popular
Latin dances and is also known under
the names of swing, boogie or boogie-
woogie.
• Its official ballroom jive variation that is
commonly danced at a speed of 176
beats per minute was formalized in the
1990s.
 Bolero
• Bolero is an Argentine dance, but it also
has different international variations of
the same name coming from Cuba and
Spain.
• This 2/4 or 4/4 music with a tempo of
around 120 beats per minute that is well
known all around the world.
 BALLROOM
DANCES
➢ Waltz ➢ Samba
➢ Viennese Waltz ➢ Mambo
➢ Tango ➢ Quickstep
➢ Cha-cha-cha ➢ Jive
➢ Rumba ➢ Bolero
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
& TRADITIONAL JAZZ
DANCES
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
& TRADITIONAL JAZZ
DANCES
➢ Charleston
➢ Swing
➢ Tap Dance
➢ Moonwalk
➢ Boogie-woogie
 Charleston
• This extremely popular dance type was
popularized by famous tune called "The
Charleston" by composer and pianist
James P. Johnson.
• Charleston craze soon took over the
enthusiastic dancers of Prohibition era
of United States.
 Swing
• This dance is today synonym for the
jazz and swing music of the 1920s-
1930s.
• Because of the many styles of Jazz
music, Swing also comes in many
flavors - Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Boogie
Woogie, West Coast Swing and Rock
and Roll.
 Tap Dance
• This extremely popular form of dance
was first introduced during 1920s
Prohibition era in United States.
• Originally created by the African slaves,
tap dancing came into the mainstream
with the performances of Nicholas
brothers.
 Moonwalk
• This extremely famous dance move that
emuates the illusion of walking
backwards was first performed by pop
icon Michael Jackson in March of 1983,
and ever since then it gained planetary
fame.
 Boogie-woogie
• This quick and energetic style of dance
became widely popular during 1930s
and 1940s.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
& TRADITIONAL JAZZ
DANCES
➢ Charleston
➢ Swing
➢ Tap Dance
➢ Moonwalk
➢ Boogie-woogie
 WORLDWIDE /
LATIN DANCES
 WORLDWIDE /
LATIN DANCES
➢ Salsa ➢ Polka
➢ Flamenco ➢ Capoeira
➢ Argentine Tango ➢ Folk dance
➢ Lambada ➢ Belly dance
➢ Country/Western ➢ East Coast
dance Swing
 Salsa
• This Latin dance is today one of the
most popular dances in Latin America,
North America, Europe and Australia.
• It's very sensual form, energetic
movement and innovative choreography
that was influenced by Mambo,
Changuyi and Rumba made it very
popular all around the world.
 Flamenco
• This famous Spanish dance originated
from the region of Andalusia, and it
gained its name only in 18th century.
• Its magical, passionate and energetic
fusion of singing (cante), guitar playing
(toque), dance and handclaps (palmas)
made it famous in entire world and
became one of the accepted heritages
of entire humanity.
 Argentine tango
• Among many types of tango dance,
Argentinian dance strives to preserve
original form of tango that was first
created in the region of Rio de la Plata.
 Lambada
• This famous dance that originated from
Para, Brayil became internationally
popular during 1980s.
• It managed to successfully fuse
aspects of Forro, salsa, merengue,
maxixe and the carimbó into
unforgettable dance style.
 Country/Western
Dances
• The country dance style is a social
dance activity that is closely associated
with American country and its Western
traditions.
• It is made not from a single dance but
encompasses many forms and styles of
dance that can be performed to country-
western music.
 Polka
• Appearance of polka in mid-19th
century created one of the largest
"dance crazes" that our world ever
seen.
• It managed to influence countless other
dances, became national dance of
many European countries and is
extremely popular in entire Western
hemisphere.
 Capoeira
• Capoeira dance is a unique dance that
can be found in the combat moves of
the Afro-Brazilian martial art of the
same name that takes heavy inspiration
from music, dance, and acrobatics. .
• Today, Capoeira is famous as one of
the most celebrated cultural heritages of
Brazil and South America.
 Folk dance
• Folk dances represent musical, cultural
heritage, reflections of daily life or
ethnic history of people who live in a
certain region or country.
• Popular all around the world in
hundreds of unique variations and
styles (also known as traditional or
ethnic dances).
 Belly Dance
• Belly dance is one of the most famous
oriental folk dances in the world.
• It is an expressive form dance that
originated from Egypt, and it
emphasizes the complex movement of
the torso and entire body.
• Belly dance is regarded as very
sensual, emotional and captivating.
 East Coast Swing
• Swing dance has many variations, of
which one of the most popular is the
East Coast Swing.
• This social partner dance is known
today under names of Eastern Swing,
Jitterbug, American Swing, East Coast
Lindy.
 WORLDWIDE /
LATIN DANCES
➢ Salsa ➢ Polka
➢ Flamenco ➢ Capoeira
➢ Argentine Tango ➢ Folk dance
➢ Lambada ➢ Belly dance
➢ Country/Western ➢ East Coast
dance Swing
PROFESSIONAL
PERFORMANCE
DANCE
 PROFESSIONAL
PERFORMANCE
DANCE
Professional dancing was first
introduced in the early years of
Italian Renaissance when music,
dance, arts and poetry started to
rise in popularity after the millennia
of medieval stagnation.
PROFESSIONAL
PERFORMANCE
DANCE
➢ Ballet
➢ Contemporary Dance
➢ Concert Dance
➢ Modern Dance
➢ Tap Dance
 Ballet
• It was originally created in 15th century
Renaissance Italy, but it received
popularization in countries such as
France and Russia.
• Hailed as one of the most revered and
most complicated dance of all time,
ballet continued its rise to worldwide
domination.
 Contemporary
dance
• Contemporary dance is a highly
complicated type of modern
performance dance that originated in
the mid-20th century as an alternative
to classical dance styles (such as
ballet), modern styles (free dance)
and Jazz dance.
 Concert Dance
• also known as stage dance, concert
dance is any choreographed dance that
is performed for an audience, usually at
the theatre or an organized gathering
setting with the presence of set music.
 Modern Dance
• Modern dance is an influential
performance dance that originated as a
reaction against the classical ballet and
its movement style.
• Evolved into a popular free dance style
that includes elements of performance
art, release technique, improvisation
and contact improvisation.
 Tap Dance
• Instead of focusing on body
movements and dancing with a partner,
tap dance is characterized by the
creation of percussion-like musically-
focused rhythm performance using tap
shoes striking on the floor in
accordance with the dancing music.
PROFESSIONAL
PERFORMANCE
DANCE
➢ Ballet
➢ Contemporary Dance
➢ Concert Dance
➢ Modern Dance
➢ Tap Dance
 HIP-HOP &
FUNK DANCE
 HIP-HOP &
FUNK DANCE
Powered by the great popularity,
exposure in media, movies and
television programs, hip-hop dances
found a great foothold in United
States, France, United Kingdom
and South Korea.
 HIP-HOP &
FUNK DANCE
➢ Breakdance
➢ Bounce
➢ Electric boogaloo
➢ Street Jazz
➢ Jookin'
➢ Locking
➢ Popping
 Breakdance
• One of the most athletic dances in the
world, Breakdance, have originally
found its popularity in the 1970s as the
street dance in the New York’s Bronx.
• Usually danced solo, this dance
requires talented dancers to perform the
series of either choreographed or
freeform dance and athletic
movements.
 Bounce
• Born in the 1980s as a mix of New
Orleans hip-hop music and the
traditions of the Mardi Gras Indian
chants, Bounce dance can today be
danced both in its common and
hypersexual form.
 Electric boogaloo
• Danced both by individuals and groups
in both free form and choreographed
manner, Electric Boogaloo is filled with
the wide variety of moves that focused
on the movement of legs, hips, knees
and frequent use of exaggerated
robotic-like moves.
 Street Jazz
• Highly improvisational and freeform,
Jazz dance quickly morphed into a
performance dance that emulated
elements of ballet.
• Today, Jazz dance is enjoyed in many
forms which are collectively called
“modern jazz dance”.
 Jookin'
• the so-called “gangsta waling” style of
dance is a street dance that originated
quite recently in the 1990s on the
streets of Memphis, Tennessee.
• The dance is characterized by the
movement set that tries to emulate the
“bounce” in the core beat of the crunk
music that often accompanies this
dance style.
 Locking
• The core gimmick of this style of hip-
hop dance is to suddenly stop and hold
the position (or get locked) in the middle
of dance routines for a short while, and
then suddenly resume the dance.
• It requires full body motion, but most of
the dance is focused on top half of the
body.
 Popping
• The technique that dancers need to
master to properly dance Popping is
controlled and quick contrasting and
relaxing of muscles that will create the
feeling of a jerk throughout the body.
• This jerk is referred as “pop” or “hit” and
can be used to augment dance
routines, movements and possess.
 HIP-HOP &
FUNK DANCE
➢ Breakdance
➢ Bounce
➢ Electric boogaloo
➢ Street Jazz
➢ Jookin'
➢ Locking
➢ Popping
MODERN
DANCES
 MODERN DANCES
Advancements in music technology
brought the birth of many new types
of dances. Introduction of electronic
and rock music brought the era of
House, Punk, Rave
and Disco dance.
MODERN DANCES

➢ House
➢ Punk
➢ Disco
➢ Bollywood
➢ Rave
 House Dance
• Built on top of subtler rhythms, riffs of
the music and influences of jazz, Latin,
soul, funk, R&B, and many other music
styles, this social dance quickly found
its way into homes and clubs across the
entire world.
 Punk Dance
• This dance styles were characterized
by the strong and full body contact of
live band audience, with frequent
bumping and jostling both alone and in
groups.
 Disco Dance
• The popular disco music genre of the
1970s would not found such popularity
if it was not so easy to dance with.
• Fans of this music often wore
extravagant and sexy clothing while
dancing free form or structured versions
of various disco dances, such as Bump,
Hustle, Robot, Boogaloo, Watergate,
and others.
 Bollywood dance
• Created as the mix of traditional Indian
music, Hindi dance traditions of the
Indian sub-continent, and Middle-
Eastern techniques, Bollywood dance is
characterized by elaborate
choreographies, energetic movements,
and dances that involve a large number
of participants.
 Rave Dance
• Fueled by the unending focus on
pulsating beats, loud volume and
psychedelic music effects, dancers of
rave music are free to create their
freestyle of movements, with no rules
about dance routines or synchronized
moves, usually in dark and crowded
venues of dance clubs, nightclubs, and
festivals.
MODERN DANCES

➢ House Dance
➢ Punk Dance
➢ Disco Dance
➢ Bollywood Dance
➢ Rave Dance
 Popular dance categories and types
❖ Ballroom Dances - Waltz, Viennese Waltz, Tango, Cha-cha-cha
Rumba, Samba, Mambo, Quickstep, Jive, Bolero
❖ African-American and Traditional Jazz dances - Charleston
Swing, Tap Dance, Moonwalk, Boogie-woogie
❖ Worldwide Dances / Latin dances - Salsa, Flamenco, Argentine
Tango, Lambada, Country/Western dance, Polka, Capoeira, Folk
dance, Belly dance, East Coast Swing
❖ Professional performance dance - Ballet, Contemporary, Concert
Modern, Tap Dance
❖ Hip-hop & Funk dance - Breakdance, Bounce, Electric boogaloo
Streetdance, Locking & Popping
❖ Modern Dances - House, Punk, Rave, Disco, Bollywood Dance