• PATH-FIT 3 (DANCES)

• WHAT ARE THE GENRES OF DANCES?

*SOCIAL DANCE *FOLK DANCE* CHEER
DANCE *CONTEMPORARY DANCE
• FOLK DANCE (OBJECTIVES)
• DEFINE TERMS USED IN FOLK DANCE
• IDENTIFY THE PHASES OF DANCE
PROGRAM,AND THE COMMON
FORMATIONS USED IN FOLK DANCE;
• DISCUSS THE CONCEPTS OF FOLK DANCE
• DEMONSTRATE THE FUNDAMENTAL
POSITIONS OF HANDS AND FEET USED IN
FOLK DANCE.
• DETERMINE THE NOTE PATTERN, STEP
PATTERN AND COUNTING OF THE
DIFFERENT DANCE STEPS IN FOLK DANCE.
• EXECUTE THE DIFFERENT DANCE STEPS
USED IN FOLK DANCE; AND
• CREATE AND PERFORM COMBINATIONS
FROM THE DIFFERENT DANCE STEPS.
• DEFINITION OF TERMS
 RHYTHM- This is measured motion of flow,
characterized by basically regular recurrence
of elements or features as beats, sounds, or
accents. This definition implies measurement
of time, space, and energy. All works of arts
require rhythm.
• RHYTHM is a term which denotes an aspect
of a quality of a movement that is sometimes
thought of as dance.

• RHYTHM- This is a means of expressing

one’s emotions through movement disciplined
by rhythm. It is an art of moving rhythmically
and expressively to an accompaniment.
• DANCE- This refers to movement set to
music where there emrges organization.
Structure, and pattern. It is a composition that
implies arrangement of parts into a form.

• Phases of the Dance Program

• Creative Rhythms- are for children in the
elementary grades. These activities are
 sometimes called fundamental rhythms
or natural dances. A creative rhythm is
an end-product of exploration and
improvisation of movements as children
learn to love the parts of their body and
to use them as instruments of
expression.

• Folk Dance
• It is a cultural art or form handed from
generation to generation. It
communicates the customs, beliefs,
rituals, and occupations of the people of
a region or country. Folk dancing belongs
to the people. It emanates from then.
Ethnic tribes have their specific tribal art
forms priginated and danced by the
people of the tribe.

• Examples of Folk Dances

• RURAL
• COUNTRY DANCES
• JOTAS
• MAZURKAS
• PANDANGGOS
• And among others with foreign influence.

• Examples of Ethnic Dances

• Are the dances of the mountain people of
the cordilleras, dances of the ethnic
groups in the Cagayan Valley Regio, and
the ethnic dances in the Mindanao
Regions, among others.
• SOCIAL DANCE
• THE SETTING OF THE SOCIAL AND
BALLROOM DANCE IS A SOCIAL GATHERING
WITH THE MORE FORMAL ATMOSPHERE
THAN THE SIMPLE AND INFORMAL PARTIES
IN WHICH THE RECREATIONAL DANCES
ARE THE USUAL FORMS. SOCIAL AND
BALLROOM DANCING ARE GENERALLY
HELD IN THE EVENINGS. THE PARTCIPANTS
ARE USUALLY IN FORMAL ATTIRE.
• EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL DANCE
• CHA-CHA
• FOX TROT
• JITTERBUG
• TANGO
• SAMBA
• RUMBA
• QUICK STEP
• VIENNESE WALTZ
• JIVE
• PASO DOBLE

• RECREATIONAL DANCE
• IT INCLUDES DANCE MIXERS, SQUARE
DANCE, ROUND AND COUPLE DANCES.
MANY OF THESE DANCES HAVE SIMPLE
PATTERNS AND COMBINATION OF WALKING
STEPS. TWO-STEP, POLKA STEP AND THE
WALTZ STEP.
• THE SETTING OF RECREATIONAL DANCES
IS USUALLY INFORMAL GATHERINGS AND
PARTNERS, REUNIONS, AND THE LIKE.

• CREATIVE DANCE
• IT IS THE HIGHEST FROM OF DANCE. IT IS
THE END-PRODUCT OF EXPLORATION AND
 IMPROVISATION OF MOVEMENTS AS THE
DANCER OR THE CHOREOGRAPHER
ESPRESSES HIS FEELINGS OR EMOTIONS,
IDEAS, AND INTERPRETATIONS. THIS IS A
DANCE WITH A DEFINITE FORM, A
BEGINNING , AND AN ENDING. THE
PRINCIPLES OF ART FORM ARE ALL
OBSERVED IN THE COMPOSITION OF THE
DANCE. EXAMPLES OF CREATIVE DANCE
ARE BALLET, JAZZ, AND MODERN OR
CONTEMPORARY DANCE.
• FORMATIONS COMMONLY USED IN
RHYTHMIC ACTIVITIES
• ADD PICTURES
• FOLK DANCE
(DEFINITION)
• FOLK DANCES ARE TRADITIONAL DANCES
OF A COUNTRY WHICH EVOLVED
NATURALLY AND SPONTANEOUSLY IN
CONNECTION WITH EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES
AND EXPERIENCES OF THE PEOPLE WHO
DEVELOPED THEM.
• FOLK DANCING IS THE HEARTBEAT OF THE
PEOPLE.
• FOLK DANCES ARE TRADITIONAL SOCIAL
EXPRESSIONS OF THE IDEALS, MORES,
FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS OF A PEOPLE
OR GROUP OF PEOPLE THROUGH BODY
MOVEMENT.
• DANCING IS THE OUTBURST OF PEOPLES’S
FEELINGS.

• VALUES OF DANCING
• PHYSIOLOGICAL AND NEURO-MUSCULAR
DEVELOPMENTOF THE ORGANIC SYSTEMS
OF THE BODY
• CULTURAL-DEPICTS OF THE CULTUREOF
PEOPLE.
• SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL.
• TYPES OF FOLK DANCE
• NATIONAL- TRADITIONAL DANCES OF A
GIVEN COUNTRY
• REGIONAL- LOCAL

• DO’S AND DON’TS

• DANCE IN NATURAL, SIMPLE, AND DIRECT
MANNER.
• DANCE WITH EASE AND SMOOTHNESS
• USE THE PROPER COSTUME FOR THE
DANCE.
• FOLLOW DIRECTIONS AND DANCE
INSTRUCTION AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE.
• DANCE WITH FEELING AND ESPRESSION.
• DO NOT EXAGGERATE THE DANCE STEPS
• DO NOT MAKE THE DANCES TOO DAINTY
AND GRACEFUL LIKE BALLET
• DON’T MAKEW ENTRANCE AND EXIT TOO
LONG
• DON’T MAKE STEPS TOO ELABORATE AND
COMPLICATED
• DON’T CALL A DANCE A FOLK DANCE
UNLESS STEPS COME FROM TRADITIONAL
DANCES.
• Characteristics of Philippine Folk Dance
• In general, dancers stand apart.
• There is little, if any, bodily contact.
• Most of the dances are done by pairs or
couples.
• Hand movements play an important part.
• Most dances are in long formation.
• Most dances begin and end with
“saludo”.
• Dances from the lowlands have more
foreign elements than those found in the
uplands.
• War dances are found among non-
Christian tribes.
• Classification of Philippine Folk Dance
• FUNDAMENTAL DANCE POSITIONS IN FOLK
DANCE
• THERE ARE FIVE FUNDAMENTAL OR BASIC
POSITIONS IN DANCE THAT ARE
COMMONLY TERMED AS 1ST POSITION ,2ND
POSITION, 3RD POSITION 4TH POSITION,
AND 5TH POSITION OF THE FEET AND
ARMS.
• 1ST POSITION
• FEET- HEELS CLOSE
TOGETHER TOES APART
 WITH AN ANGLE OF
ABOUT 45 DEGREES.
• ARMS: BOTH RAISED
FORWARD IN A CIRCLE IN
FRONT OF CHEST WITH
THE FINGERTIPS ABOUT
AN INCH APART.
• 2ND POSITION
• FEET- ASTRIDE SIDEWARD
ABOUT A PACE OR 1
FOOT DISTANCE
• ARMS- BOTH RAISED
SIDEWARD WITH A
 GRACEFUL CURVE AT
SHOULDER LEVEL.
• 3RD POSITION
• FEET- HEELS OF ONE FOOT CLOSE
TO IN-STEP OF OTHER FOOT.
• ARMS- ONE ARM RAISED SDEWARD
AS IN 2ND POSITION.
• 4TH POSITION:
• FEET- HEELS OF ONE FOOT CLOSE TO IN-
STEP OF OTHER FOOT.
• ARMS- One arm raised sideward as in 2nd
position. Other arm raised upward.
• 5th position
• Feet- heel of front foot close to big toe
of rear foot.
• Arms- both arms raised over head.
• The Basic Natural Movement
• The basic natural movements are
classified into two: locomotor and non-
locomotor or axial movements.
 Locomotor movements are those that
move the body in space in any direction
with the feet as the moving base. Non-
locomotor movements are those in which
various parts of the body move in space
with a fixed base. The base may be
standing, kneeling, sitting or lying.
• Locomotor Movements
• Walking
• Running
• Hopping
• Jumping
• Skipping
• Leaping
• Galloping
• sliding
• Non-locomotor Movements
• Flexion
• Extension
• Percussive
• Vibratory