ACTIVE RECREATION

What is Street Dancing?

 refers to dance styles that have evolved outside the dance studios. It
is performed in streets, dance parties, parks, school yards or in any
available space. It is often improvisational in nature, encouraging
interaction and contact with spectators and other dancers.
What is Hip Hop Dancing?
 refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or
that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture
 music incorporates a number of iconic elements most notably DJing
and rapping, beat boxing, sampling and juggling beats
What are the Street and Hip-hop Dance Styles?
 B Boying
- or breaking, also called as break dancing, is a style of street dance
and the first hip-hop dance style that originated among Black and
Puerto Rican youths in New York City during the early 1970's.
- the basic four movements are: toprock, downrock, freezes and
power
 Popping
- was popularized by Samuel Boogaloo Sam Solomon and his crew
the Electric Boogaloos -it is based on the technique of quickly
contracting and relaxing the muscles to cause a jerk on the
dancers body
- popping contracts muscles, but it is followed by relaxation that
gives it the jerking appearance
 Locking
- or campbellrocking, was created by Don Campbellrock Campbell
in 1969 in LA, Cal. -popularized by his crew The Lockers
- it is usually performed by stopping the fast movement that you
are doing, locking your body to a position, holding it, and then
continuing at the same speed as before
- dancers hold their positions longer
- the lock is the primary move used in locking
- it is similar to a freeze or a sudden pause
  Krumping
- is a form of dancing that originated in the African-American
community of South Central LA, Cal.
- a relatively a new form of "urban" black dance movement
- it is a free, expressive and highly energetic dance
- it is a dance style to release anger
 Tutting
- it is a creative way of creative geometrical shapes forming right
angle using your body parts
- originally practiced by young funk dancers -adopted the positions
seen in the portraits of the Ancient Egyptians
- it is a greatly respected move and King Tut aka Mark Benson
pioneered the style
 Shuffling
- the Melbourne shuffle, also known as Rocking or simply the
shuffle
- a rave dance and club dance that originated in the late 1980's in
the underground rave music scene in Melbourne, Australia
- the basic movements of the dance are a fast- heeled-and-toe
action
- it incorporates arm movements
- people who dance refers to as rockers
 Waacking
- is an African-American form of street dance originating from the
1970's disco era of the underground club scenes n LA and NYC
- consists of stylized posing and fast synchronized arm movements
to the beat of the music
- it is a popular element of hip-hop dancing today

What is a Filipino Pyramid Guide?

 it includes activities that are easy, convenient and accessible to
everyone
 these activities, part of our daily routines, when performed habitually
or daily for a minimum of 30 minutes, even 10 minutes at a time will
provide metabolic efficiency by increasing total energy expenditure
 it is intended to be a guide that should help everyone select activity
that best fits his lifestyle and health needs
  to maintain health, one would need to burn 700- 1000 kcal (kilo-
calories) per week
 to lose weight, one has to burn 2000-3000 kcal per week

CHEERDANCE
 Is coined from the words, CHEER and DANCE.
 To cheer is to shout out words or phrases that may help motivate and
boost the morale of a playing team and perform better during a game.
 Dance, on the other hand, is a physical activity where one expresses
emotions or gestures while performing bodily movements usually in
time with rhythm.
 Cheerdancing rooted from cheerleading - performance of a routine,
usually dominated by gymnastic skills such as jumps, tumbling skills,
lifts and tosses combined with shouting of cheers and yells to lead the
crowd to cheer for a certain team during a game or sport.
 Today, cheerdancing is identified as one of the most spectacular
events in one of the biggest collegiate sports events in the country,
the UAAP (University Athletic Association of the Philippines).
History
 Ivy league college sporting events.
 Cheerleading/Cheerdance originated in USA. In the 1980s at
Princeton University, Thomas Peebles together with other students
supported a local American Football team w/ cheers.
 On 2 November 1898, standing in front of a crowd of sport fans,
Johnny Campbell, a medical student, started conducting the cheer on
the spur of the moment. He was so effective that the team won and he
made history as the first cheerleader.
 It might hard to believe that the first cheerleading was mainly
performed by men. It was not until World War II that women
dominated this activity. 1923, at University of Minnesota, Women
participated.
 Since then, nearly 90% of competitions have been girls.
 In the year 1951 after the war, National Cheerleaders. Association
was established and the founder is Laurence "Herkie" Hurkimer.
 1965, Fred Gastoff invented the Vinyl pom-pom.
  The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders soon gained the spotlight with
their revealing outfits and sophisticated dance moves, debuting in the
1972-1973.
 In 1970 they established cheerleaders as "American Leon of
Wholesome sex appeal."
 In 1980s is the beginning of modern cheerleading.
 The Baltimore Colts cheerleading group, formed in 1960, was the
first professional team.
 From the 1970s on, the popularity of cheerleading continued to rise,
and the female dancers acted as supporters not only for American
football or basketball teams, but also swimming and track-and- field
competitors.
 In the 1980s and the 1990s, cheerleading started gaining popularity in
various other countries, such as Japan, Chile, The United Kingdom,
Germany and in Scandinavia. This discipline started to flourish in the
USA as well, as evidenced by the massive number of competitions
held nearly every weekend in many American towns and cities.

ARMS/HAND MOVEMENTS
 Beginning stance and cheer stance
 "T" and half "T" positions.
 Clasp, clap, overhead clasp, low clasp
 Touchdown, low touchdown
 High "V" and low "V"
 Tabletop and punch, etc.
 "L" and diagonal positions
LEGS/FEET POSITIONS
 Feet Together
 Feet Apart
 Dig (front and side)
 Hitch, Liberty, and Scale
 Lunge (front and side)
 Knees and Hips position
ESSENTIALS OF CHEERDANCING
ILLUSTRATION OF TUMBLING SKILLS

CHEERDANCE BASICS (GYMNASTIC SIDE)

JUMPS
 Tuck
 Star/spread eagle
 Pike
 Split
 Hurdle Jump/Hurkie
 Toe Touch Jump
Pyramids
 Composition: Flyer Base Spotter
 Levels: One-and-a-half high
 Two-high
 Two-and-a-half high
STEPS IN EXECUTING A PYRAMID
 Setting up (Preparing to lift)
 Load (Actual lift)
 Hit (Striking for a final pause)
 Dismount (To move down by the flyer)

CHEERDANCE BASICS (DANCE SIDE)

CHEERDANCE BASICS (CHEER SIDE)
 Cheering is the very essence of cheerdance performances. To cheer is
to make someone or a team motivated and encouraged. It boosts,
salutes or acclaims. the morale of individuals and teams. In
cheerdance, cheering needs to be strong, loud, and metered so that it
will be delivered in time with rhythm or the music played.
ALL ABOUT BALLET DANCE
BALLET
 Ballet originated in the Italian Renaissance courts and was brought to
France by Catherine de Medici in the 16th Century
 In 17th Century, ballet popularity in France increased and started to be
performed by professional dancers with great acrobatic skills
 Academie de Dance was the first ballet school, established in 1661 by
King Louis 15
 Ballet is the inspiring passion, that drives our way to success
STYLES OF BALLET
a) Romantic Ballet
- is defined by an era during the early to mid-19 th century in which
ballets featured themes that emphasized intense emotion as a
source of aesthetic experience
b) Classical Ballet
- is based on traditional ballet technique and vocabulary
c) Neoclassical Ballet
- is a style that utilizes classical ballet technique and vocabulary,
but deviates from classical ballet in its use of the abstract
d) Contemporary Ballet
- is a form of dance that opens up the doors for any styles to
influence a work made utilizing ballet technique.
 Ballet Technique represents the Foundation Principles for Body
Movement for every dancer, because it gives you…

THE GREATEST BALLERINAS FOR ALL THE TIME

a. Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
- One of the most celebrates and influential ballerinas ever, the
Russian made up for her apparent limited technique with unique
charm
- She’s renowned for her creation of the role “The Dying Swan”,
choreographed for her by Michel Fokine
b. Galina Ulanova (1910-1998)
- One of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th Century, credited both as
a wonderful actress and dancer
c. Alicia Markova (1910-2004)
- Hailed as the ultimate interpreter of Giselle, she was a catalytic
modernizing force for both British and American Dance
d. Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991)
- A dancer of incomparable musicality, line, and grace
- She helped make ballet more accessible and popular in Britain
than it had ever been
e. Nadia Nerina (1927-2008)
- A brilliant leading ballerina with the Royal Ballet, whose bravura
brought her admiration in Russia.
- She gained immortality by having Frederick Ashton’s
masterpiece La Fille mal gardee created on her
Ballet is when your SOUL is moving guided by the VOICE YOU LOVE
CONTEMPORARY DANCE: OTHER DANCE FORMS
WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY?
 means “of the times” or “up to date”.
 contemporary dance means that the dance that responds to the needs
of the society and therefore constantly changes and develops as the
time changes.
 Contemporary dances do not use fixed moves and instead try to
develop totally new forms and dynamics and in general trying to find
the absolute limits of our human form and physique.
History
 It can be claimed that the 20th century gave birth to contemporary
dance.
Did you know that
 Contemporary dance is a rebellion against Ballet.

ISADORA DUNCAN (1877-1927)

 She was the first to rebel against Ballet and use free flowing
movement and barefoot technique
 she is often referred to as the “Mother of Modern Dance”
  her style is focused on the chest and consisted of walks, skips, jumps
and runs.
Characteristics:
 it has no set curriculum
 no regular set of exercise
 no particular music
 no particular body type
 no fancy music or scenery
CONTEMPORARY DANCE BASICS
 WARM-UPS
 STRETCHING AND FLEXIBILITY
 FLOOR WORK
 COMBINATION
 CENTERING
 ALIGNMENT
 GRAVITY
 BREATH
 CONTRACTION AND RELEASE (MARTHA GRAHAM)
 FALL AND RECOVERY
 BALANCE AND OFF BALANCE
 TENSION and RELAXATION
 OPPOSITION
 SUCCESIONSPIRAL
 SPIRAL

BASIC STEPS
a) CHASE
- to chase/slide
- a movement where one leg chase the other
b) GRAPEVINE
- lateral curves
- the sideward bending of the body
- step-side, step back, step side
c) PLIE
- action of bending and releasing
d) RELEVE
 - to rise
- to push against the floor that allows the body weight to move
forward and rise to the metatarsal part of the feet
e) PASSE
- to pass
- a balance , turning or jumping position on one leg with the
working leg bent and the toe pointed to touch the standing leg
knee.
f) ROTATION
- movement around central axis
g) SLIDE
- an under curve movement that combines a slide.
h) STEP-HOP/SKIP
- a combination of a step and hop

i) SWINGING
- pendulum movement where the body releases with gravity, then a
curve follow through creating a suspension
j) TRIPLET
- three steps usually done in down
k) EXTENSION
- to straightened a joint to extend and elongate
l) FLEXION
- flexion of a joint is to bend it or decrease the angle between the
bone s of the joints.

NOTABLE PEOPLE IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE

1) ISADORA DUNCAN (1877-1927)
 mother of modern dance
 believed art was about personal expression
 typical attire was a simple tunic and barefoot seen as
vulgar almost like nudity.
2) MARTHA GRAHAM (1894-1991)
 generally accepted as the greatest single figure in American
modern dance.
 created a “graham technique”, this style focuses on the
pelvis/abs.
 developed contraction and release
 3) MERCE CUNNIGHAM (1919-2009)
 known for decentrelizing his dancers- moving them all over
the stage in a random scattered way.
 most influential of Graham's student.
 seperated dance from theatre meaning dance alone could
project their own expression

FESTIVAL DANCE
 are cultural dances performed to the strong beats of percussion
instruments by a community of people sharing the same culture
usually done in honor of a patron saint or in thanksgiving of a
bountiful harvest.
 Festival in the Philippines are generally some of the most-awaited
events of the year.

TWO TYPES OF FESTIVAL DANCE

1. RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS
- are done in honor of a certain religious icon or saint of a
particular place.
 SINULOG FESTIVAL
- Place of Origin: CEBU CITY
- Religious Figure Honored: STO. NINO
- Month of Celebration: JANUARY
 DINAGYANG FESTIVAL
- Place of Origin: ILO-ILO CITY
- Religious Figure Honored: STO. NINO
- Month of Celebration: JANUARY
 ATI-ATIHAN FESTIVAL
- Place of Origin: KALIBO, AKLAN
 - Religious Figure Honored: STO. NINO
- Month of Celebration: JANUARY
 PENAFRANCIA FESTIVAL
- Place of Origin: BICOL
- Religious Figure Honored: VIRGIN MARY
- Month of Celebration: SEPTEMBER
 HIGANTES FESTIVAL
- Place of Origin: ANGONO, RIZAL
- Religious Figure Honored: SAINT CLEMENT
- Month of Celebration: NOVEMBER
 LONGGANISA FESTIVAL
- Place of Origin:VIGAN CITY
- Religious Figure Honored: SAINT PAUL
- Month of Celebration: JANUARY
 KINABAYO FESTIVAL
- Place of Origin: DAPITAN CITY
- Religious Figure Honored: JAMES THE GREAT
- Month of Celebration: JULY
 PATARADDAY FESTIVAL
- Place of Origin: SANTIAGO CITY
- Religious Figure Honored: SENOR SAN TIAGO
- Month of Celebration: MAY

2. SECULAR FESTIVALS
- celebrated in thanks giving or celebration of people’s industry
and bountiful harvest.
 BANGUS FESTIVAL
- Place of Origin: DAGUPAN, PANGASINA
- Industry: MILKFISH INDUSTRY
- Month of Celebration: APRIL to MAY
 MASSKARA FESTIVAL
- Place of Origin: BACOLOD CITY
- Industry: MASK INDUSTRY
- Month of Celebration: OCTOBER
 T’NALAK FESTIVAL
- Place of Origin: KORONADAL, COTABATO
- Industry: COLORFUL ABACA
- Month of Celebration: JANUARY
  BINATBATAN FESTIVAL
- Place of Origin: VIGAN CITY
- Industry: WEAVING INDUSTRY
- Month of Celebration: MAY
 MANGO FESTIVAL
- Place of Origin: IBA, ZAMBALES
- Industry: MANGO INDUSTRY
- Month of Celebration: APRIL

BASIC FOLK DANCE STEPS

DANCE FLOOR ETIQUTTE
 “It has developed over time to allow freedom of movement and
expression while comfortably sharing a relatively limited dance floor
area”.
“Rules of the Road”
 Remember always to dance in line of dance when on the dance floor.
 If you are dancing slowly or covering less room in your steps than
others, dance to the center and allow those moving faster to use the
outside of the floor.
 If you wish to stop and talk, leave the dance floor.
 Respect the rights of others to move freely onto and off the dance
floor.
 Gentlemen, when you ask a lady to dance and escort her onto the
floor, return her to her seat when the dance is over.
 If you must decline and invitation to dance, do so politely.
 If you do accept and your partner is disappointing, most dances last
only a few minutes, so smile and be polite.
 Most people attend dances to have fun.
 Dance to the level of your partner.
 Dances are not the place for instruction.
  We are all beginners at some time.
 Dancing requires partners to be close.
 Consideration of your partner and those around you will make you a
popular dance partner no matter what your skill level.

“Pleasant Words to Say on the Dance Floor”

 May I have this dance?
 Yes, thank you, I’d love to dance
 You dance divinely!
 Always say THANK YOU!

“When to say NO”

 If you have danced with the same person before and he/she has been
physically and verbally abusive.
 If the person is obviously drunk or threatening.
 Someone is truly offensive
SOCIAL DANCE
The Waltz of the 17th Century
 It began in Vienna, where, by focusing on the graceful movements of
the couple instead of large group patterns, the Waltz set people free
from the restricted movements and set poses of the earlier courtly
dances.
Social Dances of the Late 18th Century
 The beginning of a blend between the rigid group dances and the
intense coupled dances like the Waltz called “Contra dances,”
“Cotillions” or just “Square dances”.
Dance Forms of the 19th Century
 Scottish Reel and the Quadrille - fashionable late 18th- and 19th-
century dance for four couples in square formation
 Polka- lively courtship dance of Bohemian folk origin. It is
characterized by three quick steps and a hop and is danced to music
in 2/4 time.
  Pavane- majestic processional dance of the 16th- and 17th-century
European aristocracy. Until about 1650 the pavane opened
ceremonial balls and was used as a display of elegant dress.
 Mazurka- Polish mazurek, Polish folk dance for a circle of couples,
characterized by stamping feet and clicking heels and traditionally
danced to the music of a village band. The music is in 3/4 or 3/8 time
with a forceful accent on the second beat.
Social Dances of the 20th Century
 It was “scandalous” according to many, with its dances using strong
rhythms and strutting style.
 The dances reflected the freedom felt by the people, freed from dress
constraints of the earlier years, and the growing role of women in the
work force.
Social Dancing into the Present Day
 Thanks to the advances in media, social dancing has remained one of
the most popular pastimes of people all over the world.
 New forms such as hip hop dancing an contact improvisational jams
are becoming the new social dances.

Latin American Social Dances

Standard Dances