1/27/24, 5:36 PM 223 - PE2: Lesson Proper for Week 2

Lesson Proper for Week 2

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Module 2: Folk dance

A form of dance developed by a group of people that reflects the traditional life of a certain country or region. Folk dancing represents the dance forms of
the common people as opposed to those from the upper classes.
Folk dances may emerge spontaneously among groups of people or derive from previous styles. The style can be free-form or rigidly structures. Once
established, folk dance steps are passed down through generations and rarely change. Usually associated with social activities, some dances are also
performed competitively, and in some regions, folk dancing is even involved in cultural education. Folk Dance - History and Types of Folk Dance

The Basic Natural Movements:

Locomotor Movements - These are movements where the body travels through space from one location to another. Locomotor movements primarily use
the feet for support however, the body can travel on other parts such as the hands and feet.

Even Rhythm
Walk - The walk is a transfer of weight from one foot to the other. Usually the heel touches first.
Run - The run is a transfer of weight from one foot to the other however, the body is propelled into the air and suspended between run steps.
Jump - The jump required the body to push off from one or both feet. Most common is a two foot take off and two foot landing. A jump can take off on one
foot and land on two or take off from two feet and land on one foot.
Hop - The hop requires a push-off from one foot and landing on the same foot.
Leap - A leap is performed by pushing off from one foot and landing on the other foot. The body is suspended in the and between the push off and the
landing. Can be combined with a run or walk.

Uneven Rhythm
Skip - A combination of a step and a hop on the same foot followed by a step and hop on the other foot.
The rhythm is uneven long -short. Long (the step) and short (the hop).
Gallop - A forward movement where one foot leads the gallop while the other foot follows. The lead footsteps with a bent knee and pushes off into the air
and landing on the trailing foot. The rhythm is uneven, long -short. Long (the step) and short (the landing).
Slide - Is similar to a gallop performed with the right or left foot leading. The rhythm is uneven, long short. Long (the step) and short (the landing).

Non Locomotor - These are movements that occur in the body parts or the whole body and do not cause the body to travel to another space. However,
non-locomotor movements can be combined with locomotor movements such as a walk and arm swing.
Swing - a pendula motion of a body part that can move forward and backward or side to side. Twist - a partial rotation of body parts around an axis
Turn - a full rotation of the body around a vertical or horizontal axis. Full, half or quarter turns Shake - a short quick vibrating movement in a body part or
the whole body.
Bend - a flex of a body part at a joint
Stretch - extending a body part or the whole body
Wiggle - a small or big, fast or slow curvy movement of a body part or the whole body.
Rock or sway - shift of the body weight forward, backward, side to side or in a circular pathway.

PHASES OF THE DANCE PROGRAM

1. Creative Rhythms
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 move the parts of their body and to use them as instruments of expression.

2. Folk/ Ethnic dance

Is a cultural art form handed down from generation to generations? 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 them. Ethnic tribes have their specific tribal art forms originated and danced by the
people of the tribe.
Examples of folk dances are the rural and country dances, jotas, mazurkas, and pandanggos, among others with foreign influence.
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

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 participants are usually in formal attire.

4. Recreational Dance
Includes dance mixers, square dance round and couple dances. Many of these dances have simple patterns and combinations of walking steps, polka
step and the waltz step. The setting is usually informal gatherings and parties, reunions etc.

5. Creative Dance
Is the highest form of dance? It is the end-product of exploration of movements as the dancer or the choreographer expresses 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.

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