DANCE

PATHFIT 3
 Rhythmic Activities

 To reinforce and help improve basic skills of the students to

ensure quality learning outcomes in movement education.

 These activities are designed to promote the development of skill

and health-related components of fitness.

 This program also provides a venue for students to integrate

creativity to their performances, develop wholesome relationship
with others and cultivate positive traits and values.
 Brief History
Rhythmic activities trace back to the
Olympics, with sports such as gymnastics that
combined movement with the use of rhythm or
so called nowadays, rhythmic gymnastics. This
created a form of physical expression with
strength and ability.
What is Dance?
 DANCE
Dances can be performed Dancers can communicate
during celebrations, or for ideas, preserve cultural
praise, or for an audience – or identities, strengthen social
just a simple act of letting the bonds, or just have a lot of
rhythm move your body. fun.
 INTRODUCTION

Modern Dance is an influential performance dance that originated as a

reaction against the classical ballet and its movement style. It is usually
performed in themed choreographic sequences, it projects a message. A
form of contemporary theatrical and concert dance employing a special
technique for developing the use of the entire body in movements
expressive of abstract ideas.

Dance, the movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music and
within a given space, for the purpose of expressing an idea or emotion,
releasing energy, or simply taking delight in the movement itself.
 BRIEF HISTORY AND NATURE OF
DANCE
Dance can be seen among all the people and civilizations of the world. Dances thrived at
different periods of history and mostly were a result of intercultural exchange and
contact
(Alejandro and Santos-Gana, 2002). The origins of dance are rooted in the prehistoric
past.
Various artistic, religious, and social forces started out the incorporation and
development of Dance.

ORIGINS OF ANTIQUITY- Early dances may have been religious in nature, and by
the time of ancient Greece, people were incorporating dance into celebrations of the
wine god Dionysus (and later the Roman god Bacchus) and into ritual dances during
the ancient Greek Olympic Games. In addition, individuals danced for pleasure,
seduction, and entertainment in the early days.
5 UNIVERSAL ELEMENTS OF DANCING
BODY
Dancers may use their entire bodies or
limit movement to certain body
parts
SPACE
Dancers move through space in every possible
way, varying their level, direction, and
path as they move, no matter the form of
dance.
ACTION
Action refers to what the dancer does while
dancing, whether they stay rooted in one
spot or move across the floor and through
the air
TIME
Time is one of the key elements of dance, as
it relates to the rhythm of the
movements. Performers often
choreograph their dances to the meter of
the music
5 UNIVERSAL ELEMENTS OF DANCING

ENERGY

The final element of dance, energy, speaks to how the

dancers move through space and time. Dancers
can use their bodies and their dance technique to
make movements that are smooth or sudden,
that feel tight and restricted or light and relaxed
 Health Benefits of Dancing

• Better Brain Health

• Improved Flexibility
• Minimized Stress
• Reduced Depression
• Weight Loss
• Increased Energy
• Improved Cardiovascular Health
• Better Coordination Strength & Balance
• Improved Social & Emotional Health
• Higher Self-Esteem & Confidence
 PURPOSE OF DANCING

Ceremonial Recreational Dance as a Dance as a form

Dance Dance form of exercise of artistic
expression
 “Dance”
“It is a man’s natural and primitive
means of expression”