PHILIPPINE FOLK DANCE

PHED 13N
INTRODUCTION TO DANCE

The word "Dance" come from an

Old German word 'Danson' which means
"to stretch".
Dance is a form of art crafted by the
purposeful recreation of chosen sequences
of human action.
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Dance consists of different movements

of the body to convey feeling and emotion.
Our bodies travel in ways that use
locomotor and non-locomotor gestures that
convey themselves.
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Long before the advent of written language and

recorded literature, the dance was still with us, as our early
civilizations developed using oral and performing forms to
transfer the tales from one generation to the next.

Many scholars agree that the social, celebratory, and

ceremonial dances are one of the important factors in the
growth of early human civilizations.
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Dance is a medium of art created by
the purposeful reproduction of
sequences of human action selected,
which can be imbued with the values
of beauty which recognized by
performers and spectators
throughout the world.
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DEFINITION
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Dance defines…
• As an art form commonly relating to body movement, typically rhythmic
and music, used as a means of expression, social contact or portrayed in
an environment of spiritual or performance.
• As an art which normally uses non-verbal action to construct a shape,
order or statement
• As movement that transcends function and becomes communication.
5 ELEMENTS OF DANCE
ENERGY

BODY

SPACE

TIME RELATIONSHIP
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ELEMENTS OF BODY
Dance consists of different movements of
the body to convey feeling and emotion.
• Body Part: the part of the body that is
performing the movement. i.e. hand

• Body Shape: the different shapes made by

the body. i.e. straight and bent

• Body Base: the base of support of your

body weight i.e. feet, knees, back, bottom,
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ELEMENT OF ENERGY
Degree of muscle tension and energy
consumption when on the move.
• Dynamics: how a movement is done;
how the body moves
• Flow: continuity of movement
(bound/free flowing/ balanced/ neutral)
• Weight: strength or lightness of
movement (heavy/ light)
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ELEMENT OF SPACE

•It is the place where the

body moves. It is the area
that the dancer's body
occupies; includes direction,
size, pathways, levels and
shapes.
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•Direction – where dancer

faces or moves.
•Size - magnitude of
movement
•Pathways – patterns made as
the dancer travels.
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ELEMENTS OF TIME
We follow the rhythm or tempo to
match the tone of the music to our
movements.
Time: The relationship of one movement
or part of a movement to another.
• Tempo - fast or slow
• Beat - even or uneven
• Duration - long or short
• Variety - varying the speed of movements
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Relationship is the connection between

entities, whether they dance to each other,
dancers to objects, or the body parts of a
dancer to each other.

Relationship words: in front, beside,

behind, over, under

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ASSESSMENT 1.1
Direction:
Create a basic movement (i.e. locomotor or non-
locomotor movements) that has the content of the elements
of dance. Select any genre of music suited to your
movements. The performance must be at least 3 minutes.
This will be performed during our next meeting.
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PREPARED BY:
HANNAH A. PEDRERA