Introduction To Dance PDF

SUB TOPIC LESSOS HannaJ.A.F. REVIEWER | PEH2 | 1ST QUARTER INTRODUCTION TO DANCE periods of history, and most resulted from “The truest expression of a people is in its dance intellectual exch...

SUB TOPIC LESSOS HannaJ.A.F. REVIEWER | PEH2 | 1ST QUARTER INTRODUCTION TO DANCE periods of history, and most resulted from “The truest expression of a people is in its dance intellectual exchange and contact. The origins of the and its music. Bodies never lie.” dance are rooted in the prehistoric past. Various -Agnes de Mille artistic, religious, and social forces started DANCE-It is an activity which can take incorporating and developing dance. many forms and fill many different needs. It (Alejandro & Santos-Gana, 2002) can be recreation, entertainment, education, therapy and religion. It its purest and most - Dance has been a significant form of religious basic form, dance is art, the art of body ritual and social expression within primitive movement”(Barbara Mettler, 1980). cultures. It was used to express and reinforce tribal unity and strength, as an approach to courtship and LESSON 1 : BRIEF HISTORY AND mating, and as a means of worship, communication, NATURE OF DANCE and therapeutic experience. It was said that the first use of dance was a gesture to communicate. People from the prehistoric era moved in ways they hoped WHAT IS DANCE? would appease the forces of nature or give them - Dance differs from athletics or other daily new powers of their own. activities because it focuses primarily on “an aesthetic or even entertaining experience” - Nevertheless, the dance during prehistoric times (Myers, 2005) have not yet been fully recorded. During the pre-christian era. The actual knowledge of dance - Dance can be defined from various came about within the great mediterranean and perspectives. middle eastern civilizations. Dance became full-blown and was richly recorded in ancient - Historically, it was described as “a product Egypt. It was reflected in their wall paintings, of the utmost intellectual effort, appraised reliefs, and in the literary record in hieroglyphs. according to aesthetic criteria and Most of the dances in this era were chiefly a communicated meanings (Loutzaki, 2019). medium of religious expression. WHY DO PEOPLE DANCE? WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF DANCE AND People dance mainly for four reasons: CREATIVE MOVEMENTS? 1. To please the gods - Dancing is one of the oldest and most popular 2. To please others forms of exercise. Several forms of dancing are 3. To please themselves-self expression considered aerobic since they entail about an hour 4. To build community within and ethnic of “continuous exercises, choreographed to music.” group-social interaction (Myers, 2005; Gronek, 2021) 1. PHYSICAL Develops cardiovascular and muscular endurance DO YOU KNOW WHERE DANCES CAME Improves coordination, balance, FROM? flexibility, and body composition - Dance can be seen among all the people and Lower risk of cardiovascular civilization of the world. Dances thrived at different diseases  SUB TOPIC LESSOS HannaJ.A.F. REVIEWER | PEH2 | 1ST QUARTER Lowers body mass index LESSON 2 : ELEMENTS OF DANCE Lowers resting heart rate Improves lipid metabolism KEEP THIS IN MIND! Enables joint mobility (hip motion Dance entails a lot of movements. It and spine flexibility) uses the very same elements. Space, time, Helps improve and maintain bone and energy. These elements are beneficial to density, thus helping prevent anyone interested in recognizing, analyzing, osteoporosis or creating movements. Helps recover coordination and neuromuscular skills after injury WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF DANCE? 1. SPACE - It is the area that the performers 2. MENTAL/EMOTIONAL occupy and where they move in and around. Helps keep the brain sharp It can be divided into four aspects, also Decreases incidence of dementia and known as spatial elements. Alzheimer’s disease Direction - Dance movements can Decreases depressive symptoms travel in any direction. The Increases self-esteem and improves performers can go forward, body image sideward, backward, diagonal, Aids in releasing emotional and circular, and so on. They may also physical tension face any direction while executing a single movement or several phases. 3. SOCIAL Size - Movements can be varied by Gives a sense of togetherness within doing larger or smaller actions. a group Level - Movements can be done in a Encourages positive social high, medium, or low level. interaction and interpersonal Focus - Performers may change relationship in a group their focus by looking in different Contributes to the individual’s directions. potential for self-actualization in society 4. CULTURAL Promotes a place or a country’s rich culture through showcasing the different cultural dances Brings the people around the world to a closer understanding of the lives of the people represented. 2. TIMING - The movements may be executed at varying tempos (speed). Performers move with the tempo of an underlying sound, known as beat or pulse.  SUB TOPIC LESSOS HannaJ.A.F. REVIEWER | PEH2 | 1ST QUARTER The timing can be altered by moving faster movements that produce a or slower than the regular beat. When a jittery effect. sequence of a movement or group of phrases 6. Collapsing - Movements are is done in varying tempos, it generates released in tension and rhythmic patterns. The addition of silences gradually or abruptly giving or pauses also adds to rhythmic patterns. in to gravity, letting the body descend to the floor. A slow 3. DANCE ENERGIES - Dance movements collapse can be described as a are propelled by energy or force. A force can melting or oozing action in a either initiate or stop an action. Dance uses downward direction. different energies, and varied use of these minimizes the monotony of the movements in performance. There are six qualities of dance energies presented on the next slide. ➔ SIX DANCE ENERGIES: 1. Sustained - Movements are done smoothly, continuously, and with flow and control. They do not have a clear beginning and ending. 2. Percussive - Movements are explosive or sharp in contrast with sustained movements. They are accented with a thrust of energy. They have a clear beginning and ending. 3. Swinging - Movements trace a curved line or an arc in space. The movements are relaxed and giving in to 4. BODILY SHAPES - They refer to how the gravity on the downward part entire body is molded in space or the of the motion, followed by an configuration of body parts. The body can upward application of energy. be rounded, angular, or a combination of 4. Suspended - Movements are two. Other body shapes can be wide to perched in space or hanging narrow and high to low. They can be on air. Holding a raised leg in symmetrical and asymmetrical. any direction is an example Symmetrical - balanced shape; of a suspended movement. movements are practically identical 5. Vibratory - Movements or similar on both sides. consist of trembling or Asymmetrical - unbalanced shape; shaking. They are a faster movements of two sides of the body version of percussive  SUB TOPIC LESSOS HannaJ.A.F. REVIEWER | PEH2 | 1ST QUARTER do not match or are completely BELLY DANCING different from each other. Even though the modern belly dance has many negative connotations and is considered to be seductive, it had a totally different purpose in ancient times. Originally, it was performed only by women, For women, sometimes as a part of goddess worship and sometimes to celebrate womanhood. Its practical purpose was to exercise the abdominal muscles of women 5. GROUP SHAPES - A group of dancers so that they could go through pregnancy and performs movements in different group child birth successfully. shapes. They are arranged in wide, narrow, rounded, angular, symmetrical, or CLASSICAL DANCE asymmetrical ways and are viewed together Classical dance is historic and takes many as a total picture or arrangement within a years to learn. picture frame. Western classical dance is called BALLET, Choreography is used to create classical dance. CHOREOGRAPHY - The arrangement of dance steps and movements into an organized sequence. This means that every dancer knows exactly what steps to perform throughout the performance. Dance is usually choreographed to music. LESSON 3 : DIFFERENT TYPES AND IMPROVISATION - Unlike classical dance, GENRES OF DANCE improvised dance has no formal steps, although it can be choreographed. Improvisation is the basis of contemporary or modern dance. In it, Dancers WHAT IS THE OLDEST DANCE FORM? express their feelings in their movements to create a Historians consider the dance form that is highly personal, natural performance. today known as BELLY DANCE / DANCING as the oldest form of dance. It CONTEMPORARY DANCE originated 6,000 years ago and was Contemporary dance began at the start of the practiced by many ancient cultures. 20th century when U.S. dancer Isadora Duncan (1878-1927) broke away from ballet and developed her own, more natural style. Contemporary dance has many different styles, some of them closely linked to music, such as jazz, rock and roll, and hip-hop  SUB TOPIC LESSOS HannaJ.A.F. REVIEWER | PEH2 | 1ST QUARTER TYPES OF DANCES BALLET - Mostly performed to classical music, this dance style focuses on strength, technique and flexibility. BALLROOM DANCING - This involves a number of partner-dancing styles such as the WALTZ, SWING, FOXFORT, RUMBA and TANGO. HIP-HOP - Performed mostly to hip-hop music, this urban dance style can involve breaking, popping, locking and freestyling. SQUARE DANCING - A type of folk dancing where four couples dance in a square pattern, moving around each other and changing partners. POLE DANCING - Has become increasingly popular as a form of exercise. It involves sensual dancing with a vertical pole, and requires muscles endurance, coordination, and upper and lower-body strength. JAZZ - A high energy dance style involving kicks, leaps and turns to the beat of the music. TAP DANCING - Focuses on timing and beats. The name originates from the tapping sounds made when the small metal plates on the dancer’s shoes touch the ground.