Philippine Folk Dances PDF

**L1 - FOLK DANCES IN THE PHILIPPINES** **PHILLIPINE FOLK DANCE** - Philippine folk dancing is a true reflection of daily life in past centuries while enchanting modern audiences at the same time. - They are a celebration of daily life, health, peace, war, harvest times and other aspe...

**L1 - FOLK DANCES IN THE PHILIPPINES** **PHILLIPINE FOLK DANCE** - Philippine folk dancing is a true reflection of daily life in past centuries while enchanting modern audiences at the same time. - They are a celebration of daily life, health, peace, war, harvest times and other aspects of life. - Immigrants and conquerors have been a great influence in the different Philippine folk dances, but Filipino culture and values was never erased from those influences. - Philippine folk dance is a distinct representation of the daily lives of the traditional Filipino. It connects the Filipino then and the Filipino now through its joyful music, graceful moves and amazing coordination from one another. **Nature of Folk Dances** OCCUPATIONAL DANCES - depict actions of a particular occupation. (e.g. Planting, Punding) RELIGIOUS/CEREMONIAL - associated with religion, vows and ceremonies. (e.g. Dugsu, Sua-sua) COMIC DANCES - depict funny movements for entertainment. (e.g. Kinotan, Makonggo) GAME DANCES - done with play elements. (e.g. Lubi-lubi, Pavo) WEDDING DANCES - performed during wedding feasts. (e.g. Panasahan) COURTSHIP DANCES - depict the art of courtship. (e.g. Hele-hele, Tadek, Pantomina) FESTIVAL DANCES - suitable for special occasions. (e.g. Pandanggo, Habanera) WAR DANCES - show imagery combat. (e.g. Sagayan, Palu-palo) 1\. **THE ITIK-ITIK** ***-  Itik**--**itik*** is a mimetic folk dance in The Philippines. It originated in the province of Surigao in Mindanao. In ***Itik**--**itik*** (from the Tagalog word for " duck"), the dance steps imitate the movements of ducks among rice paddies and swamplands, such as wading, flying, and short, choppy steps. **- Sentence:** The movements in the [***Itik-itik***](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0NN5r7i_2k) folk dance are similar to the movements of a duck. 2. **THE TINIKLING** \- The ***Tinikling*** is considered by many to be the Philippines' national dance. The dance's movements imitate the movement of the tikling bird as it walks around through tall grass and between tree branches. People perform the dance using bamboo poles. The dance is composed of three basic steps which include singles, doubles and hops. It looks similar to playing jump rope, except that the dancers perform the steps around and between the bamboo poles, and the dance becomes faster until someone makes a mistake, and the next set of dancers takes a turn. **- Sentence:** Come dance like a tikling, dance[ ***tinikling***](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nisbR3D5vQ)! 3\. **THE SAYAW SA BANGKO** \- The ***Sayaw sa Bangko*** is performed on top of a narrow bench. Dancers need good balance as they go through a series of movements that include some impressive acrobatics. This dance traces its roots back to the areas of Pangapisan, Lingayen and Pangasinan. **- Sentence:** Let us dance on top of a 'bangko' with [***Sayaw sa Bangko***](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKpxo_p1oTw) folk dance. 4\. **THE BINASUAN** - The ***Binasuan*** is an entertaining dance that is usually performed at festive social occasions like weddings and birthdays. Dancers carefully balance three half-filled glasses of rice wine on their heads and hands as they gracefully spin and roll on the ground. The dance originated in Bayambang in the Pangasinan province, and though it's usually performed alone, it can also become a competition between several dancers. **- Sentence:** [***Binasuan***](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2TOOz_eaTY) dance actually can cause motion sickness. 5\. **THE PANDANGGO SA ILAW** \- The ***Pandanggo sa Ilaw*** is similar to a Spanish Fandango, but the Pandanggo is performed while balancing three oil lamps -- one on the head, and one in each hand. It's a lively dance that originated on Lubang Island. The music is in 3/4 time and is usually accompanied by castanets. **- Sentence:** I think that [***Pandanggo sa Ilaw***](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLuWHNNi_Ug) is a little hard to execute since it is all about **balance**. 6\. **THE PANDANGGO OASIWAS** - The ***Pandanggo Oasiwas ***is similar to the Pandanggo sa Ilaw, and is typically performed by fishermen to celebrate a good catch. In this version, the lamps are placed in cloths or nets and swung around as the dancers' circle and sway. **- Sentences:**[ ***Pandanggo Oasiwas***](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yulQKNUGHQ8) is actually also a dance for good harvest of fishermen. 7\. **THE MAGLALATIK** \- The ***Maglalatik*** is a mock war dance that depicts a fight over coconut meat, a highly-prized food. The dance is broken into four parts: two devoted to the battle and two devoted to reconciling. The men of the dance wear coconut shells as part of their costumes, and they slap them in rhythm with the music. The Maglalatik is danced in the religious procession during the fiesta of Biñan as an offering to San Isidro de Labrador, the patron saint of farmers. **- Sentences:** This is the first time I have learned that [***Maglalatik***](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do4GyUk3XKc) is actually a fight over coconut meat. 8\. **THE KURATSA** - The ***Kuratsa*** is described as a dance of courtship and is often performed at weddings and other social occasions. The dance has three parts. The couple first performs a waltz. In the second part, the music sets a faster pace as the man pursues the woman around the dance floor in a chase. To finish, the music becomes even faster as the man wins over the woman with his mating dance. **- Sentences:** The [***Kuratsa***](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ig24-dYruA) folk dance feels very romantic. 9\. **LA JOTA MONCADEÑA** \- The La Jota Moncadeña is adapted by the Filipinos from an old Spanish dance, it's a combination of Spanish and llocano dance steps set to Spanish music and castanets. A more solemn version of this dance is sometimes used to accompany a funeral procession, but it is also performed at celebrations. \- Sentences La Jota Moncadeña uses very beautiful skirts as costumes 10. **THE KAPPA MALONG-MALONG** \- The ***Kappa Malong-Malong*** is a Muslim-influenced dance. The malong is a tubular garment, and the dance essentially shows the many ways it can be worn. There are men's and women's versions of the dance since they wear malongs in different ways. \- Sentences: Let us dance the *[**Kappa Malong-Malong**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQiiPybOwV4) *wearing colorful malongs! 11\. **LERION** \- The Lerion dance originated in Parang, Marikina as a festival dance performed by villagers after harvests. They would sing folk songs like \"Leron, Leron Sinta\" and improvise movements based on the natural surroundings. \- The Official Folk Dance of MARIKINA, Philippines, is \"LERION. **L2 - FESTIVAL DANCE IN THE PHILPPINES** - **Festival dance** is a colorful and joyful celebration of festivals that entails good fortune or good harvest. - Philippine festival dances are rich in culture and reflects the history of our country. - It unites a community and brings a cheerful mood to people. Costumes and music are also in a festive and lively mood. 1\. **SINULOG FESTIVAL SINULOG FESTIVAL** - The Sinulog Festival is a religious and cultural festival that takes place annually in Cebu City, Philippines on the third Sunday of January. \- The festival honors the Santo Niño (Child Jesus), the patron saint of Cebu and the Philippines. It also commemorates the Filipino people\'s acceptance of Christianity and their pagan past. 2\. **ATI --ATIHAN FESTIVAL** \- Ati-Atihan Festival -- One-of-a-kind festival in the Philippines held in Aklan. \- The Kalibo Santo Niño---Ati-Atihan Festival, also simply called Ati-Atihan Festival, is a Philippine festival held annually in January in honor of the Santo Niño in several towns of the province of Aklan, Panay Island. 3. **DINAGYANG FESTIVAL** \- Dinagyang Festival -- The religious festival in the Philippines that celebrates the feast of the Santo Niño and the pact between the Datus and locals in Iloilo City. \- The Dinagyang Festival is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, Philippines, held annually on the fourth Sunday of January in honor of Santo Niño, the Holy Child. \- It is one of the largest festivals in the Philippines, drawing hundreds of thousands to over a million visitors every year 4\. **PAHIYAS FESTIVAL** \- Pahiyas Festival -- One of the most colorful Philippine festivals held in Lucban, Quezon where tourists can enjoy free food. \- The Pahiyas Festival has roots in the 16th century when Lucban farmers would thank San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers, with offerings for a bountiful harvest. They would offer their produce inside the church for the parish priest to bless. 5. **PANAGBENGA FESTIVAL** \- Panagbenga Festival -- The popular Flower Festival in the Philippines. The Panagbenga Festival, also called the Baguio Flower Festival, is a month-long annual flower occasion in Baguio, Philippines. The festival, held in February, was created as a tribute to the city\'s flowers and as a way to rise from devastation of the 1990 Luzon earthquake. \- The Flower Festival started in 1995 to help Baguio City heal after a massive earthquake in 1990. \- \"Panagbenga\" means \"season of blooming\" in the Kankanaey dialect and symbolizes the city\'s strong community spirit. 6\. **KADAYAWAN FESTIVAL** \- Kadayawan Festival -- The fiesta in the Philippines celebrated in Davao City. \- The Kadayawan Festival is an annual festival in the city of Davao in the Philippines. The festival is a celebration of life, a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture, the bounties of harvest and serenity of living. \- Held every 3RD WEEK OF August, the Kadayawan festival is a vibrant celebration when locals give thanks for a bountiful harvest and honor Mindanao\'s indigenous traditions. The festival was once known as the Apo Duwaling Festival, symbolizing Mt. Apo, the durian, and the Waling-Waling orchid. 7. **MASKARA FESTIVAL** \- MasKara Festival -- The Philippine festival of many faces held in Bacolod. \- The MasKara Festival is an annual festival with highlights held every 4th Sunday of October in Bacolod, Philippines. The festival sites include the Bacolod Public Plaza, the Lacson Tourism Strip and the Bacolod City Government Center. \- The meaning of the Maskara Festival is about people in the city of Bacolod coming together to celebrate, have fun, and showing that even when things are tough, they can be happy. They wear special masks and dance in colorful costumes to share their happiness with everyone. 8\. **HIGANTES FESTIVAL** \- Higantes Festival -- Where you can see giant paper mache do the festival dance. \- The Higantes Festival is a yearly celebration in Angono, Rizal, Philippines, that features a parade of giant papiermâché puppets called \"higantes. \- Higantes Festival is a secular celebration initiated by the Municipality of Angono to express gratitude to its patron Saint Clement, in which the parade of giants is held on Sunday before the town feast on November 23. 9\. **MORIONES FESTIVAL** - Moriones Festival -- A religious festival in the Philippines re-enacting Longinus' life. \- The Moriones Festival is a lenten and religious festival held annually on Holy Week on the island of Marinduque, Philippines. The \"Moriones\" are men and women in costumes and masks replicating the garb of biblical Imperial Roman soldiers as interpreted by locals. 10\. **BANGUS FESTIVAL** \- The Bangus Festival is an annual festival that takes place every April 30th in Dagupan City, Pangasinan, which is known as the ―Bangus Capital‖ of the Philippines. \- The festival celebrates the abundant harvest of the bangus or milkfish, which is considered to be the national fish of the country. 11. **REHIYON- REHIYON FESTIVAL** \- Marikina's Rehiyon-Rehiyon Festival is celebrated every December 8 to give honor to migrants from different regions in the country and have chosen to stay in Marikina and contributed to the development of the city. \- The festivities coincide with Marikina's cityhood anniversary. **L3 -- MODERN DANCE AND BALLROOM DANCE** \- **Modern Dance** is an expressive style of dance that focuses on raw emotions through dance interpretations. Modern dance expands on traditional ballet technique, freeing it to encompass the exciting world of total body involvement and creative expression. Characteristics of a Modern Dance 1\. FREE-FORM AND IMPROVISATIONAL \- Modern dance is often described as fluid and freeform, alternating between long, languid movements, and jerky ones that show the contraction and expansion of the body. Some dancers create their own unique moves for routines or even use improvisation during their performances. 2\. IT'S EMOTIONAL -Modern dance expresses the emotion that the music evokes in the dances. Dancers essentially perform their feelings to music, conveying a raw or impassioned display. 3\. IT REJECTS CONVENTION \- Rather than striving for the weightlessness and grace of ballet, modern dancers use their body weight to propel themselves across the floor, often falling, tumbling, or rolling to express rhythm. **BALLROOM DANCE** \- It is performed by two individuals (partnership), performed with specific dance patterns and usually dressed in formal costume. \- Nowadays, ballroom dance is not that common to perform in an audience. \- It is usually done through contests (dance sport) or occasional social gatherings. \- The ballroom dances are cha-cha, foxtrot, tango, quickstep, waltz, samba and rumba. 1\. **CHA-CHA** \- Cha-cha-cha is danced to authentic Cuban music, although in ballroom competitions it is often danced to Latin pop or Latin rock. The music for the international ballroom cha-chacha is energetic and with a steady beat. \- The music may involve complex polyrhythms. 2\. **FOXTROT DANCE** - The foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. 3\. **TANGO** \- Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. 4. **QUICKSTEP** \- The quickstep is a lighthearted dance of the standard ballroom dances. \- The movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with syncopations. 5\. **WALTZ** \- The Waltz is a smooth dance that travels around the line of dance. Characterized by its "rise and fall" action, the Waltz includes a step, slide, and step in 3/4 time. \- Dancers should move their shoulders smoothly, parallel with the floor instead of up and down. 6\. **SAMBA** - Samba is a lively, upbeat Brazilian dance that originated from the fusion of African rhythms with European music on Brazilian plantations: 7\. **RUMBA** \- The Rumba originated among the African slaves in Cuba in the sixteenth century. It began as a fast and sensual dance with exaggerated hip movements. - Rumba is universally recognized as the dance of love. It is danced to slow, sensual music with a Latin beat and features a hip action known as "Cuban Motion." **L4 -- CHEER DANCE AND HIP-HOP** **Cheer Dance** \- Cheer dance is a dance activity cheer for a team, entertain the crowd and brings optimistic spirit. Its dance movements consist of acrobatic and gymnastic skills. The main parts of cheerleading include jumps, stunting, and tumbling. **- Jumps** consist of a toe touch, pike, and a front hurdler. These jumps can go anyway your choreographer wants them to go, and you can rotate in them. **- Stunting** is when you lift your flyer up, and they can do dance movements up in the air. There are many kinds of stunts, where they could actually stay in your hands, or they can be thrown into the air. **- Tumbling** is about a quarter of the routine. It requires a lot of leg power and upper body strength. **TOE TOUCH** = is a cheerleading jump where a cheerleader\'s legs are straddled and raised as high as possible, with their toes pointed and knees pointed back. **STUNTING** - Stunting in cheerleading is a gymnastic-style move that involves a base, a flyer, and a spotter. \- It is considered one of the most serious parts of the sport. **TUMBLING** \- Tumbling is a gymnastics technique that involves flipping, twisting, rolling, and jumping. Cheerleaders use tumbling moves in their routines. \- three basic tumbling moves: the handstand, cartwheel and back bend. \- These three moves are fundamental to tumbling. **HIP-HOP** \- This is a street dance style that is primarily performed to hype music. Its movements are free-style, emotional feels, hip and influenced by culture. Rap is the popular music performed on hip-hop. Most iconic hip-hop dances are funk, B-boying, locking and popping, up rock and KRUMPING. **B-BOYING** \- Breakdancing or breaking, also called b-boying (when performed by men) or b-girling (women), is a style of street dance originated by African Americans. **LOCKING** \- Locking is a hip hop dance style that involves quick, frequent body movements that are then frozen in place. \- The dancer holds the position for a short time before continuing at the same speed as before. Locking is similar to popping, but the dancer holds the position for longer. **POPPING** \- Popping is a hip hop dance style that originated in the 1960s and 1970s in Fresno, California. \- It\'s characterized by the sudden contraction and release of muscles to the beat, also known as \"hitting\". **UP-ROCK** \- It was a form of dance that involved intricate footwork and moves performed to the beat of the music, often in a competitive setting. **KRUMPING** \- is a freestyle-based, high-energy street dance style that originated in Los Angeles, California in the early 2000s: