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Physical Education. 1st Reviewer - it eventually became an integral part of the corruption BRIEF HISTORY AND NATURE OF DANCE 5. Catholic church in Europe – the *Dance –...

Physical Education. 1st Reviewer - it eventually became an integral part of the corruption BRIEF HISTORY AND NATURE OF DANCE 5. Catholic church in Europe – the *Dance – is an art form characterized by Christian fathers approved the use of intentional movement and rhythmic expression dance, provided that its form and intent - it can be performed in various styles, were holy and profound serving as a medium for communication - dances then became >Cultural significance: Dance plays a vital role in part of worships and reflecting cultural identity and heritage church services >4 reasons why people dance: 6. Dark and early Middle Ages – they 1. To please the Gods performed dance in a village feudal lord 2. To please others in the castles 3. To please themselves of self-expression - beginning of social 4. To build community within an ethnic dance group or social interaction >Purpose and function: Dance serve various BENEFITS OF DANCE AND CREATIVE purposes including entertainment, artistic MOVEMENT expression, and social bonding. It also functions 1. Physical – develops cardiovascular and as a physical therapy. muscular endurance - improves coordination, BRIEF HISTORY OF DANCE balance, flexibility, and body 6 dance periods: composition 1. Pre-Historic Era – a major form of 2. Mental/Emotional – helps keep the religious ritual and social expression brain within primitive culture - decreases depressive - a way of expressing and tribal symptoms unity and strength - decreases incidence of - an approach for courtship and Dementia and Alzheimer’s mating disease - a means of worship 3. Social – gives sense of togetherness 2. Ancient Egypt – 3300 BCE First Dancing within a group - it is believed that the first - contributes to the individual’s - people to dance were the potential for self-actualization Egyptians in society - archeologists discovered paintings - encourages positive social of dancing figures in roc shelters and caves interaction and interpersonal or in the literary record relationship in a group 3. Ancient Greek – dance in general or 4. Cultural – promotes cultural values philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, - appreciation to their and Socrates strongly supported this art respective cultures as an integration of the body and soul 4. Ancient Rome – they stopped valuing such qualities in dance as the nation grew wealthy and powerful - became brutal and sensationalized - it was used more often for ELEMENTS OF DANCE gruesome purposes  1. Space – the area the performers occupy into gravity, letting the body descend to and where they move the floor >Four aspects (Spatial Elements): - a slow collapse 1. Direction 3. Level 2. Size 4. Focus BODILY SHAPES *Bodily shapes – refers to how the entire body 2. Timing and Gestures is molded its space or the configuration of the Timing – synchronizes body parts movements with music and - the body can be rounded, angular, or a other dancers enhancing overall combination of two performance A. Symmetrical - balanced shape - performers moves - movements are identical with tempo of underlying sound a.k.a. B. Asymmetrical – unbalanced shape beat/pulse - movements of two sides of the Gesture – conveys meaning and body do not match emotion often serving as a narrative tool that GROUP SHAPES communicates themes and *Group shapes – a group of dancers perform stories in choreography movements in different group shapes Wide DANCE ENERGIES Narrow *Dance Energies – propelled by energy on force Rounded *Force – can either initiate or stop an action Angular 1. Swinging – movements trace a curved Symmetrical line or an arc in space Asymmetrical - the movements are released >Symmetrical and giving in to gravity on the - narrow group shape downward part of the motion >Asymmetrical 2. Suspended – movements are perched - angular group shape in space or hanging on air 3. Vibration – movements consist of BENEFITS OF DANCING trembling or shaking 1. Physical Health - faster version of percussive 2. Mental Well-being movements that produces a jittery 3. Cultural Awareness effect 4. Social Connections 4. Sustained – movements are done smoothly, continuously, and with flow APPRECIATION AND EVALUATION OF DANCE and control Components of Dance Competition - it does not have a clear Criteria for Evaluation beginning and ending Viewing and Discussing Performances 5. Percussive – movements are explosive The Role of Audience in Dance or sharp in contrast with sustained movements - accented with thrust of energy RMFC and have a clear beginning and ending 6. Collapsed – movements are released in tension and gradually or abruptly giving