Dance

Dance

Is a very good form of exercise. It is a physical recreation that can be performed solo or by group. It is considered a form of art consisting of dramatic movements performed.

Benefits of Dancing

It helps in burning fats and calories. It is an ideal activity for people who would want to achieve lifelong fitness. It provides enhancement on the different dimensions of health such as social, emotional, and mental areas in life.

Social Dance

Is performed by a group of people during special occasions or events usually for pleasure or enjoyment.

Street Dancing

Also known as festival dances vary from place to place. The style used depends on the birth or origin of the dance. It is usually practiced during parades to let the people in the community appreciate and preserve cultural practices.

Sinulog

s a festival in honor of Sto. Niño celebrated in Cebu on the 3rd weekend of January. It is known for its chant “Pit Señor.”

Ati-Atihan

Celebrated in Kalibo, Aklan, in honor of Sto. Niño in the month of January. It consists of tribal dances where dancers are in black body paint with colorful Indigenous costumes.

MassKara

A festival dance from Bacolod, which represents the love for fun and cheerfulness of the Bacolodeños. It started when the sugar cane industry experienced low sales and a vessel carrying many Negrenses sank which took 700 lives. The local government held a festival of smiles which declared that the city is going to survive despite the bad times.

Obando

Famous festival known as Fertility Rites in Bulacan which is a three-day celebration every month of May. It is a fertility dance where couples asking for a child participate in the prayer dancing. Farmers and fishers also join in the celebration for thanksgiving.

Pahiyas

Known for kiping (colored rice paste wafers). It is one of the biggest and most famous harvest festivals in the province of Quezon. People decorate the facades of their homes with kiping and some fruits and flowers which make the festival colorful, exciting, and appealing to the tourists

Dinagyang

Is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, held on the 4th Sunday of January. It is regarded as a world-class festival and dubbed the “Queen of All Philippine Festivals.”

Kadayawan

Is an annual festival in the city of Davao in the Philippines. Its name derives from the friendly greeting “Madayaw,” from the Dabawenyo word “dayaw,” meaning good, valuable, superior, or beautiful. It is a celebration of life, a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture, the bounties of harvest, and the serenity of living.

Bangus Festival

Known as Gilon-Gilon. Is an annual celebration in the city of Dagupan. It highlights the city’s rich milkfish aquaculture industry.

Ballroom Dance

Is a form of social dance that serves as recreational activities and entertainment to many individuals. It is an avenue for self-expression for the youth in which every move has representational value.

Ballroom Dancing

Is derived from the word ball, which came from the Latin word “ballare” meaning “to dance.” Aside from social gatherings, it is also featured in stage plays and films.

Cha-Cha-Cha

Is a popular Latin dance that originated in Cuba. It was derived from mambo with variations of jazz and Latin rhythm.

Chassé

Are small steps or a series of gliding steps. It is more of a hip movement with spins and dips to make it more expressive.

Hip-Hop Dancing

Is a street dance that has a broad category of styles such as locking, popping, krumping, breaking, and tutting. It became popular in the 1970s, performed by dance crews in the United States.

Breaking

Also called breakdancing or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance from the United States.

Popping

Is a street dance adapted from the earlier boogaloo cultural movement. It involves quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk or a sudden stop in the dancer’s body.

Boogaloo

Is a freestyle, improvisational street dance movement of soulful steps and robotic movements which make up the foundations of popping dance.

Locking

Is a style of funk dance based on locking movements, which means freezing from a fast movement and holding a position before continuing.

Krumping

s a street dance characterized by free, expressive, exaggerated, and highly energetic movement used to express raw emotions in a powerful but non-violent way.

Tutting

Is a type of dance that involves intricate movements of the fingers and arms based on angular movements inspired by ancient Egyptian art.

Benefits of Hip-Hop Dance

It helps in burning fats, can help people lose weight, reduces stress, boosts energy, and is best practiced with a healthy diet and enough rest.