PHILIPPINE TRADITIONAL DANCES

Mother of Philippine Folk Dance

Francisca Reyes Aquino

Birth date of Francisca Reyes Aquino

March 9, 1899.

Francisca died on

November 21, 1983, in Manila, Philippines.

It is a traditional mode of expression that employs bodily movements of redundant patterns linked to definite features of rhythmic beats of music. 

FOLK DANCE/S

Step R ( forward - sideward ): Brush L

BRUSH STEP

To place one fore arm in front and the other at the back of the waist

HAYON-HAYON

Turn with the ball, heel, or whole food, on fixed place or point

PIVOT

Moving the hand from the wrist either in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction

KUMINTANG

The hand not placed anywhere, or not doing anything

FREE HAND

To displace quickly one foot with the other

CUT

Partners advance forward, pass each other's right or left side, step across to the right or left more backward without turning around, pass each other left or right side to proper places. 

do-si-do

heels close together, toes apart with an angle of about 45 degrees.

1ST POSITION

 Feet apart sideward of about a pace distance

2ND POSITION

heel of one foot close to in-step of other foot

3RD POSITION

one foot of other food of pace distance

4TH POSITION

both arm raised overhead 

5TH POSITION

BIBAAK means?

• BENGUET 

• IFUGAO

• BONTOC

• APAYAO

• ABRA

• KALINGA

5 CLASSIFICATION OF DANCES IN THE PHILIPPINES

1. Maria Clara

2. Cordillera

3. Muslim Dance

4. Rural Dance

5. Tribal Dance

STEP CROSS SETP

CROSS WALTS

STEP BRUSH

BRUSH STEP

STEP CLOSE

CLOSE STEP

STEP CLOSE STEP

CHANGE STEP

STEP SWING

SWING STEP

LEAP CROSS STEP STEP

CONTRAGANZA

SLIDE CUT CUT

REDOBA

STEP HOP

HOP STEP

SLIDE CUT HOP

MAZURKA

HEEL IS PLACE RIGHT ( FWD/SWD) ; close R to L

BLEKING STEP

This Dance imitates the movement of a certain bird maneuvering

TINIKLING

This Folk Dance is from Maranao

Singkil

Is Cordillera Dance are tagged are the best known dances

False

Is Cordillera is a spanish term for “ Mounted Rope”

TRUE

Dance is a depiction of one’s status and a way of express gratitude

TRUE

folk dance has a greatly evolved and grown away during the Spanish Era

TRUE

Tinikling means Bamboo Dance in English

TRUE

Folk dance is learned through imitation and is tranformed

TRUE

Bangga comes from the wary tribe

False

Rural suite include the balintawak and patadyong

TRUE

refers to a grioup of peasant’s who agreed to work for each other one day each week to clear the forest.

TIKLOSE