Dance as a form of active recreation

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

1. It helps in burning fats and calories

2. An Ideal activity for people who would want to achieve lifelong fitness

3. 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 – (Cebu)

• Is a festival in honor of Sto. Nino celebrated in Cebu on the 3^rd weekend of January

• It is known for its chant “Pit Senor.’’

Ati-Atihan – (Kalibo Aklan)

• 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 w/c is a three-day Celebration every month of May.

• It is a fertility dance where in coupes 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 harvests 

festivals in the province of Quezon

• People decorate the facades of their homes with

kiping and some fruits and flowers which make

the festival is colorful, exciting, and appealing to the tourists

Dinagyang

• is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, held on the 4th Sunday of January.

• Dinagyang receives an honor and is regarded as a world-class festival and dubbed the "Queen of All Philippine Festivals.

Kadayawan - Davao

• 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

• The festival 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. It is held every third week of August

Bangus Festival

• Known as Gilon -Gilon

• Is an annual celebration in the city of Dagupan. It highlights the city's rich milk-fish aquaculture industry in the province of Pangasinan and the country.

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

• derived from the word ball, which came from the Latin word BALLARE  meaning “ to dance”

• Aside from social gatherings, ballroom dancing is also featured in stage plays and films.

• Cha–cha–cha, Waltz, Swing, and Tango are some of the popular ballroom dances that are also used in competitive dancing known as DANCESPORT 

Cha – Cha - Cha

• Is a popular Latin dance that originated in CUBA

• It was derived from MAMBO with variations of JAZZ and Latin Rhythm

The Rhythm of Cha –Cha -Cha

• The rhythm of cha cha cha requires  Chasse steps

• The step pattern is a count of  slow – slow –quick – quick – slow or 1-2-/3 and 4 

• It is danced over two measures of a 4/4 time signature

Chasse steps

• 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.

Basic Steps of Cha –Cha –Cha

1. Chasse ( in closed and open position)

2. Inside Turn 

3. Open Break

4. Front Cross over

5. Back Crossover

6. Triple cha cha cha lock step 

7. Cha cha cha Square

Nature and Background of Hip-Hop Dancing

• Hip hop dance is a street dance that has a broad category of styles such as LOCKING, POPPING, KRUMPING, BOYING/GIRLING/BREAK DANCING, and TUTTING.

• It became popular in the 1970s, performed by the Dance Crews in the United States.

• Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, Latino Americans, and Caribbean Americans in the Bronx, New York

• Jabbawockeez is one of the most well-known hip-hop dance crews.

• They are named America's Best Dance Crew

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

• The dance is rooted in the rhythms of live funk music and is based on the technique of Boogaloo's posing approach, quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk or a sudden stop in the dancer's body, referred to as a pose, pop, or a hit

Boogaloo

• Is a freestyle, improvisational street dance movement of soulful steps and robotic movements, which make up the foundations of Popping dance and Turfing

 Locking

• Is a style of funk dance, which is today also associated with hip hop

• The name is based on the concept of locking movements, which basically means freezing from a fast movement and "locking" in a certain position, holding that position for a short while, and then continuing at the same speed as before

 Krumping

• Krump is a street dance popularized in the United States, characterized by free, expressive, exaggerated, and highly energetic movement

• The youths who started Krump saw the dance as a way for them to escape gang life and "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

• The word "tutting" is a street dance style based on angular movements which are supposed to stylize the poses seen on reliefs in the art of ancient Egypt, and refers to "King Tut’’

Benefits of Hip-Hop Dance

1. Since it requires movement the entire time, the body takes in oxygen which helps in Burning Fats.

2. It can be helpful to people who like to lose weight.

3. It reduces STRESS

4. It can boost ENERGY

5. It is best to practice with a healthy diet and enough rest to make dancing more fun and enchanting