Tomas Del Rosario College

San Jose, Capitol Drive, Balanga City, Bataan

PHYSICAL EDUCATION (INTRODUCTION TO DANCE)

DANCE

 an expression of the body, following rhythmic patterns and is usually

accompanied by music
 an activity which can many forms and fill many different needs
 can be a form of: recreation, education, therapy and religion
 an art, the art of body movement

Why people dance?

 To please Gods
 To please others
 To please themselves or self-expression
 To build community within an ethnic group or social interaction

Brief History and Nature of Dance

 Dance can be seen among all the people and civilization of the world
 Dances thrived at different periods of history and mostly were a result of
intercultural exchange and contact
 Dance was used as a way of:
 expressing and reinforcing tribal unity and strength
 as an approach for courtship and mating
 as mean of worship
 communication
 therapeutic experience
 It was said that dance during prehistoric time have not yet been fully recorded. It
was only during the pre-Christian era that the real knowledge of dance came
about.
 Greek philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle and Socrates strongly supported this
art as an integration of the body and soul.
 The ancient Rome, on the other hand, gave less importance to dancing. They
ceased to create and perform within the arts themselves.
 During the development of the Christian church, dance still existed and was
performed within the Church during religious ceremonies. The Christian fathers
 approved the use of dance, provided that its form and intent were holy and
profound. Daces then became part of worships and churches services.

Benefits of Dance

PHYSICAL MENTAL/EMOTIONAL SOCIAL

 Develops
cardiovascular and
muscular endurance
 Improves  helps keep the brain  gives sense of
coordination, sharp togetherness within
balance, flexibility  decreases incidence a group
and body of dementia and  encourages positive
composition Alzheimer’s disease social interaction and
 Lower risk of  decreases interpersonal
cardiovascular depressive relationship in a
diseases symptoms group
 lower body mass  increases self-  contributes to the
index esteem and individual’s potential
 lower resting heart improves body for self actualization
rate image in society
 enables joint  aids in releasing
movement emotional and
 helps improve and physical tension
maintain bone
density, thus helps
prevents
osteoporosis
 helps recover
coordination and
neuromuscular skills
after injury