LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS

PE 10- Quarter 3, Week 2

Other Dance Forms
(Cheerdance and Contemporay Dance)

Objectives
After going through this LAS, you are expected to:

1. engages in moderate to vigorous physical activities for at least 60 minutes a

day in and out of school;
2. explains the difference between moderate and vigorous physical activity ;
3. gives also an example of advantages of doing moderate physical activity ;
4. assesses the performance in doing moderate to vigorous physical activities.

CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has
since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world,
with particularly strong popularity in the United States and Europe. Although originally informed by
and borrowing from classical, modern, and jazz styles, it has come to incorporate elements from
many styles of dance.
Contemporary dance is very interpretive in its choreography and often focuses on
emotions and storytelling, can be performed barefoot, with pointe shoes, naked, fully clothed,
and with or without music. Contemporary dance almost defies description because it can be
balletic or wholly abstract, jazz-influenced or lyrical, structured or unconventional.
Contemporary dance is a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several
dance genres including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet. Contemporary dancers strive to
connect the mind and the body through fluid dance movements.

TYPES OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE

Contemporary Ballet is a
genre of dance that
incorporates elements of both
classical ballet and
modern dance. Contemporary
ballet has roots in the classical
technique and vocabulary, but
uses those roots as a place to
explore, experiment, and
challenge tradition. Interpretative dance is
a dance depicting a story or
a definite emotion rather than
following an abstract pattern.
Dance improvisation is the Modern dance, theatrical dance
process of spontaneously that began to develop in the late
Lyrical dance is “strongly
creating movement. 19th century, receiving
associated with clearly displayed its nomenclature and a
Development of movement
material is facilitated through emotional moods, fast-moving widespread success in the 20th.
a variety of creative choreographic strategies, It evolved as a protest against
explorations including body emphasis on virtuosic display, both the balletic and the
mapping through levels, illustration of song lyrics, and, in interpretive dance traditions of
shape and dynamics the time.
group form, exact unison.
schema.

CHEERDANCE

Cheerdance is coined from the words, cheer and dance. To cheer is to shout out words or
phrases that may help motivate and boost the morale of a playing team and perform better during a
game. Dance, on the other hand, is a physical activity where one expresses emotions or gestures
while performing bodily movements usually in time with rhythm.
Cheerdancing rooted from cheerleading. Cheerleading is the performance of a routine,
usually dominated by gymnastic skills such as jumps, tumbling skills, lifts and tosses combined with
shouting of cheers and yells to lead the crowd to cheer for a certain team during a game or sport.
It originated in the United States.
Due to Filipinos‟ love for dancing, they added more dance routines to their cheers and came
up with the term cheerdance wherein it is a routine composed of yells and cheers, gymnastic skills
(pyramids and tosses, stunts, tumbling skills, arm and hand positions and jumps), and dance
(fusion of different dance genres).
Today, cheerdancing is identified as one of the most spectacular events in one of the
biggest collegiate sports events in the country, the UAAP (University Athletic Association of the
Philippines).

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 ESSENTIALS OF CHEERDANCING
Arms/hand movements
• Beginning stance and cheer Legs/feet positions
stance
• Feet Together
• “T” and half “T” positions
• Clasp, clap, overhead clasp, • Feet Apart
• Dig (front and side)
low clasp
• Hitch, Liberty, and Scale
• Touchdown, low touchdown
• Lunge (front and side)
• High “V” and low “V”
• Tabletop and punch, etc. • Knees and Hips positions
• “L” and diagonal positions

CHEERDANCE BASICS
(Gymnastic Side)

Jumps Tumbling skills

• Tuck • Forward Rolls and
• Star Backward Rolls
• Pike • Forward Backward
• Split Handspring
• Hurdle Jump/Hurkie • Cartwheel and
• Toe Touch Jump aereal cartwheel
• Head and handstand
Pyramids • Round-off
• Forward and backward
Composition: saltos (optional)
Flyer Base Spotter
Steps in Executing a
Levels:
Pyramid:
One-and-a-half high
Two-high Setting up (Preparing to lift)
Two-and-a-half high Load (Actual lift)
Hit (Striking for a final pause)
Dismount (To move down by
the flyer)

CHEERDANCE BASICS
(Dance Side)

Hip Hop Basics Jazz/Classical Dance Basics:

Bounce (Downrock) Tendu (point)
Groove (Toprock) Pliē (knees slightly bent)
Power moves: Grand Plie (full knees bent)
• Pump Relevē (heels raised)
• Lock Elements of Piquē (Raising a knee)
• Point Dance Battement (Kicks)
• Curl Freezes (Space, Time Ball Change and Chassē
and Energy) Piroutte and Chainē (Turns)

Cheering is the very essence of cheerdance performances. To cheer

is to make someone or a team motivated and encouraged. It boosts,
salutes or acclaims the morale of individuals and teams. In cheerdance,
cheering needs to be strong, loud, and metered so that it will be
delivered in time with rhythm or the music played.
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 Learning Activities
Activity 1: Image Talk
Look at the illustration carefully. Letter A is the illustration of moderate physical
activities, while for B is the illustration showing the vigorous physical activities. What would
be the difference of moderate physical activities from vigorous physical activities? Explain
your answer briefly.
A. Social Dance (Moderate) B. Cheerdance (Vigorous)

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Activity 2: Connect with the Concept Map

Below are the words/phrases that states the advantages of doing moderate
and vigorous physical activities. Select the appropriate words/phrases and fill in the
space of the concept map below.

 decrease personal confidence  lower risk of falls.

 reduce risk of a heart attack  Increase feeling od depression
 lower blood pressure.  discourage social interaction
 worsen quality of life  manage weight better

Advantages
of Moderate
and Vigorous
Physical
Activities

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Activity 3: 60 Minutes a Day
A. HR Log
Instructions:
1. Below is an HR Log template (for 1 week), assess yourself and report your heart
rate before and after you perform a physical activity, the time spent, and your
Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) on the physical activities you do on a daily
basis.

2. Reflect on the physical activities you did before going to school, and/or in PE
classes and fill in the needed data in the given template.

3. You may start with the warm-up

 Do a light jogging
 Stretch your legs, arms, back, & etc. for several minutes.

NAME:
Date Activity Time Heart Rate Heart Rate Rate of
Spent before after Perceived Signature
(in bpm) (in bpm) Exertion

RPE SCALE RATE OF PERCEIVED EXERTION

10 MAX EFFORT ACTIVITY – Feels almost impossible to keep
going. Completely out of breath, unable to talk. Cannot maintain
for more than a very short time.

9 VERY HARD ACTIVITY- Very difficult to maintain exercise

intensity. Can barely breathe and speak only a few words.

7-8 VIGOROUS ACTIVITY- Borderline uncomfortable, Short of

breath. Can speak a sentence.

4-6 MODERATE ACTIVITY- Breathing heavily, can hold a short

conversation. Still somewhat comfortable, but becoming
noticeably more challenging.

2-3 LIGHT ACTIVITY- Feels like you can maintain for hours. Easy to
breath and carry a conversation.

1 VERY LIGHT ACTIVITY- Hardly any exertion, but more than

sleeping, watching TV, etc.
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B. Syllabized Warm-Up Exercise
Instructions:
1. Use any upbeat warm-up music
2. But before starting this warm-up refer first to your heart rate log, so will determine
your limit as far as your heart is concerned.
3. Perform this warm-up activity for 10-15 minutes.
4. Sequence of Exercises:
 neck flexion right and left alternately, 8 counts/ 4 counts
 neck front flexion, 8 counts/ 4 counts
 shoulder rotation/circles front and back alternately, 4 counts for 4 repetitions
 shoulder rotation right and left backward alternately, 4 counts
 arm clip right and left alternately, 8 counts each
 shoulder flex right and left alternately, 8 counts each
 trunk flexion front (arms extended sideward) and back (with arm support on
back of waist), 16 counts each
 trunk flexion right and left (arms extended sideward),16 counts each
 side lunges (bent knee should be vertically aligned with supporting ankle) right
and left alternately, 16 counts each front (bent knee should be vertically aligned
with supporting ankle) and back lunges alternately, 16 counts each
 squats (feet apart parallel to each other, bend knees „til thigh is parallel to the
ground, raise arms horizontally forward), 16 counts
 raise heels, reach up with both arms, 16 counts
 deep lunges right and left alternately, 16 counts each
 do “a” march right and left alternately, 16 times
 high knees right and left alternately, 16 times
 butt kicks right and left alternately, 16 times
 squat jumps (squat with arms at sides and stand then clap hands), 8 sets
 do “a” march right and left alternately, 16 times
 squats and raise, 4 sets (inhale and exhale alternately)

Processing Question:
1. How did you feel about the warm-up drills exercise?
2. What benefits can you gain when doing warm-up before the performance of a
more strenuous physical activity?
3. Why there is a need to warm-up before cheer dancing?

C. Improvise and Create

Instructions:
 Use any upbeat music for warm-up
 Use cheerdance type music
 A cheerdance music will be played. Think of a cheerdance steps and execute
them in accordance with the beat given.
 Create a combination for about four 8s for five minutes.

Processing Question:
1. What were the dance you performed about?
2. How could you perform better?
3. Are there other combinations which you can perform to add dynamics to your
cheerdance routine?
4. How can a student like you benefit from performing cheer dances?

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Activity 4: Promotional Ad through Brochure
Instructions:
1. Come up with an advertisement that promotes contemporary and cheer dancing
as an excellent means of achieving fitness and wellness.
2. Make a brochure pertaining to this activity.

Criteria in rating the Brochure:

Creativity - 40% , Effectiveness - 30% , Relevance - 20% , Overall Impact - 10% TOTAL = 100%

Activity 5: Give Me A Paragraph

Instructions:
1. Reflect on the data you have entered in your HR log for one (1) week.
2. Write a paragraph/essay that represents the result of your HR and RPE, explain
your findings about your fitness condition particularly in performing the moderate
to vigorous activities, to mention the syllabized warm-up (moderate physical
activity) to performing a cheerdance (vigorous physical activity

Criteria in rating paragraph/essay:

Topic Sentence - 40% , Supporting Details - 30% , Punctuation- 10% , Capitalization - 10% ,
Message – 10% TOTAL =100%

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Directions: Complete the following details below about your realization on the other
dance forms (Cheer dance and Contemporary Dance). Write your
answers on separate sheet of paper.

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Acitivity 5 : Give Me A Acitivity 4 : Promotional
Paragraph Ad Through Brochure
Answers May Vary Answers May Vary
Acitivity 3 : 60 Minutes A Acitivity 2 : Connect With Acitivity 1 : Image Talk
Day Concept Map
1. Reduce risk of a heart
A. HR Log – Answers
attack Answers May Vary
may vary
2. Lower blood pressure
B. Syllabized Warm-Up
3. Lower risks of falls
Exercise – Answers
4. Manage weight better
may vary
C. Impose and Create-
Answers may vary
Answer Key
Books:
Physical Education and Health 10 Learner‟s Material, First Edition 2015,
Printed in the Philippines by Vibal Group, Inc.
Online:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_dance
https://dancemagazine.com.au/2014/01/whats-contemporary-dance-days/
https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-contemporary-dance-1007423
https://www.google.com/search?q=contemporary+ballet+dance&source=lnms&tbm=i
sch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwin95ylsv_uAhVbxosBHTypBQ0Q_AUoAnoECA8QBA&biw
=1280&bih=632#imgrc=LAxh7P3uAQqwBM
https://www.google.com/search?q=dance+improvisation&source=lmns&bih=632&biw=1280&
hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwid3qu1v__uAhXqw4sBHXqCB3UQ_AUoAHoECAEQAA
https://www.britannica.com/art/modern-dance
https://www.google.com/search?q=social+dance&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjc8fSGv5DvAhUqK6
YKHZrOCysQ_AUoAnoECA8QBA&biw=1280&bih=632#imgrc=5DaWunjUE9gYgM
https://www.google.com/search?q=social+dance&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjc8fSGv5DvAhUqK6
YKHZrOCysQ_AUoAnoECA8QBA&biw=1280&bih=632#imgrc=5DaWunjUE9gYgM

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