FOLK DANCE
   The setting of the social and ballroom dance is a
 With each passing year, customs and beliefs of
groups of people get built little by little, slowly with
time forming into traditions. Folk dances represent
one of the strongest ways these traditions of
countries and regions can be showcased to the
public. Even though many traditional dances bear
the name of an ethnic dance, not all of them
remained folk dances, but all of them try to
emphasize the cultural roots of the particular
dance.  Tango, Jive, Samba, Swing.
     Some of them morphed over time into religious
dances, and as such, they are not primarily used to
showcase tradition but to enhance religious
ceremonies and beliefs. Such dances are often
called religious or ritual dances.
     Folk dances are usually danced at social
gatherings, which can be formed spontaneously or
during yearly celebrations, that can but are not
required to have a particular dancing stage and are
almost always so simple to dance that new dancers
and amateurs are encouraged to start dancing with
everyone else.  This Includes dance mixers, square dance round
 Examples of folk dances are the rural and
country dances, jotas, mazurkas,
pandanggos, among others with foreign
influence.
 Examples of ethnic dances are the dances
of the mountain peoples of the Cordilleras,
dances of the ethnic groups in the Cagayan
Valley Region and the ethnic dances in the
Mindanao Regions.
OTHER DANCE FORMS
1. Social and Ballroom Dance
     Social dancing is partner dancing that is
informal, relaxed, and danced for the enjoyment of
the partners - rather than to meet the criteria of a
dance school or an audience. Social dancing is
danced for enjoyment, socialization, recreation and
health. The test for social dancing success is how
much the dance partners have enjoyed the dance -
not how they have danced in the eyes of others or
how "correctly" they have danced.
 
social gathering with the more formal atmosphere
than the simple and informal parties in which the
recreational dances are the usual forms. Social and
ballroom dancing are generally held in the
evenings. The participants are usually in formal
attire.
 Examples are Waltz, Cha-cha, Rumba,
2. Recreational Dance
     Recreational dance refers to any form of
dancing that is done primarily for its social,
educational or health benefits; it includes social
dance and amateur dance instruction and
performance. 
     Recreational dance is dancing without any real
structure. Recreational dance classes are meant to
be fun and freeing, and the goal is for dancers to
focus less on form and technique and more on the
joy they feel from dancing.
and couple dances. Many of these dances have
simple patterns and combinations of walking steps,
polka step and the waltz step. The setting is usually
informal gatherings and parties, reunions etc.
3. Creative Dance
     It is the highest form of dance. Creative dance is
a type of dance that combines movement with
artistic expression. It is the end-product of
exploration and improvisation of movements as the
dancer or the choreographer expresses his feelings
or emotions, ideas, and interpretations. 
     Dancers have the opportunity to create their
own personalities and create their own
choreography. 
     This is a dance with a definite form: a beginning
and an ending. The principles of art form are all
observed in the composition of the dance.
 Examples of this dance are ballet, jazz, and
modern or contemporary dance.