Sibonga Community College

Municipality of Sibonga
Poblacion, Sibonga, Cebu
E-mail add:sibonga.communitycollege@yahoo.com

UNIT 2
FUNDAMENTAL DANCE POSITIONS, STEPS AND DANCE TERMS

POSITIONS OF THE ARMS AND FEET

ACTIVITY I.
1. Watch the video in your Group Chat analyze and practice the fundamental position of the arms and
feet.

2. After practicing , execute and demonstrate the fundamental positions of the arms and feet and
make a video presentation send through google classroom.

3. for the attire:

Boys will wear a black pants and white shirts for upper.
Girls will wear any skirt for lower and white shirts for upper. If possible Filipiniana attire.

DANCE STEPS
The traditional steps used in one folk dance are really combinations of the basic movements. It will
also be noted that there are some dance steps which can be performed with any kind of music .The
dance steps listed here are analyzed according to step pattern, proper counting for each movement
and the number of measures used to perform a dance step to provide ease or facility in learning them.

2/4 Music
DANCE STEP STEP PATTERN AND COUNTING NO. OF
MEASURES
Touch step Point, close 1M
1 2
Bleking step Heel place, close 1M
1 2
Close step Step, close 1M
1 2
Hop step Step, hop 1M
1 2
Slide step Slide, close 1M
1 2
Change step Step, close, step 1M
1 and 2
Cross change step Cross-step, close, step 1M
1 and 2
Contraganza Leap, cross-step, step 1M
1 and 2
Plain polka Step, close, step, pause 1M
1 and 2 and
Hop polka Hop-step, close, step, pause 1M
and 1 and 2 and
Mincing steps Step, step, step, step (and so on with tiny steps) 1M
 1 and 2 and
Suffling steps Slide, slide, slide, slide (and so on…) 1M
1 and 2 and
Chasing steps Step, close, step, close (and so on…) 1M
1 and 2 and

3/4 Music
DANCE STEP STEP PATTERN AND COUNTING NO. OF
MEASURES
Touch step Point, close or point, close 1M
1,2 3 1 2,3
Bleking step Heel place, close or heel place, close 1M
1 2 3 1 2,3
Close step Step, close or step, close 1M
1,2 3 1 2,3
Hop step Step, hop or step, hop 1M
1,2 3 1 2,3
Cross step Step, cross-step or step, cross-step 1M
1,2 3 1 2,3
Slide step Slide, close or slide, close 1M
1,2 3 1 2,3
Native waltz Step, close, step (in place) 1M
1 2 3
Cross waltz Cross-step, close, step 1M
1 2 3
Waltz balance Step, close-heels raise, heels down 1M
1 2 3
Mazurka Slide, cut, hop 1M
1 2 3
Redoba Slide, cut, cut 1M
1 2 3
Sway balance with a point Step, cross-step, step, point 2M
1,2 3 1 2,3
Sway balance with a raise Step, cross-step, step, raise 2M
1,2 3 1 2,3
Sway balance with a brush Step, cross-step, step, brush 2M
1,2 3 1 2,3
Sway with a close Step, cross-step, step, close 2M
1,2 3 1 2,3
Engano with a close Step (sideward), cross-step, step, close 2M
1,2 3 1 2,3
Engano with a waltz Step, cross-step, step, close, step 2M
1,2 3 1 2 3
Activity 2.

1. Make your own dance combination using the basic dance steps in 2/4 and 3/4 music,
2. You can use the music of Paro-Parong Bukid, Carinosa music etc. or your own choice of
music as long as it’s a folk music.
3. Attire same as the Activity 1. Send your video through google classroom.

Activity 3. Will be a written test. (Schedule for this will be given on your respective Group Chats.)

Prepared by:

Ma’am Rona Vasquez

P.E Teacher