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GRADE 12 CHEERDANCE
Quarter 1 – Module 5 & 6
 LESSON 5 : CHEERDANCE
EXPECTATIONS
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GRADE 12 This module will help you to:
❖ Know the meaning of cheerdance
❖ Identify the different elements of cheerdance such as
pyramids, arm movements jumps, tumblings
❖ discuss the background and context of cheerdance
❖ perform a cheerdance routine
 LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON
Folk Dance Title: Lapay Bantigue

Meaning: Seagulls of Bantigue Island, Masbate

Dance Culture: Coastal Christians
Place of Origin: Bantigue Island, Masbate

Ethnolinguistic Group: Masbateno

HOPE - 3 Classification: Comic, Mimetic (fowl)

Background / Context:
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Like many small islands, Bantigue of Masbate rely on the sea to supply fish to
great parts of the Bicol region.
Each dawn, Bantigue village awaits the arrival of boats with their catch. Gathered
on the beach with the people are thousands of lapay or seagulls, flying overhead or
moving around the sand and seashore. To while away their time, people turn their
attention to the lapay, shooing them or imitating their flight, swoops, dives and glides.
This playful frolicking started the first steps of an unrehearsed dance. Music was
brought in later to lend order and form. It did not take long before couples competed in
show-offs lapay antics, the very core of what lapay is today.
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 BRIEF INTRODUCTION

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 WHAT IS 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
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While, to Dance is a physical activity where one expresses
emotions or gestures while performing bodily movements
usually in time and rhythm.
Cheerleading - is the performance of a routine usually
dominated by a gymnastic skill 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. Therefore, Cheerdancing,is rooted from cheerleading.
 HOW CHEERDANCING START ?

Cheerleading history is linked closely to the United State’s

history of sports, its sporting venues, as well as the historical
development of overall crowd participation at many Athletic
events ( history of cheerleading,2015 ). However, its origin can be
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students from Great Britain began to cheer and chant in unison
for their favorite athletes at sporting events. This event
eventually reached and influenced America ( timeline of
Cheerleading,2012)
In the late 1880’s the first organized recorded yell done in
locomotive style was performed in an American campus and was
first seen and heard during a college football game. However,
organized all male cheerleading only transpired when Thomas
Peebles, one of the graduates of Princeton University, brought the
yell and the football sports to the University of Minnesota in
1884.
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 ESSENTIALS OF CHEER DANCING

Arms and Hands Movement for Cheerdance

1. 2. 3. 4.

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BLADE
BUCKET CANDLESTICK
Arms are
Arms are straight Arms are straight
straight in JASS HANDS
with fists down, as with fists facing
sideways, open Open palm,
if holding the each other as if
palm and fist fingers are
handle of a bucket they were holding
facing down and spread out.
in each hand a lit candle in each
fingers must
stick together
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Arms and Hands Movement for Cheerdance

5. 6. 7. 8.

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HALF T
CLAP CLASP T MOTION
Both arms are
Strike palms Clasp hands Both arms are
parallel to the
together in front of together in the front extended
ground and the
the chest of the chest sideways parallel
both elbows are
to the ground
bent.
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Arms and Hands Movement for Cheerdance

9. 10. 11. 12.

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K MOTION
TOUCHDOWN One arm is raised CHECKMARK
upward, while OVERHEAD
Arms are stretch the other arm One arm is raised CLASP
diagonally upward, Arms are extended
out in upward position
then the other arm upward; clasp
position; closed fist downward across elbow is bent and hands together
facing in to the opposite pointing downward.
side.
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Arms and Hands Movement for Cheerdance
13. 14. 15. 16.

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L MOTION
DAGGER BOX One arm is raised
Both arms are bent;
PUNCH
Both arms are bent; upward; the
Raised one arm
clenced fists facing clenched fists facing
each other parallel to other; Elbows are on
overhead with other arm is
closed fist. raised on the side
shoulders shoulder level.
in shoulder level.
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Arms and Hands Movement for Cheerdance

17. 18.

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DIAGONAL HIGH V
One arm is raised Both arms are raised
diagonally upward, while diagonally upward;
the other arm positioned forming “V”.
diagonally downward.
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Leg/ Feet Position
1. 2. 3.

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BEGINNING SIDE LUNGE

CHEER
STANCE One leg is
STANCE
Stand straight with bent, while the
both feet close Stand straight
other leg is
together with feet apart.
extended
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Leg/ Feet Position
4. 5.

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SQUAT KNEEL
Both knees are Body is
slightly bent supported by
facing outward. the knees.
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JUMPS
1. 2. 3.

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TUCK JUMP SPREAD

As you jump, DOUBLE
EAGLE HOOK
bring knees As you jump,
closer to chest, As you jump,
arms and legs both knees are
keep knees are extended
together. bent sideways.
open wide.
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JUMPS

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FRONT
HURDLER PIKE JUMP TOE TOUCH
bring straight leg up Keep head up; Also known as
to chest and
between the arms;
bring legs to straddle jump. As
back knee points arms; arms you jump, legs are
towards the ground; parallel to the open and parallel
land with feet
ground. to the ground.
together at the same
time.
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JUMPS

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SIDE
HURDLER
As you jump, one
leg is bent; knee is
facing forward,
while the other leg
goes straight up.
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Tumblings
FORWARD ROLL
(a) squat down with hands on the
ground then
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(d) rotate onto feet continuing to a
standing position.

BACKWARD ROLL

(a) From a standing position,

squat down continuing to a
(b) sitting position with hands place close
to ears and palms facing up. (c) roll
backward while placing the weight of the
body on both feet,
(d) continue through a squat position.
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Tumblings
CARTWHEEL
(a) With one foot in front,
(b) Stand on one foot and lean down until both hands
are on the ground,
(c) transfer weight from one hand to the other while
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(d) place one leg on the ground and continue through a
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ROUND-OFF
(a) From a standing position with one foot in front,
(b) transfer weight to hands while driving legs above over
body.
(c) bring the legs together in a handstand position.
(d) follow by snapping down the legs and finishing with a
quarter turn ending up facing the opposite direction and
continue through a standing position
 Energy

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Elements
of Dance
Time
Space
 ELEMENTS OF DANCE

SPACE – which comprise of Direction, Size, Level, and Focus ,deal with the
physical area where dancers move accordingly.
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ENERGY – speaks of the power of a dance; could it be heavy or light, sharp
or smooth, depending on what type of dance is being executed.

TIME – which includes Beat,Tempo,Rhythmic,Pattern,Duration,and

Accent,refers to the length, patterns of movement, music accompaniment’s
beat, and tempo, as well as the accent of the dance.
 GENRE OF DANCE ( FOR CHEERDANCE
Cheer dancing can also be incorporated to other genre of dance
including Hip Hop and Jazz/ Classical Dances.

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 ACTIVITES

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 REMEMBER
1. Cheerdance is coined from the word ________ and _________.
2. ____________ is a physical activity where one expresses emotions or
gesture while performing bodily movements usually in time and rhythm.
3. _________ is the performance of a routine, usually dominated by a
gymnastic skill.
4. _________ is rooted from cheerleading.
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locomotive style.
6. The first cheerleading company was formed by ___________.
7. In year ________ the first pep club was established at Princeton
University.
8. _________ is an arm movement where both arms are bent; clenched
fists facing each other parallel to shoulders.
9. ___________ is a feet position where one leg is bent, while the other leg
is extended.
10. _________ is a jump whereas you jump, bring knees closer to chest,
keep knees together.
 REMEMBER
Tell what is being asked by the following statements.

1. Bring straight leg up to chest and between the arms; back knee points
towards the ground; land with feet together at the same time.
2. Both knees are slightly bent facing outward.
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3. Stand straight with feet apart.
GRADE 12 4. One arm is raised diagonally upward ,while the other arm positioned
diagonally downward.
5. Raised one arm overhead with closed fist.
6. One arm is raised upward; the other arm is raised on the side in
shoulder level.
7. Both arms are bent; clenched fists facing each other; elbows are on
shoulder level.
8. Arms are extended upward; clasp hands together
9. One arm is raised diagonally upward, then the other arm elbow is bent
and pointing downward
10. Arms are stretch out in upward position; closed fist facing in.
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References
HOPE - 3 Physical Education and Health Vol. II by Conrado Aparato, Zyra Brebante, lualhati
GRADE 12 Callo and Peter
Dajime
Physical Education and Health 10 (Learner’s Material)
https://www.allaboutdancebykristen.com/hip-hop/
https://www.danceconnectionrochester.com/dance/jazz-dance