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FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION and HEALTH 12

True or False. Write True if the statement is correct. If not, Rewrite the statement to correct it.
1. Contemporary dances do not use fixed moves and instead try to develop totally new forms and
dynamics.
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2. Contemporary dancers should embrace freedom, ignore old dance conventions and limits of the
human body and visual expression of
feelings._______________________________________________________________________
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3. Contemporary dance is officially the name given to a series of dance styles including folk
dance._________________________________________________________________________
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4. Dancers who introduce and greatly popularized the contemporary dance to the worldwide
audience was Martha Graham(1894-
1991)._________________________________________________________________________
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5. Do a body favor; make sure you
eat.___________________________________________________________________________
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6. Understand that when you dance lyrical, your movement show the instrumentation of the
song.__________________________________________________________________________
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7. Modern dance moves are all designed to encourage technical movement and traditional
interpretation.___________________________________________________________________
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8. Fluent in dancing is when you pour your heart and feelings out with your
movements.____________________________________________________________________
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9. Let your body flow is sometimes is a hard concept for some people to
understand._____________________________________________________________________
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10. While dancing, try to come up with the same feelings and moves.
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Essay. answer the following questions as precisely as possible.

1. What is the difference between a folk dance and a contemporary dance? (5pts).
2. What is the difference between a folk dance and modern dance? (5pts.)
3. Is there a difference between a contemporary dance and a modern dance? (5pts)
4. Differentiate contemporary dance with jazz and lyrical dances. (5pts.)

Rearrange the underlined word to identify the various folk/ ethnic dances in our country. (2pts
each)

1. This folk dan in Luzon, is not just any other traditional dance in the movements of
animal. LALAGAMKIT.
2. Is considered by many to be the Philippines national dance. This dance movement imitate
the movement of the tikling bird. LINGIITNK.
3. The movements of this cultural dance include walk with little choppy steps that imitates
how itik moves. TIIK-TIIK.
4. A Filipino cultural dance made for flirting, hence it’s a courtship dance in the Philippines.
RINOCAAS.
5. A folk dance of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao depicting one of the episodes in the
epic poem Darangan. GLIKNIS.
True or False
Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If not, REWRITE the statement to correct it. (2 pts
each).
1. The term “ballroom dancing” is derived from the word ball, which in turn originates from the
Latin word ballare which mean “to dance” In times past, ballroom dancing was”social;
dancing” for privileged, leaving “folk dancing” for the lower classes.
2. Ballroom dancing is a partnership dance where couples, using step-patterns, move rhythmically,
expressing the characteristics of music. Ballroom dancing consists of two styles: the smooth, or
standard, and the Rhythm, or Latin. The smooth, standard style focuses on the elegance, grace
and fluidity of movement. Dancers rotate in a counter-clockwise direction, moving around the
entire floor. The couple is constantly moving on the dance floor, transitioning from one place to
the next in a fixed pattern. The foxtrot, waltz, tango, Viennese Waltz and Quickstep are danced in
this manner.
3. The fastest ballroom dance is Quickstep are danced in this manner.
4. Ballroom dance can decrease blood pressure and cholesterol, improve cardiovascular health,
strengthen weight bearing bones, help prevent or slow bone loss related to osteoporosis, lower the
risks of obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, and promote increased lung capacity.
5. The hardest ballroom dance is the foxtrot is considered to be the hardest ballroom dance to
master.

Essay:
Distinction between Cultural and Festival dance (200 words) 10 points.

GOODLUCK and GOD BLESS!

Prepared by: Jessica Jean C. Sabit