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Physical Education 9
Quarter 3 – Module 3: Swing Dance
First Edition, 2020

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Quarter 3
Self-Learning Module 3
Swing Dance
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Physical Education 9 Self-Learning Module on Swing Dance!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and

independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims
to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely:
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while
taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them
to manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

For the Learner:

Welcome to the Physical Education 9 Self-Learning Module on Swing Dance!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an
active learner.
This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATION

The module will guide the learner in involving oneself in community service through dance
activities in the community.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. know the history and background of the swing dance.

2. perform/execute the basic dance step of swing dance.

3. appreciate the basic swing step with confidence.

PRE–TEST

Multiple Choice: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before the
number.

______1. It is a famous collection of dance forms that originated in the years 1920s to
1940s.
a. Swing Dance c. Cha Cha Dance
c. Tango d. Waltz

______2. A swing style which has its roots in the European 6-count style and is
comparable to the US East Coast style..
a. Boogie Woggie c. East Coast Swing
b. Lindy Hop d. West Coast Swing

______3. A slower swing dance done to rhythm and blues music which can also be
danced to disco, house, rock, and country and western.
a. East Coast Swing c. West Coast Swing
b. Savoy Swing d. Imperial Swing

______4. A mix of East Coast and West Coast Swing.

a. East Coast Swing c. Imperial Swing
b. Collegiate Shag d. Lindy Hop

______5. A 6-count style of Lindy popular in the ballroom dance school organization.
a. West Coast Swing c. Imperial Swing
b. East Coast Swing d. Supreme Swing
 RECAP

In the previous module you have learn about the possible ways to perform appropriate first
aid techniques for injuries that may happen during social dance and physical activities.
Can you enumerate the method RICE that has been tackled in the previous module?
RICE stands for, Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation; this method is one of the possible
ways that you may apply to the injured person.

LESSON

In this module you will learn some basic steps of the dance “swing” that you can perform at
home. But let us first have a brief history about this dance.

BRIEF HISTORY OF SWING DANCING:

Swing dancing is a famous collection of dance forms that originated in the years 1920s to
1940s. This was also known as the infamous swing era. During this time hundreds of new
dance forms under the swing style emerged but only a few could make their mark on society.
Swing dance was initially inspired by swing music, which was a type of jazz music that was
very prevalent at that time. Swing dances usually include couple-style dance forms. With
each new generation that came up since the 1920s, a new form of swing dance began.

With the evolution of Jazz music, Swing dancing emerged in the 1920’s through the 1950’s
Swing in African American communities, most notably in Harlem, New York. Swing dancing
grew from a combination of African dancing, tap, ballroom dancing and sheer creativity from
some of its founders, most notably Dean Collins, Frankie Manning, and “Shorty George”
Snowden.

The first of the Swing dances included Lindy Hop and the Charleston and developed into
over 24 variations including Shag, Balboa, West Coast and Jive. With stylistic differences
from bouncy and hoppy to smooth and subtle, the Swing was versatile and exciting!

Later in the 1930’s, a new six-beat variant of the swing dance emerged, which was called
the Jitterbug. These two dance forms became famous, and more and more people started
dancing to the swing music following these dance forms.
With time the dancers started mixing in other dance forms such as tap and jazz into the
dance. This made an even better amalgamation. Swing dance is still evolving and with time,
other dance forms are being mixed into it to form an even better type of dance.

SOME FORMS OF SWING

Lindy Hop

Born on the streets of Harlem and associated with the Savoy Ballroom in the late 1920s, the
Lindy Hop is known as the original swing dance and would probably be best described as
“partnered jazz dancing”. The dance has no “hop” in it, on the contrary, it is smooth and solid
with a constant rhythmic 8-count pulse that you “feel in your bones”. As a performance art,
Lindy Hop may involve ensemble dancing, choreographed routines, and acrobatic air steps.

The name “Lindy Hop” was inspired by Charles Lindbergh’s trans-Atlantic solo airplane hop
in 1927. Over the years the dance evolved into different forms and styles in different regions
of the country. In the 1980’s it was given new life as young dancers connected with and
learned from the original dancers.

The core of Lindy Hop is improvisation – you play, you improvise, you syncopate. Still, the
dance does have a structure with some basic steps, patterns and moves, which serve as the
basis for innovation. It is mostly characterized by a breakaway move, known as the “Swing-
Out”, where the lead sends the follow out of closed position and allows both of them to
improvise solo steps. Unlike most ballroom dances, where the dancers float or glide on the
floor, Lindy Hop is danced “into the floor” – it uses a “pulse” that drives and connects the
dancers. Depending on the music, Lindy Hop can be fast and energetic or smooth and
groovy.

Lindy Hop is mostly danced to swing, blues, and jazz music, but is not limited to these styles.
Although Lindy Hop is a partnered dance it offers a lot of room for individual expression
within the partnership. Both lead and follow constantly communicate with each other through
connection, movement, timing, harmony, and musicality. It is said that good Lindy Hop
dancing is a perfect balance between structure and freedom.

Balboa

Originated in 1935 at the Pavilion at Balboa Island in Southern California, when crowded
ballrooms forced dancers to shorten their steps. Balboa is a fast, 8-count dance where
partners are basically glued together and perform fast footwork but not much whole-body
movement. Can be comfortably danced to very fast music.

Another popular variation of this dance is known as Bal-Swing (or Swing-Bal), which
includes different variations, moves and patterns.
Boogie Woogie

A swing style which has its roots in the European 6-count style and is comparable to the US
East Coast style. Boogie Woogie is famous for its fast, smooth and tricky footwork. In
Competitions Boogie Woogie is danced to original music of the late 40ies and 50ies with
emphasis on an improvised interpretation of the music without a fixed choreography.

East Coast Swing

A 6-count style of Lindy popular in the ballroom dance school organization.

West Coast Swing (also known as Whip or Push)

A slower swing dance done to rhythm and blues music which can also be danced to disco,
house, rock, and country and western. This dance stays in a “slot” which means that the
follower travels back and forth on a straight line. The steps usually have 6, 8, 10, or 12
counts and offer a great deal of customization and stylistic variation. In Texas, there is a
version of West Coast Swing called Whip (it’s called Push in Dallas) that is popular.

Imperial Swing

Native to St. Louis. So called because it was nurtured in the Imperial Dance Club on
Florissant Street in St. Louis. It is a variant of East Coast Swing with a six-count step which
includes eight-count steps similar to the Lindy. A mix of East Coast and West Coast Swing.

Collegiate Shag

Originated in the South and has been known as the “Flea Hop” at times, the Shag was
popular in the early 1920’s with the college students. Shag has three main categories: single,
double, and triple. These are determined by the amount of kicks or hops in the dance (for
example, Balboa can be considered as Single Time Shag). All the existing styles (St. Louis
Shag, Collegiate Shag, Carolina Shag, etc.) fall under the single, double or triple categories.
Shag can be six-count or eight count and is usually danced in closed position to fast swing
music primarily fast Ragtime-Jazz.
Swing Steps for the Beginners: East Coast Swing

Beginners usually start with East Coast Swing, because it is the easiest of all swing styles.
Here you will know the basic 6 count step for East Coast Swing.

East Coast Swing has a basic count of 1&2, 3&4, 5,6. It's known as a triple step swing. The
basic pattern is triple step, triple step, and a rock step.

When you're starting out you can replace the triple step with a single step. In that case the
pattern would be step, step, rock step or rock step, step, step, depending on how you start
counting. The overall progression is, of course, the same.

The triple step is really not that difficult to master, it is performed in a chasse-like manner -
side step, together, side step.

Instructions & Diagrams:

 1&2: Triple step to the left (left-right-left)

 3&4: Triple step to the right (right-left-
right)
 5: Step backward with your left foot
 6: Weight shifts to your right foot

(You can watch this video in this link to

easily follow the steps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l-
IrUpWEUI)
 ACTIVITIES

FILL IN THE BLANK: Fill in the blank the appropriate basic dance steps of East Coast
Swing to complete all the statements.

1&2: _____________________________________________

3&4: _____________________________________________

5: _______________________________________________

6: _______________________________________________

WRAP–UP

Swing brings people together in a joyful social setting facilitating self-expression

through body movement and connection with other dancers, all of which to music and
rhythms that bring big smile and energy to all who experience it! The art of Swing dancing
not only will make you exercise, enjoying the music while dancing, develop better
consciousness of your body, but it will also stimulate your creativity since it's an improvised
dance.

What can you say about the history of the Swing Dance? How the swing dance
evolve? What do you think is the difference of the Swing Dance to our native ballroom dance
like Tinikling and Cariñosa?
 VALUING

In your own words, write something you have learned about this module by completing each
phrase.

I learned that ____________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________.

I realized that
____________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________.
 POST TEST

Matching Type: Match the description from column A to its corresponding term in column B.
Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

______1. A 6-count style of Lindy a. Lindy Hop

______2. Also known as “whip” or “push” b. East Coast Swing

______3. A fast, 8-count dance where partners c. Boogie Woggie

are basically glued together

______4. known as the original swing dance d. West Coast Swing

______5. A mix of East Coast and West Coast e. Imperial Swing

Swing

f. Balboa
 KEY TO CORRECTION

5. e 4. a; 3. f; 2. d; 1. b;
Post Test

6: Weight shifts to your right foot

5: Step backward with your left foot
3&4: Triple step to the right (right-left-right)
1&2: Triple step to the left (left-right-left)

Activity

5. b 4. c; 3. c; 2. a; 1. a;
Pre test

REFERENCES
Books:

Doris D. Tulio (2008). BASIC PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR COLLEGE. National Book
Store, Mandaluyong City.

Online / Electronic Sources

Different forms of Swing.https://www.convergencedbc.com/dance-classes/ballroom-

dancing/swing-info/

Basic Steps of East Coast Swing.https://www.dancing4beginners.com/swing/

Brief History of Swing Dancing .https://dancefxstudios.com/dance-lessons-mesa-az/a-brief-
history-of-swing-dancing/
How to Swing Dance For Beginners: East Coast Swing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l-IrUpWEUI