• Discuss the meaning and importance of dance

• Identify the elements of dance

• Describe the traditional Filipino dance
• Compare and contrast the ancient dances with
the modern and popular dances of today
• Appreciate the functions of dance
Dance is a medium for personal creativity ,
including expressing oneself in free and
spontaneous movement as well as in guided or
structured movement

(Anna Haplin) – Dance is a spontaneous

link between movement and feeling
consciously ordered.
• Medium for personal creativity
• For theater and cinema
• Artistic expression of the human race
• Part of rituals, prayers, festivals
• Medium of sensing, understanding,
communicating ideas, feelings and experiences
• Develops communication abilities
• Body
• Action
• Space
• Time
• Energy
• Communication
• Culture and Ritual
• Education
• Political
• Exercise and Health
• Dance for participation
• Dance for presentation
• Ballet
• Swing
• Hip-Hop
• Contra
• Breakdance
• Country and Western
• Jazz
• Belly Dance
• Tap
• Folk Dance
• Modern
• Binasuan • Maglalatik
• Rigodon • Maria Clara
• Pandanggo sa ilaw • Cariñosa
• Sublian • La Jota Manileña
• Kuratsa • Sakuting
• Itik-Itik • Pantomina
• Tinikling
• Banog • Kadal Blelah
• Salisid • Kadal Tahaw
• Palok • Sayaw sa Cuyo
• Lumagen • Karatong
• Idudu • Dugso
• Dinuyya • Gayong-Gayong
• Bandayan • Kapa Malong-Malong
• Binayan • Pagapir
• Burung Talo • Pangalay
• Weight control
• Exercise
• Improves balance and coordination, muscle tone, posture
• Traditional dances were inspired by religion and communal
festivities
• Dance links man to real where ritual could attempt to
explain the unknown
Philippine Folk dance – The collection of Philippine native
dances
Maglalatik – Exhibits the oldest of the Filipino dances
Singkil –Maranao wedding dance which tests the dancer’s skills
and grace
Tinikling– imitate the movements of tikling birds
Group Dances
• Ati-atihan of Kalibo, Aklan
• Sinulog of Cebu
• Tadek of Cordilleras
• Lunsay – unique and intricate group dance by Japa
Mapuns
Spanish or Mexican origins
• Pandanggo
• Surtido
• Jota
European dances
• Rigodon and water waltz
• Polka
Ati-atihan Tinikling

Maglalatik Singkil