L I G A O N A TI O N A L H I G H S C H O O L

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (301837)

Ligao City
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 3-DANCE
WORKSHEET 5
DIFFERENT DANCE GENRES
I. OBJECTIVE
➢ Discuss the different genres of dances
➢ Analyzes physiological indicators such as heart rate, rate of perceived exertion and pacing
associated with MVPAs to monitor and/or adjust participation or effort.
II. DISCUSSION
Dance is a powerful impulse, but the art of
dance is that impulse channeled by skillful performers
into something that becomes intensely expressive and
that may delight spectators who feel no wish to dance
themselves. These two concepts of the art of dance—
dance as a powerful impulse and dance as a skillfully
choreographed art practiced largely by a professional
few—are the two most important connecting ideas
running through any consideration of the subject. In
dance, the connection between the two concepts is
stronger than in some other arts, and neither can exist
without the other.
Although the above broad definition covers all
forms of the art, philosophers and critics throughout
history have suggested different definitions of dance that
have amounted to little more than descriptions of the kind of dance with which each writer was most familiar.
Thus, Aristotle’s statement in the Poetics that dance is rhythmic movement whose purpose is “to represent
men’s characters as well as what they do and suffer” refers to the central role that dance played in classical
Greek theatre, where the chorus through its movements reenacted the themes of the drama during lyric
interludes.

WHAT IS DANCE?

▪ Dance is the movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually

to music and within a given space, for the purpose of
expressing an idea or emotion, releasing energy, or simply
taking delight in the movement itself.
▪ Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected
sequences of human movement. This movement
has aesthetic and symbolic value, and is acknowledged as dance by
performers and observers within a particular culture.
▪ Dance is to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a
pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
▪ Dance is a particular series of movements that
you perform to music or the type of music that
is connected with it.
 DIFFERENT GENRE AND STYLE OF DANCE

FOLKDANCE
• develop by people that reflect the life of the people of a
certain country or region;
• Philippine Folkdance incorporates influences from
immigrants and conquerors while at the same time
maintaining distinctly Filipino roots.
• PRECOLONIAL: they dance to appease the Gods, to carry
favors from powerful spirits, to celebrate a hunt or a
harvest, to mimic the exotic life forms around them, they
danced their stories and their remembered legends and
history.
• MUSLIM MERCHANTS: From Malay traders in 14th
century, they were most interested in commerce than
colonization although they establish strongholds of Islam and created their own folk dances in the
areas were they settle.
• SPANISH COLONIZATION: survive the European invasion, the dancers adapted imposed Christian
belief and culture. Maria Clara dances evolved. Dancers wear European 16 th century dress and move
to the sounds of bamboo castanets.
• FOLKLORIC FUSION: folkdances from the lowlands and the hill tribes persist in their traditional forms
and contemporary choreography for Philippine ballet companies

FESTIVAL

TYPES: religious and secular

• in the Philippines numerous numbers of
festivals celebrated in the country are of
religious origin, honoring the city or
province patron saints.

• activities were done for this special day

that brings all the whole community
together to express gratitude to God.

• BEFORE THE COMING OF SPANIARDS:

Filipinos practice ANIMISM or the
Worship of Spirits, which involve performing ceremonies intended to appease malevolent spirits.
Ritual offerings are regularly made by the locals.

• catholic missionaries along with the Spaniards created fiestas.

• TODAY: the practices taught by the Spanish clergy have merge well with the indigenous ritual
practices and carried over to this day
BALLROOM

• history of this dance can be trace back as far as primitive

cultures dancing to celebrate birth or mourn a death. In later
years, it continued to develop and evolved, mingling the dances of
other culture such as Middle East, Africa and Europe.

• 14TH TO MID 16TH CENTURY: involved processional dances with

relatively simple steps. Couples interacting with each other.
Dances were lively, filled with flirtations, and conversations

• TYPES: (a). Latin American-revealing dress, tight fitting

clothes,
(b). Modern standard dances- ankle length dress; formal wear

CONTEMPORARY

• steps were originally borrowed from classical, modern, and jazz style, due to its popularity amongst
trained dancers and some overlap in movement style it is often perceived as being closely related to
modern dance and ballet.

• Merce Cunningham is considered to be the

first choreographer to develop an
“independent attitude towards modern
dance”

• TECHNIQUES: utilize both the strong and

controlled legwork of ballet and modern
dances stress on the torso and also employs
contact-release, floor work, fall and recovery
and improvisation characteristics of modern
dance. There are also non-dance related
practices such as Pilates and yoga.

• ATTIRE: leotard with spandex shorts and a tank

top or t-shirt over the leotard. Dancers often
dance barefoot but may also opt for jazz shoes and ballet shoes.
• unpredictable changes in rhythm, speed and direction are often used.
 HIP-HOP

• is not a studio-derived style, street dancers

developed it in urban neighborhoods without formal
process.

• Black Americans in New York city created uplock

and break dancing.

STYLES: uprock, breaking, locking, roboting and pooping

(funk style) are differently stylistically but they share
common ground in their street origin and in their
improvisational nature.

CHEER DANCE

• is an activity where in the participants cheer for

their team as a form of encouragement. It can
range from chanting slogans to intense physical
activity.

• it can be performed to motivate sports teams, to

entertain the audience of for competition.

• COMPONENTS: Tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers

and stunts

• originated in the United States

A dance style, or a dance genre, is simply a certain type of dance. Different kinds of dance styles
include festival, hip-hop, contemporary, ballroom, cheer dance and diverse folk dances from around the
world. These large hierarchical dance genres can be further divided into sub-categories. For example,
Graham and Horton are both types of modern dance; and popping and vogueing are two different styles of
hip-hop dance.

While it is possible to find ballet classes in most cities, other dance forms are less widespread. We
have classified these types of dances as folk dance. Depending on where you live. Some of these traditional
dances have roots that date back centuries. However, it is important to remember that all dance is art, created
within a culture.
 Genre and style are relatively ambiguous terms. They depend on analyses of movement style,
structure, and performance context (i.e., where the dance is performed, who is watching, and who is dancing)
as well as on a cluster of general cultural attitudes concerning the role and value of dance in society.

Genre usually refers to a self-contained formal tradition such as ballet, within which there may be
further subgenres, such as classical and modern ballet. Some critics consider modern dance as an independent
genre with a subgenre of postmodern dance, but others subsume both categories under ballet, along with
other theatre dance forms such as jazz.

Style as used here embraces many elements, including a preference for certain kinds of movement
(fast, slow, simple, or intricate) or for particular kinds of energy and attack (sharp, edgy, and hard, as opposed
to soft and fluid). It also embraces different ways of phrasing movement or of arranging dancers into groups,
as well as an interest in certain kinds of music or design.

III. ACTIVITY PROPER

TASK 1.
Assess the characteristics of the different dances, try to identify at least 1 to 2 differences and/or
similarities of the dances on the first column of the table. Write your answer on the table provided.

DANCES DIFFERENCES SIMILARITIES

FOLKDANCE and FESTVAL

BALLROOM and
CONTEMPORARY
HIPHOP and CHEERDANCE

TASK 2 Expected Output

- Create a brochure showing the different genres of dances. Be guided of the rubrics provided.