Group 3

Cheerdance
 Cheerdance

Is coined from the words, cheer and dance. To

cheer is shout out words and phrases that may
help motivate and boost the morale of a playing
team and perform better during game. Dance,
on the other hand, is a physical activity where
one expresses emotions or gestures while
performing bodily movements usually in the time
with rhythm. Cheerdancing rooted from
cheerleading.
 Cheerleading is the performance of a routine, usually dominated by
gymnastic skills such as jumps, tumbling skills , lifts and tosses combined with
shouting of cheers and yells to lead the crowd to cheer for certain team
during a game or sport. It originated in the united states. Due to Filipinos love
for dancing, they added more dance routines to their cheers and came up
with the term cheerdance wherein it is a routine composed of yells and
cheer, gymnastic skills (pyramids and tosses, stunts tumbling skills, arm and
hand positions and jumps),and dance (fusion Of different dance genres).
Today, cheerdancing is identified as one of the most spectacular events in
one of the biggest collegiate sports events in the country, the UAAP(
University Athletic Association of the Philippines).
ESSENTIALS OF
CHEERDANCING
Arms / Hand
movements
Beginning stance and cheer
stance
“T” and half “T” position
Touchdown, low touchdown
High” V” and low ”V”
Tabletop and punch, etc
ESSENTIALS OF CHEERDANCING
Arms / Hand movements

“ L” and diagonal positions

Legs / feet position
feet together
feet apart
dig (front and side)
hitch, liberty, and scale
lunge ( front and side)
Cheerdance Basics
(Gymnastic side)

Jumps
Tucks Star / Spread eagle
Pike Split
Hurdle jump/Hurkie Toe Touch Jump
Tumbling skills
Forward rolls and backward
rolls
Forward backward handspring
Cartwheel and Aerial cartwheel
Back Tuck
 Pyramids

Composition: flyer base spotter

Levels :

One-and-a-half high
Two-high
Two-and-a-half high
Steps in executing a pyramid

 Setting up( preparing to lift)

 Load ( actual lift)
 Hit(striking for a final pause)
 Dismount ( to move down by the flyer)
Cheerdance basics
(dance side)

Hip hop basics Jazz/classical dance basics:

Bounce(downrock)  Tendu (point)
Groove (toprock)  Plie (knees slightly bent)
Power moves:  grand plie ( full knees bent)
 Pump  Releve (heels, raised)
 Lock  Pique( raising a knee)
 Point  Battement ( kicks)
 Curl  Ball change and chasse
freezes  Piroutte and chaine ( tums)
Elements of dance (space, time,
and energy)

 Cheering is the very essence

of cheerdance
performances. To cheer is to
make someone or a team
motivated and encouraged.
It boost, salutes or acclaims
the morale of individuals and
teams.
In cheerdance, cheering need a
to be strong, loud, and
metered so that it will be
delivered in time with rhythm
or the music played.
question
 A. United states

1.It is coined from the words, cheer and dance.

 B. Cheerleading

2.It is to shout words or phrases that may help

motivate and boost the morale of playing
team and perform better during game.
 C. Cheer

3.It is a physical activity where one expresses

emotions or gesture while performing bodily
movements.

 D. Dance
4 It is performance of a routine, usually dominated
by gymnastic skills such as jumps, tumbling
skills lift and etc.

5. It is originated in the ?
 E. Cheerdance
  F.forward rolls and
backward rolls

6.-7 give 2 example of jump.

 G. round-off

8-9 give 2 example of tumbling

skills  H. star

10.  I. split

 J.