What is Cheer dance?

Cheer dance is coined from the words:

“cheer”, and “dance.” To cheer is to shout
out words or phrases that
may help motivate and boost the morale of
a playing team and perform better during a
game. While, to
Dance is a physical activity where one
expresses emotions or gestures while
performing bodily movements
usually in time and rhythm.
On the other hand, Cheerleading is the
performance of a routine, usually
dominated by a gymnastic skill such as jumps,
tumbling skills, lifts and tosses combined with
shouting of
cheers and yells to lead the crowd to cheer for a
certain team during a game or sport. Therefore,
Cheer dancing, is rooted from cheerleading.
How did Cheer dancing start?
Cheerleading history is linked
closely to the United State's
history of sports, its sporting
venues, as well as the historical
development of overall crowd
participation at many Athletic
events (history of cheerleading,
2015).
However, its origin can be traced
as far back as the late 19th century where
in 1860’s students from Great Britain
began to cheer and chant in unison for
their favorite athletes at sporting events.
This event eventually reached and
influenced America
(timeline of cheerleading, 2012).
In the late 1880’s the first organized
recorded yell done in locomotive style was
performed in an American campus and was
first seen and heard during a college football
game. However, organized all-male
cheerleading only transpired when Thomas
Peebles, one of the graduates of Princeton
University, brought the yell and the football
sports to the University of Minnesota in
1884.
 Essentials of Cheer Dancing

Arms and Hands Movement for Cheer dance

Beginning Stance Cheer Stance Feet more
Feet together, than shoulder width
hands down by the apart, hands down by the
side in blades
side in blades
Clasp Hands clasped, Clap Hands in blades,
at the chin, elbows in at the chin, elbows in
TUMBLINGS
BACKWARD ROLL
(a) From a standing position, squat down continuing to a
(b) sitting position with hands place close to ears and palms facing up.
(c) roll backward while placing the weight of the body on both feet,
(d) continue position through a squat
ROUND-OFF
(a)From a standing position with one foot in front,
(b) Transfer weight to hands while driving legs above over body.
(c) Bring the legs together in a handstand position.
(d) follow by snapping down the legs and finishing with a quarter turn ending
up facing the
cartwheel
 Energy

Element
s of
dance

Spac Tim
e e
1. Energy, speaks of the power of a dance; could it be heavy or
light, Sharp or smooth, depending on what type of dance is being
executed.
2. Time, which includes Beat, Tempo, Rhythmic
Pattern, Duration, and Accent, refers to the length, patterns of
movement, music accompaniment’s beat, and tempo, as well as
the accent of the dance.

3. Space, which comprise of Direction, Size, Level, and Focus, deal

with the physical area where dancers move
accordingly.
LINE DANCES
Is a kind of dance wherein participants will perform
the steps in lines or rows. Participants
execute the dance steps in unison at the same time and
face the same direction. There is rare interaction
among people because all of them perform the same
steps at the same time
 LINE DANCE HISTORY

The line dance is commonly performed to the tune of

country music. However, it surprisingly did
not originate from any country or western place. The
steps and the manner of dancing were believed to
have coined from folk activities in ancient times.
Another form believes to have contributed to this
modern method is the Contra. Contra dancing
is a folk dance in North America wherein the people
joining in form two lines facing away from each
other.

Together, they perform a series of dance steps.

It was only during 1980s that the art of line

dancing has become popularly at tuned to country songs.
 Most movements are performed using the legs and
feet, while the advanced versions will
include arms and hands.

Count is the term used for the movements done in this

form of dancing. A single count or a
single step is equivalent to one music beat; hence for
every movement or step a music beat is
also taking place.
Basic Steps in Line Dancing
A line dance is a choreographed dance
with a repeated sequence of steps in which
a group of people dance in one or more
lines or rows, all facing either each other
or in the same direction, and executing the
steps at the same time. Unlike circle
dancing, line dancers are not in physical
contact with each other.
Line dancing is practiced and learned in
country-western dance bars, social clubs, dance
clubs and ballrooms. It is sometimes combined
on dance programs with other forms of country
western dance, such as two-step, western
promenade dances, and as well as western-style
variants of the waltz, polka and swing.
 Line dances have accompanied many
popular music styles since the early
1970s including pop,swing, rock and
roll, disco, Latin (salsa suelta), rhythm
and blues and jazz.
 Line dancing is a form of dance that takes
place with a group of people. Participants
line up in rows and execute the same
movements in a synchronized manner.
 Everyone dances alone, side by side,
facing the same direction in lines or
rows. Each dance consists of a
sequence of steps that are repeated
throughout the music. Although a
variety of music may be used, the major
emphasis is on country-and-western
music.
Line dancing involves people standing in lines
and performing dance movements together. It
consists of patterned foot movements that are
usually performed to a number of counts per
sequence, and then the sequence is repeated.
The dances are done one-wall, two-wall, or
four-wall.
 Now line dancing is
considered an art form of its
own, with its own
terminology and standardized
steps.