PHYSICAL

EDUCATION
& HEALTH
Tr. Albert Joshua L. Laroza
LESSON TOPICS

Dances from the past

Dancing toward the 21st Century
Health Related Fitness (HRF) and FITT
(Frequency, Intensity, Type, Time) Principle
Hip-hop/Street Dance
How healthy is your lifestyle?
Let’s take a review of your
physical activities and make a
self-assessment.
Healthy Lifestyle Assessment
Rating Table
12-15 Checks Excellent
8-11 Checks Good
4-7 Checks Fair
0-3 Checks Needs Improvement
 LESSON 1: DANCES FROM THE
PAST
• What is Dance?
• Dance comes from the German
word ‘damson’, which means “to
stretch or “drag”. It developed as
a natural expression of united
feeling and action. Dance is
considered the mirror of society
because it responds to historical
and religious events as well as
social and political statements.
 LESSON 1: DANCES FROM THE
PAST
• What is Dance?
• Although there have been
immense comparative differences
in period and culture, people still
dance mainly for four reasons: (a)
to please gods; (b) to please others;
(c) to please themselves; and (d) to
build community within an ethnic
group or social interaction.
 Dance during the Prehistoric Period
It had been a major form of religious ritual and social
expression within primitive cultures.
HISTORY AND
DEVELOPMENT OF It was used as a way of expression and reinforcing tribal
DANCE FROM THE unity and strength.
DIFFERENT PERIODS
It is based on superstition and infused with magic.
Shamans as lead dancers acted as physicians and religious
leaders and kept tribes healthy, prosperous, and safe.
 Dance During the Ancient Civilization
Ancient Egypt.
HISTORY AND - 3,300 BCE (First Dancing). It is believed that the first people to
dance were the Egyptians. Archaeologists discovered paintings of
DEVELOPMENT OF dancing figures in rock shelters and caves.
DANCE FROM THE - As a way of expressing religious service and teaching ancient
DIFFERENT PERIODS myth, three (3) major dancers were evolved:
(1) the king;
(2) the priests who performed magical dances;
(3) virgin dancers who were trained to perform during
ceremonies led by the priests.
 Dance During the Ancient
Civilization
Ancient Crete
- The Cretan civilization (3000-
1400 BC) was a cultural link
in the ancient world between
Egyptians and Greeks.

- Cretans used to dance to

HISTORY AND perfect their military training
DEVELOPMENT OF which made them excellent.
DANCE FROM THE
DIFFERENT PERIODS
 HISTORY AND
DEVELOPMENT OF DANCE
FROM THE DIFFERENT
PERIODS
Dance During the Ancient Civilization
Ancient Greece.
- Dance was not just for religious and
military training but also a form of
entertainment and display.

- Plato immensely gave importance to

dance in education as stated in the
Education on the Laws. He highlighted
the two kinds of dance and music: the
noble (fin and honorable) and the
ignoble (imitating what is mean or ugly).
HISTORY AND
DEVELOPMENT OF DANCE
FROM THE DIFFERENT
PERIODS
Dance During the Ancient Civilization
Ancient Rome.
– Gave less importance to dancing which
eventually became an integral part of the
corruption in the latter days of the Roman
Empire resulting in the condemnation of
dance by early Christians.
– Dance was primarily performed for
religious, social, and entertainment.
However, theatrical entertainment was
prohibited but still existed and was
performed within the church during
religious ceremonies.
 Dance During the Middle Ages and The
Renaissance
• 1400 (Ballet Comes into Play). Ballet started in this year in
Italy but didn’t really become popular until around the year
1500. Ballet gained its popularity when a lady of the arts,
Catherine de Medici, married King Henry 11 and threw
festivals where they would perform ballet dances. Ballet is
believed to be the main core of every single dance style.
• A vast dance movement occurred throughout the courts of
Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. During these times,
new court dances performed by the nobility came about as
well as the rise of the art of ballet in Italy and France.
• Several other dance forms continued to sprout and spread
across several countries.