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CONTEMPORARY
DANCE
 Guide Questions for the videos
1. Among all the videos, give two (2)
performances that you liked and give
two (2) reasons why you enjoyed it.
2.What were the themes in the videos that
you watched? Give one for each video.
3.What type or style of dance is more to
your taste and why? Give two reasons.
DANCE
1. ART
• Tells a story, a set
of moods and
expresses an
emotion.

2. RECREATION
DANCE
Types of Dances
 TYPES OF DANCES

1. FOLK 2. BALLROOM 3. THEATRICAL

DANCE/ETHNIC DANCE DANCES DANCES
- Social dances that - Dances of public - Performed for the
portray the beliefs, entertainment, usually entertainment of the
interests, habits, customs performed in pairs in audience in a theater.
and practices of the ballrooms, nightclubs,
native. auditoriums or in
public places.
 EXAMPLES OF TYPES OF DANCES

1. FOLK 2. BALLROOM 3. THEATRICAL

DANCE/ETHNIC DANCES DANCES
DANCE - foxtrot - Ballet
- Maranao and - cha cha - Modern dance
Tausug dances - boogie - Musical comedy
- Dances from - tango dance
Mindanao - rhumba - Tap dance
- waltz
 There is always
movement in a dance.
But not all movements
signify a dance.
1 What is Contemporary Dance?
Contemporary Dance

■A performing art that involves rhythmic

body movement within a given space,
choreographed based on musical beat.
■Performed either in front of an audience
or by everyone on a dance floor
DANCE
Elements
Elements of Dance
1. Theme
2. Design
3. Movement
4. Technique
5. Music
6. Costume and body paraphernalia
7. Choreography
8. Scenery
Elements of Contemporary Dance

■Theme – most basic element of a dance.

It conveys the message of a dance.
■Design – pattern of movement in time
and space.
■Movement – the bodily actions of the
dancer that include his steps
Elements of Contemporary Dance
■Technique – the skill of movement
executed by the dancer
■Music – the auditory background to
which a dancer moves
■Costume & body paraphernalia –
properties worn by the dancer that help
reflect the message, customs and beliefs
Elements of Contemporary Dance
■Choreography – the figures and steps
in dancing that enable the dancers to
perform in an organized manner
■Scenery – the background or setting
where the dance is performed to make it
more realistic and enriching.
Notable figures in Philippine Dance

ALICE REYES
■National Artist for
Dance (1970)
■“The Mother of
Contemporary Dance
Notable figures in Philippine Dance

LISA MACUJA-ELIZALDE
■Founded Ballet Manila
in 1995 with Osias
Barroso (her dancing
partner)
■“bringing ballet to the
people, bringing people
to ballet”
Notable figures in Philippine Dance

DOUGLAS NIERRAS
■Founder and resident
choreographer of
Powerdance
■“making dance more
accessible to a greater
number of audiences”
Notable figures in Philippine Dance

NORBERT DELA CRUZ III

■Graduated from Juilliard
School in New York City
■Danced as a soloist with
the Metropolitan Opera
House and in other dance
companies in Europe