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Dance is an art form involving rhythmic human movements that are purposefully selected and combined spatially, dynamically, rhythmically, and artfully to flow together. Elements of dance include the body, space, time, energy, and relationships. In the Philippines, folk dances include courtship, wedding, game, martial, mimetic, ritual, and social dances. Ballet forms include modern ballet, opera ballet, and folkloric ballet. Other dance forms practiced in the Philippines are modern dance, aerobic dance, bodabil dancing, jazz dance, Polynesian/Tahitian dances, and tap dance.
Dance is an art form involving rhythmic human movements that are purposefully selected and combined spatially, dynamically, rhythmically, and artfully to flow together. Elements of dance include the body, space, time, energy, and relationships. In the Philippines, folk dances include courtship, wedding, game, martial, mimetic, ritual, and social dances. Ballet forms include modern ballet, opera ballet, and folkloric ballet. Other dance forms practiced in the Philippines are modern dance, aerobic dance, bodabil dancing, jazz dance, Polynesian/Tahitian dances, and tap dance.
Dance is an art form involving rhythmic human movements that are purposefully selected and combined spatially, dynamically, rhythmically, and artfully to flow together. Elements of dance include the body, space, time, energy, and relationships. In the Philippines, folk dances include courtship, wedding, game, martial, mimetic, ritual, and social dances. Ballet forms include modern ballet, opera ballet, and folkloric ballet. Other dance forms practiced in the Philippines are modern dance, aerobic dance, bodabil dancing, jazz dance, Polynesian/Tahitian dances, and tap dance.
rhythmic human movements that are purposefully selected. Dance should be easily differentiated from movement. In contrast, to simple human movement or utilitarian movement, dance involves a mindful effort to combine movements spatially, dynamically, rhythmically, and artfully in order for these movements to flow together. Elements of Dance BODY ELEMENT
This describes how the body of a dancer
moves, what part of that body is moving, what actions are performed, and how the body aligns and support itself. SPACE
This focuses on the area where the
dance is performed. Terms such as directions, size, focus, distance, level, and elevation can be used in describing the use of space in dance. TIME
Terms such as accent, beat, duration,
meter, rhythm, and acceleration can be used in describing time. ENERGY This element describes how energy is directed through the body, and how the body releases it. In some references, this is referred as dynamics. RELATIONSHIP
This element has a lot of aspects. Relationship
may mean how a dancer relates to another dancer, how he or she relates to an object or how he or she relates to the group of dancers. It could also mean how a person relates to the stage and to production elements. In short, relationship involves the awareness of dancers on their environment. FORMS AND TYPES OF DANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES During the contemporary period, folk dance companies continue to perform Filipino adaptations of dance from Europe and United States. These dances include fandango, habeñera, jota, mazurka, rigaudon, polka, schottische, valse, and other quadrille dances. Ballet companies also flourished, as well as group who specialize in jazz and modern dance. FOLK DANCES Courtship and wedding dances
A courtship dance is a ceremonial dance
which involves the male pursuing the female. The courtship dance is typically performed during special occasions. Wedding dances, on the other hand, are performed by newlyweds. This performance aims to celebrate relationships that have been newly-formed by the couple, their families and relatives. GAME DANCE
These folk dances are usually acted for fun, but
have a set of rules and structures. Usually done in informal social gatherings, these dances are also played to test the skills of the dancers. MARTIAL DANCE
This type of folk dance is combative in
nature and is used to enact a battle. Martial dances may exhibit unarmed execution, or confrontation using arms and weapons. The langka of Samal is a good example of martial dance. MIMETIC DANCE
These are dances that aim to imitate
actual or real life movements. Mimetic dances may be categorized into animal dances and occupational dances. The latter portrays everyday activities in the community. RITUAL DANCING
This involves dancing to spiritual beings and
gods. The shaman, who usually directs the dance and the supplicants perform the dance to ask for blessings, good health, or victory in war. They may also perform ritual dancing as a form of gratitude to the Gods for blessing received or prayers answered. SOCIAL DANCING
Social dancing is primarily performed to celebrate
important milestone in life, and to mark harvests. This is also performed among Christians as a way of commemorating the feasts of patron saints or visit of personages. Examples of social dancing are balse, excotis, habanera, jota, lanceros, polka, rigodon de honor and subli. SONG DANCE
This refers to a dance performed to a song
which typically describes history and traditions of a community. This dance involves acting out the meaning of the song using gestures and movements. Balitaw and lunsay are examples of song dance. BALLET Ballet is a theatrical dance presentation in which a plot is integrated with dancing, music, and stage designs. It is also defined as the style and techniques of dancing strictly based on a theatrical dance school. Ballet is further classified into modern ballet, opera ballet, and folkloric ballet MODERN BALLET
Utilizes the technique and style of classical
ballet in portraying contemporary content. Techniques in modern dance may be adapted in modern ballet, such as bound and rebound, and contraction and release. Modern ballet may also use natural movement. OPERA BALLET
On the other hand is defined as dance
within the context of an opera. Rock opera ballet, which began in 1970s, is an offshoot of the opera ballet. FOLKLORIC BALLET
Is a type of ballet that involves stylizing
and editing stories, motifs and styles found in the culture of ordinary people, and adapting these materials to contemporary theater. MODERN DANCE This refers to a dance form that emerged during the 20th century. This dance form is still considered theatrical but it veers away from the technique and style of ballet. OTHER FORMS OF DANCE Aerobic dance
This is primarily dancing to the tune of popular
music with the purpose of increasing consumption of oxygen over a long period of time. BODABIL DANCING
This form of dancing used to be popular during the
American period. It included popular dances from the United States, and Philippine folk dances. Bodabil dancing, when combined with mime, singing ballads, and acrobatics, offers a perception on life during those times in a satirical way. However, popularity of this vaudeville act became confined in provincial fiestas and in television and radio variety shows. JAZZ DANCE
This dance form uses African dance techniques
like isolation of individual human body parts, rhythm, and polycentrism. Later, movements from other social dances were fused into jazz. Nowadays, there are people who are into modern jazz, which is a mix of original jazz dance and steps from dances during the second half of the 20th century. POLYNESIAN AND TAHITIAN DANCES
These dances began from the people living
in Polynesian chain, which is comprised of seven major island groups in the southern part of the Pacific Ocean. These dances, such as hula, were introduced in the Philippines during the late 1950s. TAP DANCE