Brief

History
and
Nature
What is
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Dance?
Dance is an activity which can take many forms
and fill many different needs.

It can be recreation, entertainment, education,

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therapy, and religion,

In its purest and most basic form, dance is art,

the art of body movement.

Dance differs from athletics or other daily

activities because it focuses primarily on “an
aesthetic or even entertaining experience”.
 BENEFITS OF DANCE
AND CREATIVE
MOVEMENTS
1. Physical
3.Mental/Emotional

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2. Social 4. Cultural
 Specific Benefits of
Dance Physical
• Develops cardiovascular and mascular
endurance
• Improves coordination, balance, flexibility,
and body composition.
• Lower risk of cardiovascular diseases.

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• Lower body mass index.
• Lowers resting heart rate.
• Improves lipid metabolism
• Helps improve and maintain bone density,
 SPECIFIC BENEFITS OF
DANCE
Mental/Emotional
• Helps keep the brain sharp
• Decreases incidence of dementia and
Alzheimer’s disease

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• Decreases depressive symptoms
• Increases self-esteem and improves body
image
• Aids in releasing emotional and physical
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DANCE
Social
• Gives sense of togetherness within a group
• Encourage positive social interaction and
interpersonal relationship in a group

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• Contributes to the individual’s potential for
self-actualization in society
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DANCE
Cultural

• Promotes cultural values

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Elements of
Dance
Elements of Dance
1. SPACE 3. DANCE
ENERGY
2. TIMING 4. BODILY

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SHAPES
5. GROUP
SHAPES
Space • This is the area
the performers
occupy and
where they move.
• It can be divided
into four different
aspects.

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1. Direction
2. Size
3. Level
• The
movements in Timing
timing may
be executed
in varying
tempo/speed.

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• The timing
can be varied
by moving
faster or
Dance Energies
• The movements here
propelled by energy or
force.

• There are six qualities

of dance energies.
1. Sustained
2. Percussive

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3. Vibratory
4. Swinging
5. Suspended
6. Collapsing
• Its refers to how Bodily
the entire body is
molded in space or Shapes
the configuration of
body parts.

• Other body shapes

can be from wide to

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narrow and from
high and low.

1. Symmetrical
2. Asymmetrical
Group
• In this elements, a
Shapes group
of dancers perform
movements in different
group shapes.

• They are arranged in

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ways that er wide,
narrow, rounded,
angular, symmetrical or
asymmetrical.
Dance Appreciation
and Composition

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 Dance
Appreciation and
Composition
1. Good Dance 3.

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Phrase
2. Form 4.
 Dance Appreciation and
Composition
1.Good Dance - must have shape or form for its
choreography to be effective.

2.Form – is the instrument by which ideas and

elements are arranged or combined into a logical
sequence which results in unity and consistency by
means of which the content or idea.

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3.Phrase – is the smallest unit of form in the whole
dance.

4.Motif – is to be able to convey its meaning or

CHARACTERISTI
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CS OF A GOOD
DANCE
Dance can only be
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considered good if
it has the right
ingredients.
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of a Good Dance
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1. Unity 4. Transition
2. Continuity and
Development 5. Repetition
3. Variety and
Contrast 6. Climax
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Dance
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1. Unity – is the
interconnected phrases
of the dance are
coherent and flow
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Dance CC

2. Continuity and
Development – is a
continuous development
of the movement phrase
and the audience is swept
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Good Dance
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3. Variety and
Contrast – in
movement phrases
add excitement and
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Good Dance
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4. Transition – may be
vary from length and
complexity.
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Good Dance
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5. Repetition – need to be
repeated in choreography or
dance so that the audience
can see those movements
again and identify its
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6. Climax – it may be a fast

and enraged blast of energy
and action or it could fade
away to a gentle and quiet
exit that marks the end of a
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CHOREOGRAPHI
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of Design
1. Sequential Forms
2. Contrapuntal Forms
3. Episodic Form
4. Other Compositional Forms
1.Sequential Form
this forms contain CC

themes/motif which progress

in a specific order.

a.AB (two part) form

b.ABA (three-part) form
c. Rondo form (abaca)
2. Contrapuntal Forms
several themes are woven CC

together in choreography to form

a complex structures.

a.Ground Bass
b.Round or Canon
c.Fugue or accumulation
d.Suite
3. Episodic Form
are not musical forms;CC

instead, they are found in

literature and tells a story
or convey an idea and the
sequence of the story
determines the structure
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Forms

a.Natural Structures
b.Collage
c.Tableau
d.Chance
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GOOD DANCE
Choreographers – they will evaluate a part
of an going process of developing a
personal style.
Dancers – they will evaluate according to
the specific demands that the performance
places on them.
Audiences- they will evaluate according to
Stages in Assessing a
Dance
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(Dance Critique)

Description
Interpretation
Rubrics:
Dance Steps and
Choreography – 20
points
Synchronization – 20

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points