is an activity which can take many forms and fill many different need. It can be recreation, entertainment, education, therapy, and religion. It its purest and most basic from, __ is art, the art of body movement

4 main reasons of dance

Dance has been a significant form of religious ritual and social expression with primitive culture. • It was used to express and reinforce tribal unity and strenght, as an approach for; - Courtship and mating - As means of worship Communication - Therapeutic past

Ancient Egypt Dance become full-blown and was richly recorded. It was reflected in their wall paintings, reliefs, and in the literacy hieroglyphs. As a medium of religious expression

Dance was taught to aid military education. • Also a form of entertainment and display

Two kinds of dance and music

It stopped valuing such qualities in art as the nation grew wealthy and powerful. Romans ceased to create and perform within the arts themselves.

The Christian fathers approved the use of dance, provided that its form and intent were holy and profound. Dance then became part of worship and church services.

They performed in village squares and were eventually welcomed in the castles and chateaus of feudal lords.

TWO (2) BASIC TYPE OF DANCE • Peasants performed:

Dance hold each other by hand, forming a long chain and move about in an open or closed circle, or in an extended line.

Wherein man and a woman dance wildly using lively, flirtatious, and erotic Was not as popular at round dance. It was considered scandalous when first seen.

Danced on smooth floors or wood, or polished marble called ballroom.

Danced on grass or the beaten earth of the town.

Dance then was wholly accepted in the courts during the early ____ as the gradual increase of the capitalist class produced patrons of learning and art in Europe. The entertainers became a valuable appendge to the courts of Italy and France.

It is the area that the performers occupy and where they move in and around. It can be divided into four different aspects, also known as spatial elements.

Dance movements can travel in any direction. The performers can go forward, sideward, backward, diagonal, circular, and so on. They may also face any direction while executing a single movement or several phrases.

Movements can be varied by doing larger or smaller actions.

Movements can be done in a high, medium, or low level.

Performers may change their ____ by looking in different directions.

The movements may be executed at varying tempos (speed). • Performers move with the tempo of an underlying sound, known as beat or pulse. • The ___ can be altered by moving faster or slower than the regular beat. • When a sequence of a movement or group of phrases is done in varying tempos, it generates rhythmic patterns.

Dance movements are propelled by energy or force. A force can either initiate or stop an action. Dance uses different energies, and varied use of these minimizes the monotony of the movements in performance.

Movements are done smoothly, continuously, and with flow and control. They do not have a clear beginning and ending.

Movements are explosive or sharp in contrast with sustained movements. They are accented with a thrust of energy. They have a clear beginning and ending.

Movements consist of trembling or shaking. They are a faster version of percussive movements that produce a jittery effect (Minton, 2007).

Movements trace a curved line or an arc in space. The movements are relaxed and giving in to gravity on the downward part of the motion, followed by an upward application of energy.

Movements are perched in space or hanging on air. Holding a raised leg in any direction is an example of a ____ movement.

Movements are released in tension and gradually or abruptly giving in to gravity, letting the body descend to the floor. A slow ___ can be described as a melting or oozing action in a downward direction (Minton, 2007).

They refer to how the entire body is molded in space or the configuration of body parts. The body can be sounded, be lar era combinain eh.our body can be symmetrical and asymmetrical.

balanced shape, movements

unbalanced shape, movements of two sides of the body do not match or are completely different from each other.

A group of dancers performs movements in different_____. They are arranged in wide, narrow, rounded, angular, symmetrical, or asymmetrical ways and are viewed together as a total picture or arrangement within a picture frame (Minton, 2007).