it came from a greek word "danson" means

refers to movement set to music where there emerges organization, structure and pattern.

This is a means of expressing one’s emotions through movement disciplined by rhythm.

write phases of dances

These are concepts/foundations that helps the students develop their skills and understand dance as an artistic phase of art.

elements of music

it is the overall sound of the music as pleasant or unpleasant

the unique sound quiality of an instrument

layers of sound ,how sparse of dense rhe music is

how long or short the sound is

how loud of soft the music is

the order and arrangement of the parts of the music

instruments that support the melody with chords

a series of pitches that makes a tune

are those that move the body in space in any direction with the feet as the moving base.

are those in which various parts of the body move in space with a fixed base.

classification of social dances

The traditional dance of an indigenous society showing the cultural characteristics of specific people of a given time and place. Folk dancing belongs to the people. It communicates the customs, beliefs, rituals and occupations of the people of a region or country.

Are those dances that reflect the peculiar characteristics of specific tribes specially their cultural, racial religious and traditional similarities. The movements of pattern are no specific type; dance is seldom classified as a folkdance.

for children in the elementary grades. These activities are sometimes called fundamental rhythms.

The “highest form of dance” for the purpose of entertainment. It is the end product of exploration and improvisation of movements as dancer or choreographer expresses his feelings or emotions, ideas and interpretations. It has definite form, beginning and ending.

This includes the wholesome and artistic form of dancing used by societies for recreative purpose. This dance is generally held in the evenings and the participants are usually in formal attire.

This dance includes dance mixers, square dance, round and couple dances. Many of these dances have simple patterns and combination of walking steps, two-step, polka step, and waltz step. The setting is usually informal gatherings and parties, reunions, and the like.