DANCING

MODULES 11
WHAT DANCING IS AND ITS
ORIGIN
 IS THE RHYTHMICAL MOVEMENT OF
THE BODY, USUALLY WITH MUSIC.
 INVOLVES A SUCCESSIVE GROUP OF
BODILY EMOTIONS AND
STEPSRHYTMICALLY PERFORMED
AND TIMED TO MUSIC
 IS BOTH AN ART AND A FORM OF
RECREATION
 ELEMENTS OF DANCING
 CHOREOGRAPHY  DESIGN
 COLOR  MOVEMENT
 COSTUMES  MUSIC
 DANCER  TECHNIQUE
 DECOR  THEME
 KINDS OF DANCES
 BALLET
 COURT DANCE
 ETHNOLOGIC DANCE
 FOLK DANCE
 MODERN DANCES
 MUSICAL COMEDY DANCE
 NATURAL OF UNTUTORED DANCE
 RITUAL DANCE
 SOCIAL DANCE
 SOLO OR GROUP DANCE
 THEATRICAL OF SPECTACULAR DANCE
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 Abaruray
Type: Spanish
Influence
Origin: Quezon
Pronounciation: (ah-
bah-ROOH-rahy)
 The name of this
dance came from a
contraction of the
words Aba and Ruray.
Such dance is
performed by the girls
who balances the
glass of wine on their
head from which the
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 Alcamfor
Type: Muslim
Dance
Origin: Leyte
Pronounciation:
(ahl-kahm-FOHR)
 This is a couple’s
dance in which the
girl holds a
handkerchief laced
with camphor oil, a
substance that
supposedly induces
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 Aray
Type: Spanish
Influence
Origin: Ermita, Manila
Pronounciation: (ah-
RAHY)
 The Aray is a Filipino
form of the Spanish
jota accompanied by
sprightly steps. The
dance, itself, is
flirtatious and involves
the graceful use of
tambourines by
women.
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 Asik
Type: Muslim
Dance
Origin: Lanao del
Sur
Pronounciation:
(ah-SIHK)
 A Bagobo Festival
dance wherein the
girl wears long
metal fingernails
while holding an
umbrella and
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 Bagobo Rice
Cycle
Type: Tribal Dance
Origin: Davao del
Norte
 A tribal dance from
the Bagobo Tribe
which portrays the
cycle of planting
and harvesting of
rice.
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 Balse
Type: Spanish Influence
Origin: Rizal
Pronounciation: (BAHL-
seh)
 Derived from the Spanish
word "valse," that means
waltz, the dance was
popular in Marikina and
Rizal province during the
Spanish times. Balse was
performed after the Lutrina
- a religious procession,
and the music that
accompanied the dancers
was played by the
musikong bungbong or
musicians using
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 Banog
Type: Cordillera
Dance
Origin: Ifugao
 This dance depicts
hunters protecting
their hen and
chicks in Binaylan
from a hungry
hawk. The hunters
trap the hawk and
kill it in the end.
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 Bendayan
Type: Cordillera
Dance
Origin: Benguet
 This is a circle
dance, which is
being performed to
celebrate the
arrival of
successful
headhunters. It is
also popularly
known as Bendian.
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 Binaylan
Type: Tribal Dance
Origin: Agusan
Pronounciation: (bih-
NYE-lahn)
 This is a ritual dance,
which originated from the
Bagobo tribe living in the
central uplands of
Mindanao, imitating the
movements of a hen, her
banog or baby chicks, and
a hawk. The hawk is sacred
and is believed that it has
the power over the well
being of the tribe. The
hawk tries to capture one
of the baby chicks and is
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 Danza
Type: Spanish
Influence
Origin: Cuba Type:
Spanish Influence
Origin: Cuba
 A folk dance
originated from Cuba
that became popular
in the late 19th
century. It is also
known as habanera or
danza habanera which
is a social dance and
performed either in a
ballroom or on a stage
and makes use of