Formally trained dancers throughout the world with

formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in the
U.S and Europe.
 Hip-Hop – refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or that
have evolved as part of hip-hop culture.
 Jazz – any dance to jazz accompaniments, composed of a profusion of forms.
 Tap Dance – is a type of percussive dance characterized by the “tap” of the shoes.
 Folk dance – is celebrated worldwide with people of different cultures and religions
using various forms of folk dance to portray emotions, stories, historical events or even
aspects of daily life.
 Modern Dance – considered as being a broad genre of dance, modern dance primarily
arose from western countries such as the USA and Germany during the late 1900s.
 Swing – is a variation of jazz dance which developed between the 1920s to the 1940s as
a response to the growing popularity of swing jazz in America.
Elements of dance
Body , action , space , time and energy . Being able to identify and understand these core
characteristics can help you when talking about a dance performance or can help you get your
own messages across through movement.
2. Common Dances in our place
 MOB DANCE – is a dance performed by a group with a multiple dancers and performed
at public place, seemingly from nowhere.
 POP DANCE – is a street dance adapted out of the earlier Boongaloo cultural movement
in Oakland, California. These Dance styles include the robot, waving and tutting.
 Folk dance – is celebrated worldwide with people of different cultures and religions
using various forms of folk dance to portray emotions, stories, historical events or even
aspects of daily life.
 Hip-Hop – refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or that
have evolved as part of hip-hop culture.
ASSESSMENT
Direction: Choose the best answer and write the letter on the space provided before each
number.
______c__1. It is considered as a recreational activity.
a. Dance
b. Exercises

c. All of these
d. None of these
______c___2. These are things that describe the characteristics of people in the past. ___c______3. This are way of dancing showing the ways of life of the Filipino people.