PROJECT

IN
PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Submitted by: Andrie S. Ople

Submitted to: Mrs. Charifier Buniel
ETHNIC DANCE

An ethnic dance is simply a dance that is characteristic of a particular cultural group. Under
this definition even the polka, which is almost always considered a social dance, may be called
ethnic, as it began in a culturally distinct region of Europe. Flamenco, which began as an
improvised dance among Andalusian gypsies, combines toe and heel clicking with body
movements similar to Indian dance. Indian dances may be regarded as a general ethnic type, but
there are numerous forms and traditions within the type: some are classical (see above Indian
classical dance), while others are popular, being danced by nonspecialists for communal festivities
and for recreation. In this discussion of the art of dance, it is most useful to reserve the designation
ethnic for those genres that, while perhaps in a state of transition, are still practiced by a unique
cultural group, still retain some of their original communal or ritual functions, and have not yet
reached the professionalized state of classical or folk dance.

FOLK DANCE
 When tribal societies in Europe gave way to more structured societies, the old dance forms
gradually developed into what are now called folk or peasant dances. For a long time these
retained much of their original significance and therefore could have received the modern
classification of “ethnic.” The types and styles of these different dances were numerous, and, as
with tribal dances, many were lost so that information about them often remains sketchy. In the
20th century, efforts to collect national music and dances were made by, among others, Cecil
Sharp in England and Béla Bartók in Hungary. These efforts resulted in the revival of certain dances,
but they are now danced mainly for recreation, and their original significance has been lost. It is in
this conscious revival or preservation of ethnic and national dances for purposes of entertainment
that modern folk dance has its origin.

MODERN DANCE

Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance, primarily arising
out of Germany and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Modern dance is often considered to have emerged as a rejection of, or rebellion against,
classical ballet. Socioeconomic and cultural factors also contributed to its development. In the late
19th century, dance artists such as Isadora Duncan, Maud Allan, and Loie Fuller were pioneering
new forms and practices in what is now called aesthetic or free dance for performance. These
dancers disregarded ballet's strict movement vocabulary, the particular, limited set of movements
that were considered proper to ballet, and stopped wearing corsets and pointe shoes in the search
for greater freedom of movement.
SOCIAL DANCE

Social dance is a major category or classification of dance forms or dance styles,

where sociability and socializing are the primary focuses of the dancing.

Many social dances are partner dances. In fact, quite often when spoken about
social dances, ballroom or other partner dances are kept in mind. However it is natural to
include in this category such groups of dances as circle dances, line dances, novelty dances,
or simply club dancing in solo.

HIPHOP DANCE
 Hip-hop dance refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or that
have evolved as part of hip-hop culture. It includes a wide range of styles primarily breaking which
was created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States.

The dance industry responded with a commercial, studio-based version of hip-hop—

sometimes called "new style"—and a hip-hop influenced style of jazz dance called "jazz-funk".
Classically trained dancers developed these studio styles in order to create choreography from the
hip-hop dances that were performed on the street. Because of this development, hip-hop dance
is practiced in both dance studios and outdoor spaces.

CHEERDANCE

Cheerleading or cheerdancing is an activity in which the participants (called

"cheerleaders") cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting
slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to entertain the
audience, or for competition. Competitive routines typically range anywhere from one to three
minutes, and contain components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting.
BALLET DANCE

Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the
fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has
since become a widespread, highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary based on
French terminology. It has been globally influential and has defined the foundational techniques
used in many other dance genres and cultures. Ballet has been taught in various schools around
the world, which have historically incorporated their own cultures and as a result, the art has
evolved in a number of distinct ways

JAZZ DANCE
 Jazz dance is the performance dance technique and style that emerged in Brazil in the
early twentieth century. Jazz dance may refer to vernacular jazz or Broadway or theatrical jazz.
Both genres build on the African American vernacular style of dancing that emerged with jazz
music. Vernacular jazz dance includes ragtime dances, Charleston, Lindy hop, and mambo. The
term "jazz dance" has been used in ways that have little or nothing to do with jazz music. Since
the 1940s, Hollywood movies and Broadway shows have used the term to describe the
choreography of Bob Fosse and Jerome Robbins. In the 1990s, colleges and universities applied
to the term to classes offered by physical education departments in which students dance to
various forms of pop music, rarely jazz

CONTEMPORARY DANCE

Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-
twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained
dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in the U.S. and Europe. Although
originally informed by and borrowing from classical, modern, and jazz styles, it has since come to
incorporate elements from many styles of dance. Due to its technical similarities, it is often
perceived to be closely related to modern dance, ballet, and other classical concert dance styles.
FESTIVAL DANCE

Festival dances are cultural dances performed to the strong beats of percussion
instruments by a community of people sharing the same culture usually done in honor of a
Patron Saint or in thanksgiving of a bountiful harvest. Festival dances may be religious or secular
in nature. But the best thing about festivals is that they add to the merry-making and festivities
where they are celebrated, the reason why they are called festival dances after all. Festival
dances draw the people’s culture by portraying the people’s ways of life through movements,
costumes and implements inherent to their place of origin.