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Dance: The Power of Movement: Lesson 20

This document discusses the history of dance in the Philippines and popular dance styles. It profiles three influential figures in Philippine dance: Alice Garcia Reyes, Lisa Teresita Pacheco Macuja-Elizalde, and Douglas Nierras. It also describes how Michael Jackson inspired prison inmates in Cebu to dance as a form of exercise and tribute. Additionally, it outlines contemporary dance styles like disco, hip hop, and 10 dance crazes that became popular in the Philippines before Gangnam Style.

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Dance: The Power of Movement: Lesson 20

This document discusses the history of dance in the Philippines and popular dance styles. It profiles three influential figures in Philippine dance: Alice Garcia Reyes, Lisa Teresita Pacheco Macuja-Elizalde, and Douglas Nierras. It also describes how Michael Jackson inspired prison inmates in Cebu to dance as a form of exercise and tribute. Additionally, it outlines contemporary dance styles like disco, hip hop, and 10 dance crazes that became popular in the Philippines before Gangnam Style.

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LESSON 20

DANCE: THE POWER


OF MOVEMENT
PREPARED BY:
ROSE ANN SONGCO AND MICHELLE BOLA
GRADE 11-HUMSS
DANCEdance
• Contemporary PRODUCTION
is a performing art that involves rhythmic
body movement within a given space,
choreographed based on musical beat.
it is performed either by dance performers in
front of an audience or by everyone on the
dance floor.
There are three big names in Philippine dance
described in this section:
Alice Garcia Reyes
“The Mother of Contemporary
Dance”

 established the Alice Reyes modern


Dance Company with dancers from
the Bayanihan Dance Company, UE
Dance Troupe and Dance Theater
Philippines.
There are three big names in Philippine dance
described in this section:
Lisa Teresita Pacheco
Macuja-Elizalde

founder of Ballet Manila.


recognized in Europe and
became a Prima Ballerina
of Kirov Ballet.
There are three big names in Philippine dance
described in this section:
Douglas Nierras

 In jazz, he is the most


prominent.
 he has more than two
decades of involvement in
dance through choreography,
peddagogy, and production.
DIFFERENT KIND
Michael Jackson hasOF DANCING
inspired the prison inmates in Cebu
who, at first, danced as part of their daily exercise and then
started to take dancing seriously until their performances
were filmed and released through television and online.
They are the prison inmates in the Cebu Provincial
Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) who called
themselves the CPDRC Dancing Inmates.
Ten hours after their inspiration, Michael Jackon,
passed away on June 25, 2009, the 1,500 CPDRC
inmates performed a tribute show which included
songs Ben, I'll Be There, and We Are The World.
CONTEMPORARY DANCING STYLES

Disco Dancing
dance style popularized during the 1970's.
usually associated with John Travolta's dance
style in the movie Saturday Night Fever.
 it is characterized by movement in the hip
and the pelvic and raising of arms to the beat
CONTEMPORARY DANCING STYLES

of the disco music.


its music production involved mixing
engineers because it required many tracks of
vocals and instruments that are compiled into a
composition of disco sound with its distinctive
disco mix.
CONTEMPORARY DANCING STYLES

the rise of disco came with the use of records


to create a continuous mix songs which was
operated by the Disc Jockey.
CONTEMPORARY DANCING STYLES

Hiphop
originated in America, refers to street dance
styles performed to hiphop music.
includes dance styles such as breaking,locking,
and popping.
before Gangnam Style as a dance craze, there were 10 top dance
styles that went hit in the Philippines:

1. Nobody Dance
popularized by the Korean group of five girls: The
Wonder Girls, who aired this dance through MTV in
2008.
the dance involved synchronized participants
clapping their hands, shaking their shoulders, and
swaying their hips to the catchy chorus.
2. Spaghetti Dance
was made popular by the Sexbomb Dancers in
2003. Inspired by the Italian food, spaghetti, the
dancers twist their chest, belly, and hips upward and
downward.
3. Chocolate Dance
was a dance craze by the Soul Control duo that
became famous through GMA-7's reality based
talent search, StarStruck.
it is done by tap the both of your hands on your
lap, then cross them over to your arms, wiggle them
in the air, then slightly punch your armpit.

4. Papaya Dance
was started by Pilipinas: Game KNB? TV host
Edu Manzano in 2007 who regularly danced to the
1970 song by singer Ursula Dudziak.
the dance is done by placing both hands near the
right thigh followed by the left, point up, then down,
then slowly bring your pointed fingers back up by
drawing imaginary waves in the air.

5. Shalala lala Dance


was a dance floor hit in the 1990's through the
group Dreamhouse.
the steps are as follows: hop from the left to right
with hands doing circular motions at the side.
Once you hear the clapping sound, clap your
hands thrice upward and then slowly move your
arms in three counts to the right, then to the left.

6. Otso-Otso Dance
was popularized by comedian Bayani Agbayani in
2003.
position your knees together, slightly bend
forward then place your palms above your knee cap.
In this position, lower your back a bit then continue
arching your back forming the number 8 until te
chorus finishes.

7. Always Dance
was popularized by Wowie de Guzman with his
eight man dance group, Universal Motion Dancers
( UMD) in the early 1990s to the tune of the song
Always. here are the steps: cares your own chest and
do some dips with knees bent. A chorus, straighten
your arms then move them from center-left-center-
right, then some more dips. This dance is called the
Butterfly Dance.

8. Shake Body Dancer Dance


was popularized by Maricel Soriano during
1980s, danced to the tune of Magic Fire. the dance
steps are as follows: bring one of ypur legs forward,
stretch out your arms and shake your body.

9. Asereje Dance
was introduced by the Spanish pop group Las
Ketchup. the dance is done by shuffling yor hands
with palms down alternately then slowly bringing
them upward to the head by drawing
small spirals in the air, then end by briskly
shaking your bent knees.

10. Macarena Dance


was made popular by the Spanish music duo Los
del Rio. the dance is done in 16 steps with criss-
crossing of hands to different parts of the body.

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