LESSON-1-3-DANCE.pptx.Health-Optimizing Physical Education - Dance

Health-Optimizing Physical Education - Dance

1. HOPE 3

2. DANCE has always been a part of human life. It is an essential element in different cultures, traditions, celebrations and important rituals. Today, dance were also performed for self—expression, recreation, competition and even as a means for having an active lifestyle.

3. Dances as an art form, tradition, self-expression and recreation despite their differences have elements in common.

4. MODULE 1: Elements of Dance 1. Body The body is the medium used by the dance artist in expressing his/her craft. This element answers the question, “What is the body part that can be used to create shapes, figures and dance actions?”

5. T he shapes can be symmetrical or asymmetrical. A1. Symmetrical balanced shape; movements are practically identical or similar on both sides.

6. A2. Asymmetrical Unbalanced shape; movements of two sides of the body do not match or completely different from each other.

7. B. Action It is any bodily movement involved in dancing. It can be in a form of gestures, facial expression and movement skills.

8. Basic movement skills that can be incorporated in dance: B1. Non-locomotor Movements are movements that are done in stationary place.

9. B2. Locomotor movements Are movements that brings performer from one place to another.

10. C. SPACE This is the area the performers occupy and where they move . It can be divided into four different aspects, also known as spatial elements.

11. C1. Direction D ance movements can travel in any direction .

12. C2. level M ovements can be done in a high, medium, or low level.

13. C3. Size Movements can be varied by doing larger or smaller actions.

14. C4. Focus P erformers may change their focus by looking at different directions.

15. D. Time Dance movements can be executed at varying beats.

16. E. Energy Different levels and types of energies can be incorporated in the dance choreography to make the dance art dynamic.

17. LETS REMEMBER B A S T E

18. MODULE 2: DANCE FORMS/CLASSIFICATION and Fundamental Steps in Dancing

19. These are the varied identities or dance according to its roots and beginnings. A . CLASSICAL DANCE Dances with standardized rules and restrictions. It can be religious related dance or court and royal entertainment form.

20. B . CLASSICAL BALLET A dance of supreme standards learned from an academe. This is originated from Italy from the word bal -lo meaning to dance and flourished in the royal court of France.

21. B1 . MODERN DANCE A deviation from the principles of classical ballet developed by Isadora Duncan. She believes in the principle of naturalness and true expression of the human body and soul.

22. B2 . CONTEMPORARY DANCE This is a combination of ballet and modern dance hereby it uses the varied medium of other dance forms like folk, ethnic, or tribal dance.

23. C. POPULAR DANCE This is highly recognized as a dance forms in television and other dance centers like social gatherings.

24. D. FOLK DANCE The term implies the traditional flavor and characteristics of the people, their feelings and sentiments as traditional dance.

25. E. ETHINIC/TRIBAL DANCE A dance particularly found in a group of people living together in a locality with common beliefs and customs.

26. F. BALLROOM DANCE A popular term for dance performed on ballroom areas for purposes of recreation and entertainment.

27. FUNDAMENTAL DANCE POSITION AND STEPS

28. MODULE 3: Managing Stress through Dance Stress is sometimes or most of the time is inevitable. We tend to ignore the stress that we feel but it went to cause much more stress. We live in a world with a busy life. That’s why we encounter so much of stress in a day to day of living. It is important to know on how to cope up with this stress in a most managing way. We can do a lot of things to relieve stress, and one of which is through dance. Dance can be a form of stress management.

29. We have different ways on how to relieve stress. Activities in relieving one’s stress may vary on how we look at stress. Managing one’s stress can be done through dancing. Dancing is a great way of releasing our tensions in our body that leads also in relieving stress.

30. Dancing as Stress Management Dance can be used in so many ways. One of the functions of a dance is to relieve stress. In able for us to avoid chronic illness or diseases, we opted to seek activities that may help us to have a healthy living. Avoiding stress can make our life easy and much more fun. Through dancing we lead to a healthy lifestyle.

31. 3 Ways Dancing Relieves Stress WHEN THE BODY FEELS GOOD, THE MIND DOES, TOO ! The scientific reason for why dance has the ability to act as a stress reliever stems from the idea that when the body feels good, the mind does, too. Any type of physical activity releases neurotransmitters and endorphins which serve to alleviate stress. Neurotransmitters are chemicals within the brain that help communicate messages throughout the body. Endorphins are the body’s natural painkiller to reduce stress and improve the mind’s perception of the world. Thus, after a good workout the endorphins cause the body to feel calm and optimistic. The endorphins also aid in improving the quality of sleep, so that a few sleepless nights due to stress can be avoided after dancing!

32. 2. DANCE OFFERS A CREATIVE OUTLET FOR PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEIR PERSONALITIES IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT Your work environment isn’t always to best place to express who you really are. More often than not, you need to be a more buttoned up version of yourself and hide much of your inner self. Dancing offers an outlet for people to express who they are––through music, movement or even costumes! Dancing helps you connect to who you really are. Leave that suit or pencil skirt at the office and trade it in for sparkles and spandex!

33. 3. DANCING IMPROVES YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH From weight loss, to increased flexibility, stronger bones and building muscle tone, dancing is a total body workout. Dancing can be a way to stay fit for people of all ages, shapes and sizes. It has a wide range of physical and mental benefits including:

34. ON ½ CROSSWISE SHEET OF YELLOW PAD Answer the following question 1. What are the reasons why most of the people don’t have time for physical activities such as exercise and dancing? 2. Make your BASTE?