Physical Education - Module 13

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LESSON
◦ Hip – Hop Dance
◦Hip – hop and street dancing is a broader style of dance with
various techniques and movements. Breakdancing, funky, and
uprock, which are first styles, were created in year 1970’s in the
United States. These dances where used for entertainment and also
a manner of competition among groups.
Basic types of Hip – Hop and Street Dance

1. B-Boying

◦ B-boying or breaking, also called breakdancing, is a style of street dance and the first hip-hop dance style that originated among Black and Puerto Rican
youths in New York City during the early 1970s.

◦ 4 Movements of B - Boy
A. Toprock
B. Downrock
C. Freeze
D. Power Moves
1. Popping
◦ Popping is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in a dancer’s body.
1. Locking
◦ Locking can be identified by its distinctive stops. It is usually performed by stopping the fast movements that you are doing, locking your body into a
position, holding it, and then continuing at the same speed as before.
1. Krumping
◦ It is free, expressive and highly energetic.
1. Tutting
◦ It is a creative way of making geometric shapes forming right angle using your body parts.
1. Shuffling
◦ The basic movements of the dance are a fast heel-and- toe action with a style suitable for various
types of electronic music. Some variants incorporate arm movements.
1. Waacking
◦ Waacking consists of stylized posing and fast synchronized arm movements to the beat of the music.
MODULE 11
BALLROOM AND SOCIAL DANCES : STANDARD
INTRODUCTION

◦ Ballroom dancing is a couples’ dance or a set of partner dances


moving to the music using step – patterns and rhythms that match
the character of a given song. It is an activity that one can enjoy at
any age both socially and competitively around the world. It does
not require any special skills or dance ability except for competition
but once learned can be used for the entire life. It is also widely
enjoyed on stage, film, and television. Ballroom dancing can be a
lifestyle to help keep the body healthy and fit.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this module, you should able to:


 Know and understand Ballroom and Social Dances
 Know the difference between Standard and Latin Dances
 Discuss the different styles of Standard Dances (International)
 Perform one style of Standard Dance with grace and poise
Ballroom Dance Brief History

◦ The word “Ballroom” is derived from the word “ball” (a large room) and “ballare” which
means to dance. The ballroom dancing was social dancing term for the privileged people
while folk dancing is more for the lower classes.
◦ Ballroom dancing was very popular among the gentry (or upper class) of England, in the
late 18th and early 19th centuries and didn’t really catch on with the working class until the
late 19th and early 20th century.
◦ The popularity of competitive dancing began in the early 1920’s. As a result, the Imperial
Society of Teachers of Dancing (formerly known as The Imperial Society of Dance Teachers)
formed a Ballroom Branch whose function was to standardize and ballroom dances.
Standard Dances

◦ Smooth/ Ballroom style of dance – these are flowing dances that move
around the entire dance floor in a counter – clockwise fashion.
◦ Examples are Foxtrot, Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz and Quickstep.
Ballroom Styles

Standard (International)
Waltz
Tango
Viennese Waltz
Foxtrot
Quickstep
WALTZ
◦ Waltz is one of the smoothest ballroom dances. It is a progressive dance marked by long, flowing
movements, continuous turns, and “rise and fall.” The dance is so graceful and elegant; Graceful and
elegant, Waltz dancers glide around the floor almost effortlessly. At 28 – 30 measures per minute, the
tempo is slow at best, but the expressive quality of the music often invites very powerful and dynamic
movement form dancers.

◦ There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance, a waltz, from the 16 th century including the
representations of the printer H. S. Beheim. The French philosopher Montaigne wrote of a dance he saw
in 1580 in Augsburg, where the dancers held each other so closely that their faces touched. Shocking
many when it was first introduced, the waltz became fashionable in Vienna around the 1780s, spreading
to many other countries in the years to follow. It became fashionable in Britain during the Regency
period, through the entry in the Oxford English Dictionary shows that it was considered “riotous and
indecent” as late as 1825.
◦ Trivia: When first introduced into the English ballrooms in the early 1800’s the Waltz was criticized by
both church and state for its vulgarity and immorality….. this was, after all, the first time society had
seen this despicable dance position, whit the man holding the lady so close to his body. But the very
thing that brought it such criticism also made it pleasing, and the Waltz was here to stay.

◦ Style : Intl Standard (Ballroom)

◦ Music : Slow ballads or instrumental music in ¾ time.

◦ Meter : ¾

◦ Tempo : 84 – 90 beats per minute

◦ Basic Rhythm:123 123 (strong accent on 1)


TANGO
◦ Tango is one of the most captivating of all ballroom dances. This sensual
ballroom dance originated in South America in the early twentieth century.

◦ Tango is a dance that has influences from Spanish and African culture. Dances
from the candombe ceremonies of former slave peoples’ held shape the
modern day Tango. The dance originated in lower – class districts of Buenos
Aires. The music derived from the fusion of various form of music from
Europe. The word Tango seems to have first been used in connection with the
dance in the 1890s. The Argentine tango is characterized by staccato
movements of the feet and flexed knees, and stylized poses that highlight its
dramatic style.
◦ Trivia: Historians argue the name comes from the African candombe drum beat known as “tan-go”, or
possibly from Latin word tangere (to touch). The dance began as a pantomime of communication between
prostitute and pimp. The improvisation was filled with emotional outpouring and suggestive gyration. This
sexual choreography was accented by the melancholy drone of the bandoneon, a German instrument very
similar to the accordion.

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◦ Style : Intl Standard (Ballroom)

◦ Music : Medium tempo orchestral, often march – like.

◦ Meter : 4/4

◦ Tempo : 128 – 132 beats per minute

◦ Basic Rhythm:Quick – Quick – Slow


VIENNESE WALTZ
◦ Viennese Waltz is quick rotating ballroom dance with a refined
rise and fall. It is considered by most to be one of the most
challenging dances to learn. The modest and graceful rotational
movement personifies the Viennese Waltz.

◦ Nowadays dancers are enjoying many different styles of fast


6/8 Waltz, much of which is not Viennese at all. The music can
be instrumental or Vocal, Classical, Celtic, Country or even a
“Top 40” hit.
◦ Trivia: the most well – known of all composers of Viennese Waltz music is Johann Strauss, responsible
for such notorious works as the Blue Danube and Tales from the Vienna Woods.

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◦ Style : Intl Standard (Ballroom)

◦ Music : Fast music in 3/4 or 6/8 time, often classical such as Waltzes.

◦ Meter : 3/4 or 6/8

◦ Tempo : 174 – 180 beats per minute

◦ Basic Rhythm:123 123 (strong accent on 1)


FOXTROT
◦ Foxtrot is extremely versatile and can be danced to a variety of musical styles and
tempo. In competition however, it is danced to 4/4 big band (usually vocal) music
at a tempo of 28 measure per minute. Popular vocalist of music suitable for Foxtrot
are Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, and Dinah Shore.

◦ Compared with today’s standards, the original Foxtrot was moderately fast, simple
and unrefined, not unlike the music of the time. The popularity of the dance
stemmed from its overall versatility and rhythmic variation (Foxtrot is noted for
being the first dance to introduce the “Slow” count, before which time the popular
dances such as the Waltz and the One – Step had only a single – count rhythm). But
it wasn’t until the early 30’s that Foxtrot began to take on a smoother and more
flowing quantity in contrast to the new and exciting Latin dances hitting the scene.
◦ Style : Intl Standard (Ballroom)

◦ Music : Medium-slow jazz/swing music

◦ Meter : 4/4

◦ Tempo : 112 - 120 beats per minute

◦ Basic Rhythm:Slow – Quick – Quick


QUICKSTEP
◦ Quickstep is a quick version of the Foxtrot. It is a ballroom dance
covered extremely quick stepping, syncopated feet rhythms, and
runs of quick steps. The Quickstep is exciting to watch but among
the most difficult of all the ballroom dances.

◦ The quickstep evolved in the 1920s from a combination of the


Foxtrot, Chaleston, Shag, Peabody, and One Step. The dance is
English in origin, and was standardized in 1927. It is characterized
by fast movement, often including a variety of hops, kicks, skips,
lock steps, and chasses.
◦ Style : Intl Standard (Ballroom)

◦ Music : Up-tempo jazz/swing music

◦ Meter : 4/4

◦ Tempo : 200 - 208 beats per minute

◦ Basic Rhythm:Slow – Quick – Quick

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