2. What is FOLK DANCE???
•A popular dance, considered
as part of the tradition or
custom of a particular
people. (Google)
3. A type of dance that is
vernacular, usually
recreational , expression of
past or present culture.
(Britannica)
4. •Is a form of dance developed by a group of
people that reflects the traditional life of a
certain life of a certain country or region.
Folk dancing represents the dance forms of
the common people as opposed to those
from the upper classes.
6. PRE-COLONIAL
•Before the recorded history of the Philippines,
before the Spanish conquistadors conquered and
Christianized the populace, from the earliest
occupation of this volcanic archipelago, the people
danced.
7. PRE-COLONIAL
•They danced to appease the gods, to curry
favour form powerful spirits, to celebrate a hunt
or harvest, to mimic the exotic life forms around
them, they danced their stories and their
shamanic rituals, their rites of passage and their
remembered legends and history.
8. • Tinikling – which mimics a bird.
• Gaway-gaway – which features the movement of children
pulling the stalks of the gaway roots during a bountiful harvest.
• Dugso – dance gratitude for a food harvest or a male heir,
danced with ankle bells.
• Sohten – All male war dance.
• Lawin-lawin – male dance which mimics the swooping, soaring
eagle.
• Pagdiwata – trance dance which feature women dancers who
enact a thanksgiving ritual at the time of the harvest moon.
9. MUSLIM MERCHANTS
•Muslim traders form the Malay Archipelago
reached the Philippines in the 14th century and
created their own dance.
10. MUSLIM MERCHANTS
•Singkil is one of the most famous folk dance. It
depicts the plight of a princess caught in a magical
earthquake in a forest. Her faithful servants tries
to shield her with a parasol as the princess
gracefully dodges falling trees and is eventually
saved by a prince.
11. SPANISH COLONIZATION
•Folk dances survived the European invasion
and the dancers adapted imposed Christian
belief and culture to their own dances,
borrowing court choreography but imbuing
it with Philippine spirit.
12. SPANISH COLONIZATION
• The Maria Clara dances merged Spanish court
style with Philippines exuberance.
• Maria Clara is the pure and noble heroine of a
novel who represents the finest qualities of
Filipino womanhood.
14. •Dancers stand apart .
•There is little, if anybody contract.
•Most of the dances are done by pairs of
couples.
•Hand movement play an important part.
•Most dances are in long formation
15. •Most dances begin and end with a “Saludo”.
•Dances from low land have more foreign
elements than those in upland.
•War dances are found in non-Christian tribes.
•It is traditional.
•It is an expressive behaviour.
16. •Simple basic rhythm dominate the folkdances
and establishes the pattern of movements.
•An unknown choreographer creates a folkdance.
•It performs an action in the life of folks.
18. • Ball de Bastons- weapon dance from Spain and
Portugal.
• Ceilidh- Gaelic folkdance originating from Scotland
and Ireland.
• Clogging- Folkdance that features beating of heavy
footwear in the floor.
• English Country dance-Traditional English folkdance
that is also danced in France and Germany.
• Fandango- traditional Spanish couples dance that is
accompanied by guitar.
19. • Georgian Folk Dance- They include dances such as
Kartuli, Khorumi, Acharuli, Partsa, Kazbeguri,
Khevsuruli, and many others.
• Hora- Traditonal folkdance of Balkans, danced in
Montenegro.
• Greek Dance- Rich Greek history has borne over 100
of traditional folk dances, including a dozen that was
danced at anicient feasts such as Angelica, Carpaea,
Cordax and others.
20. • Kolo- Folk dance of that is danced in South Slavic
countries such as Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia
and Slovenia.
• Irish Dance- Traditional folk dance that has several
forms of dancing, including popular Irish Step Dance.
• Italian Folk Dance- Italy is a home of many popular folk
dances such as Tarantella, Pizzica, Monferrina,
Calabrian Tanantella and Ballu Tundu
21. • Jota- Popular Spanish folk dance.
• Morris Dance- Traditional English dance is originating
from the 15th century.
• Polka- very popular traditional dance form the Czech
Republic that is danced today all around the world.
• Turkish Dance- Bar, Halay, Horon, Zeybek and Sufi
spinning dance.
22. • Hungarian Dance- Most Famous Hungarian folk dances
are Verbunk, Ugros, Karikazom, Legenyes and
Csardas.
• Polska- Traditional folk dance of Nordic countries.
• Square Dance- Traditional dance originating from
England, it involves four pairs of dancers.
• Sword (or Weapon) dances- Genre of folk dances,
consisting of dozens upon dozens of individual dnaces
from all around the world.
23. • Dollu Kunitha- very popular drum-based dance from India.
• Bhangra- Famous Punjabi Harvest dance.
• Attan- the national dance of Pashtun regions of
Afghanistan and Pakistan.
• Khigga- Celebration or wedding circle dance ofAssyria.
• Odori- Japanese folk dance, performed at streets during
celebrations and parades.
• Buyo- Japanese geisha and artist dance.
