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Contemporary Dance

This document provides information about warming up before exercise and stretching exercises. It lists common warm-up stretches like neck stretches, shoulder rolls, triceps stretches, and hamstring stretches that increase blood flow, muscle elasticity, heart rate, and core temperature in preparation for exercise. Contemporary dance is then defined as a combination of modern, jazz, lyrical and ballet styles using rhythmic body movement. Basic contemporary dance steps and techniques are listed like lateral movements, stag leaps, stag turns, primitive squats, hinges, contractions and releases. The document asks how media can help promote physical activity and fitness.

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159 views18 pages

Contemporary Dance

This document provides information about warming up before exercise and stretching exercises. It lists common warm-up stretches like neck stretches, shoulder rolls, triceps stretches, and hamstring stretches that increase blood flow, muscle elasticity, heart rate, and core temperature in preparation for exercise. Contemporary dance is then defined as a combination of modern, jazz, lyrical and ballet styles using rhythmic body movement. Basic contemporary dance steps and techniques are listed like lateral movements, stag leaps, stag turns, primitive squats, hinges, contractions and releases. The document asks how media can help promote physical activity and fitness.

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COMPLETE THE TABLE.

WRITE YES OR NO
FOR THE SECOND COLUMN AND HAPPY
OR SAD TO THE THIRD COLUMN
Does the What are your
activity feeling in doing
Activities
sustain when you do the
fitness activity
Playing Computer
Games
Reading Books
Movie Marathon
Watching Television
Jumping Jacks
Running
Playing Badminton
Hip-Hop Dancing
Jogging
Folk Dancing
Street Dancing
Surfing on the Internet
Playing Basketball
Scrubbing the Floor
Fetching a Pail of Water
I WILL READ THE EACH PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY, THEN YOU WILL DO THE
CORRESPONDING ACTION:

YES AND HAPPY – clap 3times and show


happy face
YES AND SAD - clap 3times and show a
sad face
NO AND HAPPY - stand and show– clap
3times a happy face
NO AND SAD – stand and show a sad face
START BEING FIT –
STRETCH IT OUT
The Warming Effect
An effective warm-up exercise should:
Increase blood flow to the muscles;
Increase muscles elasticity;
Gently raise heart rate;
Increase mental alertness; and
Increase core body temperature.
Neck Shoulder Side Arm
Stretch Rolls Stretch
Triceps Harmstring Quadriceps
Stretch Stretch Stretch
Inner Thigh
Stretch

Outer Thigh
Stretch

Knee Bend/
Squat
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY DANCE?

 Contemporary dance is an expressive dance


technique which is a combination of a variety
of dances: modern, jazz, lyrical, and classical
ballet.
 A performing art that involves rhythmic body
movement within a given space,
choreograph based on musical beat.
 Developed in 1950s in America and Europe.
8 ELEMENTS
 THEME – most basic element of a
dance.
 DESIGN – pattern of movement in time
and space
 MOVEMENT – the bodily actions of the
dancer that incudes his steps
 TECHNIQUE- the skill of movement
executed by the dancer
 MUSIC – the auditory background to
which a dancer moves
 COSTUME and BODY
PARAPHERLANIA- properties worn by
the dancer that help reflect the message,
customs and beliefs.
 CHOREOGRAPHY – the figures and
steps in dancing that enable the dancers
to perform in an organized manner
 SCENERY – the background or setting
where the dance is performed to make it
more realistic and enriching.
Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham and
Merce Cunningham are the pioneers
of contemporary dance.

They believe that “dancers should have


freedom of movement, allowing their
bodies to freely express their innermost
feelings and thoughts”
BASIC STEPS AND PROPER
TECHNIQUES

1.Lateral
2.Stag Leap
3.Stag Turn
OTHER BASIC STEPS AND
PROPER TECHNIQUES

1.Primitive Squat
2.Hinge
3.Contraction
4.The release
How does the media
information help in
promoting physical
activities and fitness?
ASSIGNMENT:

Read with
comprehension
the Contemporary
Philippine Music

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