RHYTHMIC
ACTIVITIES
RHYTHMIC ACTIVITIES
⮚Are the physical
manifestations of the mental
and emotional response of the
individual to rhythm.
⮚They are activities which a
child responds to physically,
socially, and mentally to
regular patterns of sounds.
RHYTHM AND RHYTHMS
RHYTHM - Is the regular
recurrence of accented and
unaccented beats.
RHYTHMS- is a term which
denotes an aspect of a
quality of movement that is
sometimes thought of as
dance.
DANCE AND DANCING
DANCE- the art of
movements
⮚refers to movement set
to music where there
emerges organization,
structure and pattern.
DANCING- combination or
rhythm and rhythms.
►is a means of expressing
one’s emotions through
movement disciplined by
rhythm.
►Comes from the Greek
word danson which means
to stretch.
❖PHRASING- This accent mat
represent a high note or
sometimes if it is
instrumental, this is the beat
which has the loudest sound.
❖TEMPO- this is the rate of
speed of the music or
accompaniment. It
represents the BPM or beats
per minute in a rhythm.
ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
►Light Music- is a
musical style that might
often be called "easy
listening“
►Heavy Music- is a genre
of rock music.
ELEMENTS OF MOVEMENT
SPACE
❖ Direction- is the line of movement taken which
maybe forward, backward, sideward, diagonal,
upward, or a combination of those mentioned.
❖ Level- is the movement through space that
maybe done at a high, low, or medium level.
❖ Range- refers to the area covered as the body
moves.
TWO KINDS OF SPACE
►Personal Space- it is maximum
space available to a person in
stationary position.
►General Space- it is the area in
which one or more person is
moving.
❖Pathways or space design- is
the line or design in a space
as one moves.
❖Focus- this is referred to as
movement in space in
relation to an object.
THREE FACTORS THAT GOVERN
OR AFFECT MOVEMENT
►Psychological- are your positive and negative
emotions that you will be having when you
are dancing.
►Physiological- represents the physical fitness
and body built that may affect human
movement.
►Sociological- refer to the relationship of the
performer with a particular group.
TWO KINDS OF MOVEMENTS
▪ Locomotor movements- refer to the movement
in which you are moving from one place to
another place.
o Walking, running, jumping, hopping, skipping,
leaping, galloping and sliding
▪ Non locomotor movements- are those in which
various parts of the body move in space with a
fixed base.
DANCE ELEMENTS
THEME
DESIGN
MOVEMENT
TECHNIQUE
MUSIC
COSTUMES AND PROPERTIES
CHOREOGRAPHY
SCENERY
DANCE FORMS
CLASSICAL DANCE
➢ CLASSICAL BALLET
➢ MODERN CONTEMPORARY DANCE BALLET
➢ FOLK DANCE
➢ ETHNIC AND TRIBAL DANCE
➢ RECREATIONAL DANCE
➢ SOCIAL AND BALLROOM DANCE
➢ CREATIVE DANCE
➢ POPULAR DANCE
➢
Fundamental Position
of Arms and Feet
First Position
Place arms in front in a
circle, at a chest height,
with fingertips pointed
toward each other, heels
together, and the toes
apart.
Second Position
Arms raised sideward,
palms up, elbows slightly
flexed, and feet apart.
Third Position
Right hand raised
overhead slightly flexed
at elbow and left hand in
front position. The heel of
the right foot touches the
instep of the left foot.
Fourth Position
Right hand still overhead,
left hand in lateral
position, palms up, right
foot in front of the other
foot about a pace apart.
Fifth Position
Both hands overhead
slightly flexed at elbows.
The heel of right foot
touches the toe of the
left foot.