Interpretive/Rhythmic
Dance:
TINIKLING
By Travis Van Huisen
What is Tinikling?
The tinikling dance is one of the most popular and
well-known of traditional Philippine dances. The
tinikling is a pre-Spanish dance from the Philippines
that involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding
bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in
coordination with one or more dancers who step over
and in between the poles in a dance.
Instead of Bamboo poles, the students use pvc pipes
and 2x4’s to hit the pvc pipe on.
Benefits of Tinikling
Objectives:
To work cooperatively with peers during tinikling activity.
To perform locomotor movements to rhthym.
To hear changes in musical accompaniment and move
accordingly.
To build cultural awareness.
To develop coordination, body control, and teamwork skills.
Interactive Learning
Here is a video of a class learning all 5 steps of
Tinikling. This will be used to introduce the dance
and demonstrate to the students how to perform all 5
steps in sequential order.
http://vimeo.com/15776029
Learning Contd…
Students will watch each dance step first and then split
up into their groups and practice the dance steps that
were seen in the video in the sequential order provided
by the dance instructor. This will allow my students to
see how the dance steps are supposed to be performed
and then actually perform each dance themselves.