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CHEER DANCE

LEARNING COMPETENCIES:
Self-assess health-related fitness (HRF) status, barriers to physical
activity assessment participation and one’s diet.
Analyze physiological indicators such as heart rate, rate of
perceived exertion and pacing associated with MVPAs to monitor
and/or adjust participation or effort.
Observe personal safety protocol to avoid dehydration,
overexertion, hypo- and hyperthermia during MVPA participation.

Did you know?

The National Cheerleading Championships (NCC) conducts camps

and competitions in provinces and cities all across the Philippines, called
the Regional Qualifiers. The top teams then move on to compete against
the best in the country’s biggest cheerleading competition, called the
Nationals.

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Cheerleading

an event that consists of cheers and organized routines for sports team
motivation, audience entertainment, or competition. The routines contain
many components of cheers, jumps, dance, gymnastics, and stunting.

History

Cheerleading dates to the 1860s, in Great Britain, and entered the

US in the 1880s. Although women currently dominate the field,
cheerleading was begun by men. Princeton University, in 1884, got the
idea that crowd chanting at football games would boost school spirit so
they came up with a catchy cheer.

ACTIVITY 1

Research the following elements of Cheer dance routine. Write it on

a yellow paper.

1. Dance Techniques
2. Elements of Cheers
a. Different Hand Positions
b. Different Arm Positions
c. Different body Positions
3. Basic gymnastics skills
a. Jumps
b. Tumbling

Basic Formations in Cheer dance

1. Bowling Pin
The formation is set up like bowling pins
in a bowling alley. This works great when
highlighting a few members on a squad/
team.

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2. Staggered Line
A simple line where the back line is
positioned in the windows (space
in between individuals) of the front
line. Vertical lines in formations
highlight differences in levels rather
than suggest squad uniformity.

DANCESPORT

Dance Sport

It is a combination of art and sport. It was called competitive

ballroom dancing in the past. This goes with partners (male and
lady) competing against other partners dancing on the floor at
one time. Dance sport provides an avenue to gain discipline
of the body and mind of the dance athletes.

There are five Latin Dances: Samba, Cha-

cha- cha, Rumba, Paso Doble, Jive and five
standard dances: Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow
Foxtrot, and Quickstep, which constitute the
dance style (ISTD).

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Characteristics of Dance sport

Below are the fundamental characteristics that make up dance sport as

advance style (Radler, 1998):

1. Posture 8. presentation
2. Timing 9. Power
3. Line 10. Foot and leg action
4. Hold 11. Shape
5. Poise 12. Lead and follow.
6. Togetherness 13. Floor craft
7. Musicality and expression 14. Intangibles

In learning the skills, stages were introduced to better understand the

actions, steps and figures of each dance. Medals are usually the starting
point to fully gasp the fundamental elements of dance sport. Medals mat=y
be:

• Bronze – starting level

• Silver – intermediate level
• Gold – highest level

What are the different dance sport styles?

The international Standard and International Latin techniques were

codified by the Imperial Society of Teacher of Dance (ISTD) to come up
with a unified syllabus for all those interested on learning ballroom dancing.

A. International Standard
1. Waltz (from German walzen, “to
revolve”), highly popular ballroom
dance evolved from the Ländler in
the 18th century. It is characterized by
a step, slide, and step in 3/4 time,

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the waltz, with its turning, embracing couples, at first shocked
polite society.
2. Tango, a ballroom dance of Latin
American origin in ²/₄ time with a
basic pattern of step-step-step-
step-close and characterized by
long pauses and stylized body
positions also: the music for this
dance.

3. Foxtrot is a smooth,
progressive dance characterized
by long, continuous flowing
movements across the dance
floor. It is danced to big
band (usually vocal) music. The
dance is similar in its look to waltz,
although the rhythm is in a 4
4 time signature instead of 3
4.

4. Quickstep is a light-
hearted dance of the standard
ballroom dances. The movement
of the dance is fast and powerfully
flowing and sprinkled with
syncopations. The upbeat
melodies that quickstep is danced
to make it suitable for both formal
and informal events.

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5. Viennese Waltz is a classic
dance style that is featured
in many romantic movies
and animated films. It is
characterized by sweeping,
graceful turns that rotate
quickly around the floor.
Although it shares many
similarities to the slow Waltz,
it is danced at a much
faster tempo—twice the speed of the slow Waltz.

B. International Latin
1. Cha- cha- cha is a dance of
Cuban origin. It is danced
to the music of the same
name introduced by Cuban
composer and violinist Enrique
Jorrin in the early 1950s.

2. Samba is a Brazilian music

genre and dance style, with its
roots in Africa via the West
African slave trade and African
religious traditions, particularly
of Angola.

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3. Rumba is a genre of
ballroom music
and dance that appeared
in the East Coast of the
United States during the
1930s.

4. Paso doble means “double step”,

which originated from Spain and is
inspired by bullfighting. The Paso
Doble is one of the most dramatic of
all the Latin dances.

5. Jive is a lively and uninhibited

variation of the earlier forms of Swing
dance such as the Jitterbug.

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Basic Dance sport Terminologies

❖ Name of the figure – identification of a figure in a dance style.

❖ Step numbers- number of steps in a figure.
❖ Alignment- the position of the feet in relation to the room.
❖ Amount of turn- this is measured between the feet.
❖ Footwork- refers the part of the foot in contact with the floor.
❖ Timing- the synchronization of actions with the beat of the music.
❖ Line of dance (LOD)- the counterclockwise direction around the
dance floor.
❖ Wall- means the direction perpendicular to the LOD pointing
towards the wall of the room (possibly imaginary).
❖ Center- means the direction perpendicular to the LOD pointing
towards the center of the room.
❖ Open facing position- a variation of the closed position where man
and lady stand apart, facing each other, usually with a one – or two-
hand connection.
❖ Outside partner position- a variation of the closed position where the
tracking of the man and lady’s feet are slightly offset.
❖ Promenade position- a V- shaped dance position where both man
and lady move forward and in the same direction, toward the open
end of the “V”.
❖ Closed position- the normal hold where partners stand facing each
other in body contact slightly offset to the left. In the Latin dances,
partners stand a few inches apart, either directly in front of each
other or very slightly offset.
❖ Open position- any dance position where man and lady stand apart
or slightly apart, without taking a closed position dance hold.

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STREET DANCE (HIP- HOP DANCE)

Hip- hop

Hip- hop culture is from the

African- American group of people
who were looking for a creative
outlet to vent their frustrations and
disappointments with society
(Dimalanta, 2006). It started with
funky beats reverberating at house
or basement parties and the streets
of New York.

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ACTIVITY 2

Hip hop dance has several styles that comprise two main categories:
Old School and New School. Research the different street dance
styles. Write it on a yellow paper.

Old School Street Dance Style

1. Breaking
1.1. Power moves
a. The windmill
b. Headspin
c. Flare
d. Jackhammer
1.2. Basic moves
a. Top rock
b. Up rock
c. 6- step
d. Moonwalk
e. Worm
2. Popping
3. Locking

The New School Dance Style

1. Krumping
2. House
3. Street Jazz

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Reference
Lualhati Fernando - Callo, P. F. (2016). Physical Eduation and Health .
Manila: Rex Book store. Inc. (RBsI).

Date Accomplished: _____________________________________

Parent’s Name and signature: ____________________________

Jesus answered and said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, and
doubt not, you shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if
you shall say to this mountain, Be you removed, and be you cast into the sea; it
shall be done.
Matthew 21:21

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