2. FESTIVAL DANCES
are cultural dances performed to the
strong beats of percussion instruments by a
community of people sharing the same

3. culture usually done in honor of a patron
saint or in thanksgiving of a bountiful
harvest.

4. TWO TYPES OF

5. FESTIVAL
DANCES

6. RELIGIOUS
FESTIVAL

7. a festival celebrated in honor of a certain
religious icon

8. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
DANCE

9. Name of
Festival:
Place of
Origin:
Cebu City
Religious Figure Honored:
Sto. Niño
Month of Celebration:

10. January

11. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
DANCE

12. Name of
Festival:
Place of Origin:
Iloilo City
Religious Figure Honored:
Sto. Niño
Month of Celebration:

13. January

14. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
DANCE

15. Name of Festival:
Place
of Origin:
Kalibo, Aklan
Religious Figure Honored:
Sto. Niño
Month of Celebration:
January
–

16. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
DANCE

17. Name
of
Festival:
Place of Origin:
Bicol
Religious Figure Honored:
Virgin Mary
Month of Celebration:

18. September

19. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
DANCE

20. Name of
Festival:
Place of Origin:
Angono, Rizal
Religious Figure Honored:
Saint Clement
Month of Celebration:

21. November

22. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
DANCE

23. Name of
Festival:
Place of Origin:
Vigan City, Ilocos Sur
Religious Figure Honored:
Saint Paul
Month of Celebration:

24. January

25. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
DANCE

26. Name of
Festival:
Place of Origin:
Dapitan City
Religious Figure Honored:
James the Great
Month of Celebration: July

27. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
DANCE

28. Name of Festival:
Place
of Origin:
Pintados City, Iloilo
Religious Figure Honored:
Sto. Niño
Month of Celebration:
March

29. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
DANCE

30. Name of Festival:
Place
of
Origin:
Santiago City
Religious Figure Honored:
Señor San Tiago
Month of Celebration:

31. May

32. RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
DANCE

33. Name of
Festival:
Place of Origin:
Tacloban City
Religious Figure Honored:
Sto. Niño
Month of Celebration:

34. July

35. SECULAR
FESTIVAL

36. a festival celebrated as thanksgiving or
celebration of peoples industry and bountiful
harvest. Non-religious festival

37. SECULAR FESTIVAL
DANCE

38. Name of Festival:
Place of Origin:
Dagupan, Pangasinan
Industry:
Milkfish
Month of Celebration:
April to May

39. SECULAR FESTIVAL
DANCE

40. Name of
Festival:
Place of Origin: Isabela
Industry:
Scarecrow
Month of Celebration:
January

41. SECULAR FESTIVAL
DANCE

42. Name
of
Festival:
Place of Origin:
City of Ilagan
Industry:
Corn
Month of Celebration:

43. May

44. SECULAR FESTIVAL
DANCE

45. Name of
Festival:
Place of Origin:
Iba, Zambales
Industry:
Mango
Month of Celebration: April

46. SECULAR FESTIVAL
DANCE

47. Name
of
Festival:
Place of Origin:
Baguio City
Industry:
Flower
Month of Celebration:

48. February

49. SECULAR FESTIVAL
DANCE

50. Name of
Festival:
Place of Origin:
Pampanga
Industry:
Migratory Bird Egg
Month of Celebration:

51. February

52. SECULAR FESTIVAL
DANCE

53. Name of
Festival:
Place of Origin:
Bacolod City
Industry:
Mask (Sugar)
Month of Celebration:

54. October

55. SECULAR FESTIVAL
DANCE

56. Name of
Festival:
Place of Origin:
Koronadal, Cotabato
Industry:
Colorful Abaca
Month of Celebration:

57. January

58. SECULAR FESTIVAL
DANCE

59. Name
of
Festival:
Place of Origin:
Nueva Vizcaya
Industry:
Gathering of tribal industries
Month of Celebration:

60. May

61. SECULAR FESTIVAL
DANCE

62. Name
of
Festival:
Place of Origin:
Vigan, Ilocos Sur
Industry:
Weaving
Month of Celebration:

63. May

64. LOCOMOT
OR

65. MOVEMEN
TS
STEP

66. This is the basis of all locomotor
movements.
It prepares you to move in any direction
you wish to go.

67. It is defined as transfer of weight from one

68. foot to the other.

69. WALK
Series of steps executed by both of your
feet alternately in any direction.

70. RUN

71. Series of walks executed quickly in any
direction wherein only one foot stays on the
ground while the other is off the ground.

72. JUMP

73. This movement is simply described by
having both feet lose its contact with the
ground

74. NON-

75. LOCOMOTOR

76. MOVEMEN
TS

77. FLEXION
It is the act of decreasing the angle of a
joint.

78. Another term for flexion is to bend.

79. EXTENSION
You are extending if you are increasing the
angle of a joint.

80. Stretching is another word for extension.

81. CONTRACTION

82. A muscle movement done when it
shortens, narrows and tightens using
sufficient amount of energy in the execution.

83. RELEASE

84. A muscle movement opposite to
contraction done when it let goes or let looses
of being held into a shortening movement.

85. COLLAPSE
To deliberately drop the exertion of energy
into a body segment.

86. RECOVER
The opposite of collapse.

87. This is to regain the energy exerted into a
body segment.
ROTATION
To rotate is to move a body segment
allowing it to complete a circle with its

88. motion. Rotation can also be done in
wrists, waist, knees and ankles.
TWIST
To move a body segment from an axis
halfway front or back or quarter to the right

89. or left as in the twisting of the neck allowing
the head to face right or left and the like.

90. PIVOT
To change the position of the feet or any
body part that carries the body’s weight

91. allowing the body to face in a less than 360
degrees turn.

92. TURN
To move in a turning movement with a
base of support, usually a pointed foot, the

93. other raised, while equilibrium is maintained
until the completion of the turn.

94. BASIC 2’4
TIME

95. FOLK
DANCE

96. STEPS

97. CLOSE STEP

98. Step R sideward (1),
Close Step L to R (2)

99. BLEKING

100. Step R. in place (1),
Heel Place L in front (2)

101. TOUCH STEP

102. Step R sideward (1),
Point L in Front of R (2)

103. WALK

104. Step R forward (1),
Step L forward (2)
CHANGE STEP

105. Step R (1),
Close Step L to R (and),

106. Step R in Place (2)

107. CROSS CHANGE
STEP

108. Cross R over L (1),
step L sideward (and),

109. step R in place (2)

110. HOP STEP

111. Step R sideward (1),
Hop R in place (2)
MINCING

112. Point L in place (and),
Step R in place (1),
Point L in place (and),

113. Step R in place (ct. 2)

114. CROSS STEP

115. Step R across L (1),
Step L sideward L (2)

116. HEEL-TOE,
CHANGE STEP

117. Heel place R sideward (1),
point L close to R (2),

118. change step with the R

119. (Maybe repeated with L)
ELEMENTS OF

120. MOVEM
ENT IN

121. SPACE

122. RHYTHM
Regular recurrence of a beat.
May be slow, moderate or fast.

123. This element of rhythm is called tempo.
LEVEL
Refers to the level of movement

124. May be high, medium or low
RANGE
Refers to the scope of movement execution

125. Dictated by the space provided

126. FLOOR
PATTERN/DESIGN

127. Refers to the designs created in the floor by
the bodies of dancers
Maybe geometric or nongeometric

128. DIRECTION
Adds to variety of movement

129. Maybe forward, backward, sideward or
even upward

130. FOCUS
Refers to the focal point of dancers
attention while moving