DANCE

FUNDAMENTALS
Dancing

• is entertainment
• gives fun to both the performance
and the spectator in terms of
feelings being experienced while
performing and watching
respectively
Arms and Feet Positions

First Position
• Arms slightly raised and encircled
in front at chest level
• Heels together and toes at about
45 degree.
Second Position

• Arms slightly raised sideways

below shoulder level
• feet parallel at about shoulder
width
Third Position

• Encircle one arm overhead while

the other is raised sideways
• heel of one foot touching the
instep of the other foot
Fourth Position

• Encircle one arm overhead while

the other is placed in front at
chest
• Open-crossed. heel of front foot
touching the toes of the rear foot
Fifth Position

• Raise both arms overhead with

fingers slightly apart
• Close-crossed. heels in front foot
touching the toes of the rear foot
Common Dance Formation
• Column formation-partners face
audience, boy is on the left of the girl.

X 1 O
X 2 O
X 3 O
X 4 O
X 5 O
X 6 O
• Line formation- single file, partners
standing side by side facing the audience.

X O X O X O X O
• Semi-circle formation- partner standing
side by side facing the audience in a semi
circles formation.

X
O O
X X
O
• Circle formation- partners may face each
other facing inside the circle.
O X
X O
O X
X O
O X
X O
• Double circle formation-partner facing
each other while the boy is inside circle or
vice versa.
o
o x x x o
o x x o
o x x x o
o
Dance terms

• Clockwise- Movement following the

directions of the hands of the clock
• Counter-clockwise- Moving opposite
direction of the hands of the clock
• Curtsy- to bow by slightly bending
the body and knee,stepping one foot
sideward and pointing the other foot
to the rear across the front foot.
• Close position- Partners hold in
ballroom dancing positionfacing each
other, the girl is placed slightly to the
right of the boy.
• Open position- partners in ballroom
position facing the direction of the
extended arms.
• Promenade- partners standing side by
side,hold in skating position with left
shouldertowards the center, walkaround
in a counter-clockwise direction untill
reaching their original place.
• Do-Si-Do - Partners face each other,
move forward passing R(L), move
sideward passing R(L) across and walk
backward to proper places without
turning around, passing L(R) shoulder.
• Free foot- The foot not carrying the
body.
• Inside foot- the foot nearest to the
partner when standing side by side.
• Outside foot- the foot away from the
partner when standing side by side.
• Outside hand- the hand away from
partner when standing side by side
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