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Module 5: Swing
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN FROM THIS MODULE?
At the end of the module, you should be able to:
a. Explain the background of the Dance and
b. Perform dances, swing, and line dance.
WHAT IS THIS MODULE ALL ABOUT?
Dancing helps keep you physically fit and healthy. Dance is right for your
heart, lungs, and bones. It's a fun way to stay active while increasing your
strength, stamina, and flexibility. Besides, dancing encourages good posture,
body awareness, and control that, even as you age, can and will benefit you.
The Health benefits of dancing
Improved the condition of your heart and lungs.
Increased muscular strength, improve endurance, and motor fitness.
It increased aerobic fitness.
It improved muscle tone and strength.
Weight management.
You will have stronger bones and a reduced risk of osteoporosis.
You will have better coordination, agility, and flexibility.
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Swing Dance History
A black community discovered swing dance during the 1920s through
dancing to contemporary jazz music. Swing dance is a dance that was inspired
by a revolution of jazz music that kept audiences dancing, and thus, music was
known and described as 'Swing Jazz' to befit the music's effect on its audiences.
The dancing soon evolved to fit the theme and vice-versa, causing the name
'swing dance' in the mid-1920s. The Dance came in many styles, including the
Balboa, Lindy Hop, Lindy Charleston, and Collegiate Shag. The Lindy Hop
remains the most famous of the swing dances today. Most of the dances
originated from African American communities, but some, like the Balboa, came
from other cities.
Lindy Hop, also known as the jitterbug, was developed in the 1920s and is
the original swing dance. However, the term 'jitterbug' is commonly used to
describe any swing dancer. It is derived from the dancers' visual display on the
floor, looking like jitterbugs with fast, bouncy movements. Lindy Hop, an 8-count
dance characterized by a lot of physical vigor and a tap on the dance shoes,
continued to evolve in the 1930s. The Savoy Ballroom in Harlem became its
home more professional dance troupes formed around it. The companies which
featured one much famous dancer, Frankie Manning, toured Europe and the
USA as well as being showcased in films like "Hellzapoppin" (1941) and "A Day
at the Races"(1937), among others. The Savoy attracted some of the best
dancers in New York with its Swinging Jazz music and black bands. Benny
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Goodman and other community members danced to contemporary jazz and
swing music. They soon began to incorporate tap steps into their dancing, which
produced a tapping sound on their dance shoes.
The swing dance swept through the media waves between the 1930s and
1940s, with the terms Jitterbug, Lindy Hop, and Lindy being interchanged in the
news in the description of the dancing on the streets, clubs, and dance contest
venues. Dance shoes also became popular things during this time. With the
evolution of music between the 1920s and the 1990s, swing dance evolved
across the U.S. to suit the many musical genres like Jazz, Bop, Rhythm & Blues,
Rock 'n' Roll, Country, and Disco. Rhythm & Blues, for instance, came with
dances like the Dallas whip and the Imperia Swing.
Ballroom dance studio teachers started to distill and wash down the Lindy
Hop, Lindy, Jitterbug, and Swing to reduce the complexities of dance lessons
offered to the public, which resulted in the ballroom dance studios creating two
swing dance styles; a ballroom East Coast Swing and a ballroom West Coast
Swing.
Basic Element of Swing
These necessary steps in the swing will help you why this Dance is trendy. The
teacher will help with how the steps are done appropriately. You have to master the
steps to come with your style in dancing using the step pattern.
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Robert Royston, World Dance Champion in 1989, stated that through elements
dance created, it's the elements that move the Dance.
1. Walk Step- Walk in place. Simple but with a groove.
2. Touch step. Bring your right foot forward, alternately with your left foot. You can do
touch stepping in place, forward and sideward.
3. Triple Step. Bring the right foot behind the left foot, quickly transfer weight, and
immediately step left foot closer to the right foot. You can do triple stepping in
sideways, forward and backward.
4. Kickball change. Kick right foot forward, quickly transfer weight, return right to its
position, and immediately kick your left foot forward.
I DARE YOU
Instructions:
1. Perform with your partner.
2. With the same group, you are going to demonstrate the following steps in
swing dance with the help of your teacher. Make sure to perform with a partner.
3. Since you have already mastered the steps. You are going to make a different
variation of the Dance using the necessary steps.
4. You are given 1 hour to practice the Dance.
5. Attire will depend if the teacher will require you to wear the skirt for girls and
slack for boys or as long as you’re comfortable with your attire or wear your P.E.
uniform.
6. You can also try to access the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Yfd5du3ULas for you to learn more about the Dance.
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Female – Start with the right foot. Rock back, replace the left foot, step right foot
sideward close to Left foot, and step left foot sideward right close side do it again
to the other side.
Male- Start with left foot/ Rock back, replace the right footstep side close side,
do it again to the other side.
1. You can make a lot of moves while using triple steps. You can do it by:
Couple
While facing each other, you can make a move by extending your
elbow so that the lady can make a rock step into her right foot back.
Turn around. Move your right foot for four sets of triple steps while
facing your partner.
Or by not holding partner doing triple Step moving counter-
clockwise turn.
2. Walk Step- Walk in place. Simple but with a groove.
3. Touch Step. Bring your right foot forward, alternately with your left foot.
You can do touch stepping in place, forward and sideward.
4. Triple Step. Bring the right foot behind the left foot, quickly transfer weight,
and immediately step left foot closer to the right foot. You can do triple
stepping in sideways, forward and backward.
5. Kick ball change. Kick right foot forward, quickly transfer weight, return
right to its position, and immediately kick your left foot forward.
6. Rock and triple Step: (Rock, Step, side close side, side near side)
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Activity 1: In this Activity, you will be given opportunities to learn and master the
basics of Swing. Bear in mind that there is more to a dance than dancing itself.
After mastering the basics, you can make with your own combinations. Enjoy the
swing while improving your fitness as well.
Criteria:
Mastery - 15
Choreography - 15
Degree of difficulty - 20
TOTAL: 50 Points
Activity 2: Read and understand the questions carefully. Encircle the correct
answer.
1. Which ballroom dance was thought to stand for freedom of expression and
movement?
a. Swing c. Fox Trot
b. Cha-cha cha d.Waltz
2. Which ballroom dance has formed such as "traveling," "social," and "on the
spot"?
a. tango c. Fox Trot
b. rumba d. Waltz
3. What century did Jazz dance originate in?
a. 19th-century c.16th
b. 21st-century d. 8th century
4. In Medieval times, how was music for English circle dances produced?
a. Audience clapped c. guitar
b. Audience sang d. Dancers Sang
5. In the primitive Dance, body and hand gestures were primarily used for what
purpose?
a. To demonstrate inner struggle c. To pass down Stories
b. To pray for rain d. To pass down stories
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6. In the early 20th century, how did belly dancing evolve to meet Western and
European expectations?
a. Incorporated Singing
b. Dancers Wore more Clothes
c. Incorporated Musical Instruments
d. Became more sexualized
7. What type of reception did "swing", particularly the "Lindy", receive from the
Dance?
a. Negative c. Mostly Positive
b. Neutral d. Very Positive
8. Known as the jitterbug hop developed in the 1920s and is the original form of
swing dance.
a. Lindy Hop c. Glydale Hop
b. Junry Hop d. Bedong Hop
9. Between the 1920s and 1990s, these particular items became a popular thing
during this time.
a. skirt c. Dance shoes
b. hair ribbons d. leggings
10. Swing dance was inspired by ___________music that kept audiences
dancing, and thus music was known and described as 'Swing Jazz' to befit the
effect of the music on its audiences
a. Revolution of jazz music
b. Revolution of Sweet music
c. A revolution of jive music
d. Revolution of cha-cha music
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BOTTOM LINE
1. How do you feel about the Dance? Are you happy with your performance?
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2. Does your partner able to help you to learn the Dance?
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3. Does the Dance find it very interesting?
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Module 6 (Line Dancing)
What will you learn from this module?
At the end of the module, you should be able to:
a. Learn the background of the Dance; and
b. Dance with ease and confidence
What is this module all about?
This module will able to build your confidence and improve your self-
esteem. You may enjoy this Dance along with your siblings or when you are at a
party or any social gatherings.
Dance Theories
1. Philosophers dance theory.
Some philosophers were concerning arts that are usually called
aesthetics, meaning a sense of a beautiful, artistic, and pure emotion. In our
case, they produce written descriptions of Dance, reviews, and philosophical
deliberations about our art's components and values.
Sometimes they elaborate interpretations of particular dance pieces,
considering the symbolic dimension of its elements. This practice is called
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semiotics or hermeneutics. Semiotic is a study of signs and symbols with their
purpose in the interpretation of the Dance.
2. Social sciences dance theory.
Another branch in dance theory is the one produced by anthropologists
and sociologists. Closer related to philosophers, they explore dance ethnic
features, considering aspects of Dance as a medium of cultural and social
interaction. Characteristics of different dance genres and styles are performed
according to their social settings and cultures.
3. Medical field researches in dance therapy.
Dance makes people active. They enjoyed dancing while music is playing.
Rhythms are just outrageously come up. It uses part of the other dance theory
branches' theoretical tools and knowledge to work on its own goals. But, as its
final intention is to 'cure' people utilizing Dance, it is considered differently as a
dance theory discipline.
Historical Background of Line Dance
Many famous lines dance set to country music. The first line dances did
not originate from country-western dancing. Line dancing is a dance which
believed to have originated from folk dancing, which has many similarities.
During the 1980s and 1990s, line dances started that usually uses popular
country songs. One example is a dance made for Billy Ray Cyrus' 1992 smash
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hit "Achy Breaky Heart." Even pop music began to see an upswing in line dances
in the 1990s, with "the Macarena" serving as a sort of hybrid folk-pop dance
number that swept the world by storm.
Line Dance Format
Basic line dances focus on the legs and feet' movements, with more
advanced dances, including the arms and hands. A line dance movements are
marked as "counts," where one count generally equals one musical beat. A
particular activity or Step takes place at each beat.
A line dance will have a certain number of counts, meaning the number of
beats in one complete Dance sequence. For example, a 64-count dance would
contain 64 seconds. The number of moments does not necessarily equal the
number of steps; however, steps can be performed between two beats or more
than one beat.
Line dance is basically made up of a certain number of steps, with each
Step identified by a catchy name. The Texas Two-Step, the Tush Push, the West
Coast Shuffle, the Redneck Girl, and the Boot Scootin' Boogie are all well-known
line dances still performed in country-western bars today.
Line Dancing Today
Because its steps are simple and don't involve dancing with a partner.
Line dancing is ideal for singles and people who don't usually dance. Line
dancing is taught and practiced in country-western dance bars, social clubs, and
dance halls worldwide.
One of the most popular line dances performed today is the "Cha-Cha
Slide," whose easy-to-follow steps are dictated right in the lyrics to the song,
though you may be unfamiliar with certain moves like the Charlie Brown. The
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"Cupid Shuffle" also became largely popular at high school dances in the early
2000s and is still played in clubs.
Necessary steps for the Line Dance
Basic steps Step Pattern
1. Grapevine Step right foot sideward right count 1, Step
left foot across right foot count 2, step right
foot sideward
2. K Step Step right foot diagonally forward counts 1,
and Step left foot close to right count 2.
Step right foot diagonally backward to form
a K count 3, and step left foot close to right
count 4.
3. Click clicks Both feet open outward count 1, then close
feet together inward count 2.
4. Heel, heel, toe, toe Touch your heels forward twice count 1,2,
touch your toe backward twice 3,4.
5. Heel, hop, heel hop, heel heel Touch your heel once forward, count then
quick hop (and), land with your left heel
once count 2, quick hop (and), land unto
right heel touching forward twice count 1,
and.
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6. Back, side, across, and turn Touch right foot backward count 1, touch
right foot sideward right count 2, raise right
foot across left foot count 3, then semi
turns into your right side count 4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZzmMlMUhOs
I DARE YOU:
Activity 1: Perform and master the steps
1. You will demonstrate the following steps in a line dance with your teacher's
help.
2. Since you have already mastered the steps. You are going to make a different
variation of the Dance using the necessary steps of the Dance.
3. You are given 1 hour to practice the Dance.
4. Please use P.E. uniform for the activity
5. You can also try to access the linkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZzmMlMUhOs
for you to learn more about the Dance.
6. As soon as your master the necessary steps. You will be assessed to the
following criteria.
Mastery 15 points
Timing 15 points
Coordination 20 points
Total of 50 points
Activity 2: Fill in the Blanks
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____________1. Became largely popular at high school dances in the early
2000s and is still played in clubs.
____________2. A study of sign and symbol and their use for interpretation the
dance.
____________3. During the 1980s and ________, line dances started being
created for popular country songs.
____________4. Basic line dances focus on movements of the legs and
_______.
____________5.Concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure
intellectuality.
____________6. Line dancing steps are simple and don’t involve dancing with a
_?
_____________7. Choose one song that are very popular while dancing line dance in
the year 1990’s.
True or False
____________8. Line dancing do not require hands movements.
____________9. Line dance is popular Texas in 1990’s.
____________10. Line is very common during party now a days.
Activity 3. Essay
1. Mention at least three titles of the song composed today that might let you dance?
What made you dance to this music?
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2. Do you think dancing can be enjoyable if all of your friends will be part of the Dance?
What makes them fun to be with while dancing?
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3. How will you convince your parents, siblings, and relatives to dance with you? Will
that be possible?
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REFERENCES
https://www.dance-america.com/swing-dance-history-83.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l-IrUpWEUI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l-IrUpWEUI
Basic Elements of Swing. HowCast.com. Retrieved from August 7,
2020.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfd5du3ULas
Dance Theory. Contemporary Dance .Org. Retrieved from August 8,
2020.https://www.contemporary-dance.org/dance-theory.html
Beginner Line dance, (2017). Dirt Road Dancing. Retrieved from August 7, 2020,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZzmMlMUhOs
Prepared by:
PROF. LENZIEL TOLON
P.E Faculty
