Meaning and Importance of Rhythmic Activities-Catherine G. Labaro

 

MEANING AND IMPORTANCE OF RHYTHMIC ACTIVITIES CATHERINE G. LABARO MAPES 202

 

MEANING OF RHYTHMIC ACTIVITIES •

Rhythmic acvies are combinatons of physical movemens wih sounds, beas, or music . Rhythmic acvies rely on an internal or external rhythm used for self-expression, exercise, demonstraon of physical ability, socializaon, and expression of culture.

 

IMPORTANCE OF RHYTHMIC ACTIVITIES •

Rhythmic acvies have been around since the beginning of me and have been a part of every culture. Some examples of rhythmic acvies include folk dances, jotas, ballet, and Zumba.

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But rhythmic acvies are more than an exploraon of movements and shape. •

 Here are the reasons why they are important:

 

EXPRESSION •

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Even before the concept of dancing was invented, humans have been using rhythmic movements to express their thoughts, feelings, values, and ideas. During ancient mes, men and women express their aecon through movements. movements.  Even today, some performers express their senments or protest through dancing. When you see a couple, who are slow dancing with arms around each other, you instantly conclude that they are strongly aracted to each other. When you see a person tapping his toes on the oor, you tend to think he’s in a good mood.

 

Brings People Together

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Rhythmic acvies appeal to human emoons. This is why these are used to gather and entertain people of all ages and backgrounds. The upbeat environment draws the aenon and distracts people from life’s daily frustraons. The energy of the dancers inspires others to join, engaging the community in a posive acvity. Rhythmic acvies allow people to share an inmate experience and gives them an opportunity to form strong bonds. Max Funding investment Funding investment consultant Shane Perry believes that being engaged in physical acvies is also an investment, “By regularly partaking in rhythmic acvies, a person also gains beer self-condence self-condence and self-image. With improved self-image, he or she is more driven to pursue personal goals. He or she also has beer impulse controll and exibilit contro exibility y when faced with dicules. The outcome is a posive atude and an improved state of happiness that leads to life sasfacon.” 

 

Entertainment and Relaxaon *Rhythmic acvity is a channel through which we communicate with others. When we watch a performance, the subconscious interprets the movements and triggers certain emoons inside us. This is why we to get teary-eyed when watching a graceful ballet performance and electried at amenco. *For the performers, a rhythmic acvity is also useful in diverng their aenon and energy  away from stressful things. And what’ what ’s more mo re relaxing than laughing while dancing with friends?

 

Exercise

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Rhythmic acvies are forms of aerobic exercise. These involve muscle stretching, toning, and condioning while increasing heart rate at the same me. When performed regularly, you’ll indeed feel its eects in all aspects of your life. However, just like any other form of exercise, you must have a cool-down period. This period is necessary to allow muscles to repair, mainly if you’re engaged in intensive. Warm-up your muscles before any rhythmic acvity to prevent soreness and cramping. Between exercises, you should also stretch out your arms, legs, and hips.

 

BRIEF HISTORY OF DANCE •

There are many histories and many people that make up dance in its enrety. None are beer, just dierent; but all manage to employ the following principles: roune, pracce, and discipline. Our bodies are lled with so many techniques with even more variables to the technique of movement. The body has no essence, it is disciplined to move, act, and react based on the culture that is given to it. Dance has this great ability to communicate and evoke emoons without even using words. Dance is, and has been, signicant in the lives of all, whether it’s sacred rituals, professional performances, or just dancing because it’s fun. It can be found everywhere, in every culture, and for many it is a way of life.

 

The Primive Period •

There is evidence of dance that dates back to the Paleolithic period, seen through rock painngs depicng dance. “Through much research by leading historians and by studying current uses of dance in several primive cultures, we know that in these cultures people used dance as a means of communicaon and as a way of life.” In many primive sociees rituals involving dance are performed at births, marriages, and deaths. Possibly some of the most signicant rituals are those performed for means of ferlity such as food and children. Our ancestors asked, for rain, sun, harvest, and healthy children. Many of these movements mimicked the nearby animals, the crazy forces of mother nature, and the hypothesized immortal lives of the Gods. Some of these rituals lasted many hours, even days, an inconceivable thought to the contemporary dance world.

 

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There are cultures, sll today, considered “primive” The Yanomamo people found in Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, and Colombia eecvely use dance as a way of life.

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One is men the amoamo, a dance performed to a example hunt “The in the tribe do this ritual of prior song and dance to ensure good luck in capturing and killing animals for food and in ancipaon of a feast.”

 

The Ancient Period •

The dances of the ancient civilizaons began to acknowledge the aesthec purposes of the art. They began to queson the way the dance looked and what it meant; what the movements represented and how they may be interpreted. India, China, and Ancient Greece are among the rst civilizaons with recorded anecdotes of dance. Many used dance for religious purposes, and all required skill, grace, and stamina. Ancient Greece furthered the theatrical history of dance by using dance in dramas and Greek theatre.

 

The Medieval Period •

Dance was prevalent in the medieval era, otherwise known as the Middle Ages, as well. The Islamic culture had a heavy inuence in the interesng outcomes of dance. It was then that the familiar art of belly dancing came into play, as did many folk dances sll performed today. Slowly the church became an inuence and dance was quickly banned. Dance began to be seen as pagan acvity. The ideals that the body was evil and one should strive for purity in thy soul redened dance and its purpose. Religious followers believed the idea that heaven is above and earth is below, and we should be celebrang the ethereal heavens not the earthly body. Since dance is a celebraon through the body, many praccing religions denied the acceptance of dance. Sensuality also quickly became associated with dance, and any form of worship that approved dance was opposed to by the Chrisans of the medieval era.

 

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Unfortunately, at this me the black plague (Bubonic) wiped out part of the populaon and created an associaon with witchcra. Soon the society connected dancing to witches and witches to the Plague and dance became known as the Dance of Death or the Dance Macabre. Because of this sudden obsession with death and its direct correlaon with dancing, many of the pieces featured gures of death such as skeletons. Soon theatrical performances returned and dance was reborn.

 

The Renaissance Period •

Dance was revived through folk dancing, court dancing, and the accompaniment of music. Dance was beginning to be seen as an actual art as opposed to a cultural pasme or ritualisc necessity. necessity. While folk dancing remained a popular expression among the working class, the high society combined these folk rounes with their aristocrac steps of nobility creang the majesc court dances. Although, the court dances began as a symbolic of aesthec royalty, dance revoluonized into what wemusic, know today as gesture ballet, an genresoon of dance that originated from literature, painngs, and sculptures. Before long, ballet became a professional art form and instuons were created to ensure proper aesthec training.

 

The Contemporary Period •

Eastern countries connued tradional performances while the Western civilizaons developed new, invigorang genres. Contemporary and classical Ballet thrived and modern, tap, jazz and the newly popular genre of hip hop shortly inltrated life as we know it. The tweneth century not only introduced science and technology but dance as entertainment and some of the greatest arsts known to man. Throughout the centuries dance went through drasc metamorphic changes from tradional rituals, to banned pagan acvity; noble pasmes to a working class voice; beauty and poise to an outlet for social and polical messages. The history of dance is a rich explanaon of the history of life.

 

FUNDAMENTAL OF MOVEMENT •

The fundamental movement skills to be developed through Health and Physical Educaon include: locomotor and non-locomotor skills — rolling, balancing, sliding, jogging, running, leaping, jumping, hopping, dodging , galloping and skipping. object control skills — bouncing, throwing, catching, catching, kicking, kicking , striking.

What are basic Fundament Fundamental al Motor Skills? Fundamental Motor Skills •

It is the ability to perform basic physical skills correctly that are used in all sports.

What are basic Fundamental Motor Skills?

 

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It is the ability to perform basic physical skills correctly that are used in all sports.

 

Basic Motor Skills Play At the Hop •

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Hopping is another basic motor skill. Denion- One leg bends and bounces in a light vercal moon.

 

Basic Motor Skills •

Jumping is another example of a motor skill.

Def To spring o the ground or other base by a muscular eort of the legs and feet.

 

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Skipping is also one of the basic motor skills. Def To move lightly by hopping on one foot and then the other.

 

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Sliding is a another basic motor skill. Def To To move over a surface while maintaining maintaining smooth connuous contact.

 

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Throwing is an example of a basic motor skill. Def To propel through the air with a moon of  the hand or arm.

 

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Kicking is one more basic motor skill.

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Def To strike out with the foot or feet.

 

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Striking is also a basic motor skill. Def To hit sharply with the hand, the st, or with an object.

 

Skills in Sports Here are some examples of each fundamental fundament al skill in a sport. •

Sliding hockey

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Throwing football

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Striking tennis Kicking soccer

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Walking golf 

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Hopping basketball

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Jumping volleyball

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Skipping baseball

 

REFERENCES •

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