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    The document provides details on the Habanera Botoleña dance, including its origins from Cuba and the Philippines town of Botolan, Zambales. It describes the key dance steps and movements, including the Pancake Turn, Sway Balance, Three Step and Point, Letter Y, Habanera, The Circle, Waltzing Sideward, Sarok, and Pointing in Center. It also notes that female dancers wear a Maria Clara dress and male dancers wear a Barong Tagalog and black pants for the dance costumes.

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    The document provides details on the Habanera Botoleña dance, including its origins from Cuba and the Philippines town of Botolan, Zambales. It describes the key dance steps and movements, including the Pancake Turn, Sway Balance, Three Step and Point, Letter Y, Habanera, The Circle, Waltzing Sideward, Sarok, and Pointing in Center. It also notes that female dancers wear a Maria Clara dress and male dancers wear a Barong Tagalog and black pants for the dance costumes.

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    The document provides details on the Habanera Botoleña dance, including its origins from Cuba and the Philippines town of Botolan, Zambales. It describes the key dance steps and movements, including the Pancake Turn, Sway Balance, Three Step and Point, Letter Y, Habanera, The Circle, Waltzing Sideward, Sarok, and Pointing in Center. It also notes that female dancers wear a Maria Clara dress and male dancers wear a Barong Tagalog and black pants for the dance costumes.

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    Habanera Botolena

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    The document provides details on the Habanera Botoleña dance, including its origins from Cuba and the Philippines town of Botolan, Zambales. It describes the key dance steps and movements, including the Pancake Turn, Sway Balance, Three Step and Point, Letter Y, Habanera, The Circle, Waltzing Sideward, Sarok, and Pointing in Center. It also notes that female dancers wear a Maria Clara dress and male dancers wear a Barong Tagalog and black pants for the dance costumes.

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    Habanera

    Botoleña
    BY:
    GIA KRISTEL L. LOPEZ
    BSED-FILIPINO 1C
    History
    THE HABANERA IS A FOLK DANCE THAT
    ORIGINATED FROM CUBA. IT IS ALSO KNOWN
    AS DANZA OR DANZA HABANERA. THE
    HABANERA IS A SOCIAL DANCE IN DUPLE
    TIME AND IT IS USUALLY PERFORMED IN A
    BALLROOM OR ON A STAGE. IT IS
    PERFORMED AT WEDDINGS AND INCLUDES A
    PROCESSION OF THE BRIDE AND GROOM’S
    PARENTS, THE BRIDESMAIDS, AND
    GROOMSMEN, AS WELL AS AN EXCLUSIVE
    PERFORMANCE BY THE NEWLYWEDS. THIS
    DANCE FIRST BECAME POPULAR IN THE
    TOWN OF BOTOLAN, ZAMBALES. THE
    HABANERA BOTOLENA IS A FILIPINO
    TRADITIONAL DANCE THAT INFLUENCED BY
    THE SPANISH. THE DANCE STEPS OF
    HABANERA BOTOLENA HAVE A FLAMENCO
    TOUCH IN IT. HABANERA BOTOLENA IS
    ORIGINATED IN BOTOLAN, ZAMBALES, IT HAS
    A SPANISH AND FILIPINO DANCE STEPS
    COMBINATION. BEFORE, IT IS BEING DANCED
    DURING THE DEPARTURE OF THE PARISH
    PRIEST OR IMPORTANT OFFICIAL
    OF THE TOWN BUT AS TIME
    PASSED BY IT BECAME A
    DANCE BEING
    PERFORMED DURING
    WEDDING, BAPTISM
    AND OTHER SPECIAL
    OCCASIONS.
    Dance
    Steps/Figures
    #1 PANCAKE TURN - STARTING WITH THE
    RIGHT FOOT, FEMALE TURNS ONCE AROUND
    CLOCKWISE WITH FOUR WALTZ STEPS UNDER
    ARCH OF ARMS. IN THE MEANTIME, MALE
    STANDS IN PLACE OR EXECUTE FOUR WALTZ
    STEPS SIDEWARD, RIGHT AND LEFT
    ALTERNATELY. MALE TURNS AROUND
    COUNTERCLOCKWISE IN SAME MANNER.
    CHANGE POSITION OF HANDS BY JOINING
    RIGHT HANDS ONLY. LEFT HAND ON SKIRT
    (FEMALE), WAIST (MALE). FEMALE WHIRLS
    CLOCKWISE UNDER ARCH OF RIGHT ARMS AS
    MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE IN FOUR MEASURES.
    MALE REMAINS STANDING IN PLACE.
    #2 SWAY BALANCE
    WITH A RAISE (2
    MEASURES) - RAISE LEFT
    KNEE IN FRONT WITH
    TOES POINTED
    DOWNWARD. THE BODY
    IS SLIGHTLY BENT
    FORWARD, AND RAISE
    GRADUALLY UPWARD TO
    ERECT POSITION. THE LEFT
    ARM IS BENT FORWARD
    AND IS MADE TO FOLLOW
    TO MOVEMENT OF THE
    BODY. THE RIGHT ARM IS
    BENT FORWARD IN LEVEL
    WITH SHOULDER.
    #3 THREE STEP AND A
    POINT - STARTS WITH
    THE RIGHT FOOT, TAKE
    THREE STEPS SIDEWARD
    RIGHT. POINT LEFT FOOT
    IN FRONT. RIGHT HAND
    IN REVERSE T POSITION
    AND LEFT HAND ON
    SKIRT/WAIST.
    KUMINTANG RIGHT
    HAND WHEN POINTING
    THE LEFT FOOT.
    #4 LETTER Y - RAISE AND STEP RIGHT
    OBLIQUELY FORWARD RIGHT. RAISE AND STEP
    LEFT OBLIQUELY FORWARD LEFT. HOP ON
    RIGHT FOOT, TURNING RIGHT AT THE SAME
    TIME IN ORDER TO BE IN A BACK-TO-BACK
    POSITION WITH PARTNER. RIGHT ARM IN 5TH
    POSITION, LEFT BENT FORWARD AS SHOULDER
    LEVEL. ONE WALTZ STEP SIDEWARD LEFT. ONE
    WALTZ STEP SIDEWARD RIGHT. QUICKLY TURN
    LEFT ABOUT AND STEP LEFT FORWARD TO
    EXCHANGE PLACE WITH PARTNER PASSING BY
    EACH OTHER’S RIGHT SHOULDER.
    #5 HABANERA - FEMALES HOLD SKIRT, MALES
    HANDS ON WAIST. STEP LEFT FORWARD,
    BRUSH RIGHT FORWARD, HOP ON LEFT, STEP
    RIGHT ACROSS THE LEFT IN FRONT. TWO-STEP
    TURN LEFT IN PLACE, POINT LEFT IN
    FRONT,BRUSH LEFT FORWARD, HOP ON RIGHT
    FORWARD, STEP LEFT FORWARD, STEP RIGHT
    FORWARD, STEP LEFT FORWARD, GOING TO
    PARTNER’S PLACE PASSING EACH OTHER’S LEFT
    SHOULDER. TURN RIGHT ABOUT TO FACE
    PARTNER, TAKE SIX STEPS SWING SIDEWARD,
    RIGHT AND LEFT ALTERNATELY. CROSS STEP
    TURN RIGHT. CROSS STEP TURN LEFT.
    #6 THE CIRCLE - KEEP HANDS
    JOINED FROM HABANERA
    STEP. RAISE AND STEP RIGHT
    FORWARD, STEP LEFT
    CLOSE RIGHT, STEP RIGHT
    IN PLACE, SWING ARMS
    UPWARD AND LOOK UP.
    STEP LEFT FOOT
    BACKWARD, STEP RIGHT
    CLOSE TO LEFT FOOT, STEP
    LEFT IN PLACE, SWING ARMS
    DOWNWARD AND LOOK DOWN. REPEAT IT
    TWO MORE TIMES....
    ...RAISE ARMS SO THAT FEMALES CAN TURN
    UNDER THE ARCH OF ARMS. FEMALES TURN
    RIGHT ABOUT ON THEIR OWN LEFT ARM SO
    THAT AFTER THE TURN, THEIR BACKS ARE
    TOWARDS CENTER OF CIRCLE, AND THEY’RE
    FACING OUT, ARMS CROSSED WITH LEFT OVER
    RIGHT. MALES ARE FACING CENTER, THEIR
    HANDS JOIN WITH THE GIRLS. ALL POINT RIGHT
    AND LEFT FOOT IN FRONT, ALTERNATELY SIX
    TIMES. LOOK AT DANCER AT RIGHT AND LEFT
    SIDE ALTERNATELY. RAISE ARMS SO THAT
    MALES CAN TURN UNDER THE ARCH OF ARMS,
    STEP TO RETURN TO FORMER PLACES IN
    CIRCLE, THE MALES TURN RIGHT ABOUT AT THE
    SAME TIME UNDER THEIR OWN LEFT ARMS SO
    THAT THEIR BACKS ARE TOWARDS CENTER.
    THEIR ARMS ARE CROSSED LEFT OVER THE
    RIGHT ABOUT THEIR OWN LEFT ARM TO GO
    BACK TO THEIR FORMER POSITION IN CIRCLE
    AND THE REPEAT.
    #7 WALTZING SIDEWARD - THE MOVEMENTS
    OF FEMALE AND MALE ARE DONE
    SIMULTANEOUSLY. FACE RIGHT AND STEP
    RIGHT FORWARD, BRUSH LEFT FORWARD,HOP
    ON RIGHT TURNING RIGHT AT THE SAME TIME.
    WALTZ SIDEWARD, ARMS IN LATERAL
    POSITION, MOVING SIDEWARD, LEFT, RIGHT,
    LEFT, TURNING RIGHT ABOUT. REPEAT FROM
    WALTZ SIDEWARD STEP IN REVERSE DIRECTION
    AND POSITION.

    #8 SAROK - CROSS
    THE RIGHT FOOT IN FRONT
    OF THE LEFT, BEND THE
    BODY SLIGHTLY FORWARD
    AN CROSS THE HANDS
    DOWN IN FRONT OF THE
    RIGHT HAND OVER THE LEFT.
    #9 POINTING IN CENTER - PARTNERS FACE
    FRONT STARTING WITH INSIDE FOOT OVER
    OUTSIDE FOOT. SAROK WITH A JUMP TO
    CENTER THREE STEP TURN TO CENTER,
    FINISHING IN ONE LINE WITH GIRL IN FRONT OF
    PARTNER FACING FRONT. PAUSE. MALE
    TRANSFERS WEIGHT IMMEDIATELY TO LEFT
    FOOT IN FRONT ALTERNATELY. STARTING WITH
    OUTSIDE FOOT, TURN TO PROPER PLACES.
    REPEAT BUT THIS TIME FEMALES STANDS
    BEHIND MALE AFTER THE TURN IN. REPEAT.
    STEPPING OUTWARD SLOWLY AND FINISHING
    WITH A BOW TO THE AUDIENCE.
    Costumes
    THE FEMALE DANCERS WEAR A MARIA
    CLARA DRESS WHILE THE MALE DANCERS
    WEAR A BARONG TAGALOG AND BLACK
    PANTS.

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