The researcher identified the respondents demographic profile such as age, sex and gender. Meanwhile, it also determined the respondents engagement with TikTok platform in terms of entertainment, inspiration, self-expression, trend updates and social benefit. Also, this study investigated the level of students dance skills in terms of performance and grades. The performance includes the physical and technical skills of the students. Lastly, it analyzed if there is a significant relationship between students demographic profile and dance skills and between students engagement in TikTok platform and dance skills. Furthermore, the researcher utilized a validated self-made questionnaire. The respondents were the Grade 12 senior high school students of Atimonan 1 District (4th Congressional District) of DepEd – Division of Quezon who are officially enrolled in the School Year 2022-2023. There are 234 students who serves as the respondents of the study as a result of the Slovins formula. Specifically, there are 217 students from Atimonan National Comprehensive High School and 17 students from Malusak National High School who were selected through simple random sampling. The data gathering procedure was implemented on 2nd Quarter of the School Year 2022-2023. In this study, it was found out that majority of the respondents are 17 years old and female. Most of the gender preference of the respondents is feminine. The level of engagement in Tiktok App as a social media platform in terms of entertainment, inspiration and trend updates is highly engaged. On the other hand, the respondents level of engagement in Tiktok platform in terms of self-expression and social benefit is engaged. The level of students skills as to dance performance in physical skill is “fully meets expectations” as to posture and coordination. They got “meets expectations” on flexibility. For technical skills, the level of students competencies as to dance performance in technical skill is “meets expectations” on dynamics, and “fully meets expectations” on spatial and timing. There is no significant relationship exist between the level of dance skills of the students and their profile. Physical skills of the respondents were significantly correlated with their engagement in Tiktok platform in terms of entertainment, inspiration and social benefit. However, no correlations exist between the students engagement in Tiktok platform as to self-expression and trend update and the development of their physical skills.

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