July and August are busy months for the ADC with performances for Southeast Asian audiences in various venues in Metro Manila, namely for the Ateneo Student Exchange Council Cultural Program on July 15, 2012, the Commemorative Program of the 45th Founding Anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the DFA Auditorium on […]
New Dances on Environmental Awareness: Alay sa Kalikasan
The Breath is the Life Force which is also the foundation of pangalay movements. (The same is true for Asian movements like qi gong, tai chi and aikido.) Being a dance style not predetermined by linear time but by breathing in harmony with nature, pangalay connects the dancer and the audience to the Life Force. […]
Celebrating Women Through Dance on International Women’s Day (March 8, 2012)
Program Part I. Preservation Preservation is continuity of tradition. Tradition is essential to the soul of a nation. It is the past living in the present, and reproducing itself for the future. What is Pangalay? (dance demonstration) Pangalay means “temple of dance” in Sanskrit. It is basically pure dancing–without imposed ideas–performed to kulintangan music. In […]
Highlight of 2011: Ligaya F. Amilbangsa received Award as “Most Outstanding Artist of Tawitawi”
The year 2011 was a milestone for the AlunAlun Dance Circle. Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa returned to Tawitawi on 25 September 2011 to receive the award as the “Most Outstanding Artist of Tawitawi” given by the Tawitawi Provincial Grovernment on 27 September 2011. The occasion allowed Ligaya Amilbangsa to re-connect and share with the artists and the […]
AlunAlun Goes to ” Ala eh” Country
Mariel N. Francisco In the early morning of June 12, 2011 we AlunAlun Dance Circle members excitedly assembled for our first-ever visit to Batangas City. We had no idea what to expect from the kind invitation extended to us by the Batangas City Cultural Committee through its leading member, Atty. Tony Pastor, except that our […]
Multi-awarded Artists Collaborate in a Concert of Pangalay, Poetry, Music and Salinawit
FEU Auditorium, Manila 3:00 PM on 23 June 2011 The AlunAlun Dance Circle, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in cooperation with the Far Eastern University proudly present “Konsiyerto ng Pangalay, Tula, Salinawit at Musika,” an exciting concert that aims to fuse different art forms with the participation of various artists. The concert […]
Neglected Dance Form Experiences Exciting Revival
By Elizabeth Lolarga, VERA Files For Yahoo! Southeast Asia The rediscovered dance form, pangalay, which translates to “a gift offering,” is now being performed to songs interpreted by Josh Groban, Jacqui Magno, the inimitable Sylvia la Torre, among others. The ancient pangalay involves the use of downcast eyes, fluid arm movements, flexing of hands, bent […]