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New Dances on Environmental Awareness: Alay sa Kalikasan

Posted by ADC on March 21, 2012 at 7:05 pm

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)

Posted by ADC on February 25, 2012 at 6:23 pm

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 [...]