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 […]
Quezon City – 12/13/10 – Malikhaing Pangalay sa UP Dance Studio
Antipolo City
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10th Anniversary Earth Day invitation
Cultural Mission in Hanoi
By Raymund Marcaida AlunAlun Dance Circle (ADC) arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam last May 28, 2009 with a two-fold mission: first, to present the Pangalay dance form to the Filipino Community based in Hanoi; second, to perform for the reception for the diploatic corps hosted by Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam Laura Quiambao Del Rosario. Both events […]
PANGALAY AND COMMUNITY THEATER IN BOHOL
PANGALAY CHOREOGRAPHY IN “TAWAG SA BANTAYAN” by N. Matilac Lutgardo (Gardy) Labad was the director of a community theater production in Maribojoc, Bohol performed against the backdrop of the historic Punta Cruz watchtower. The production, “Tawag sa Bantayan,” with gala night on 18 December 2008 was a success. The performance was the soft launch of […]
Pangalay dance workshop for the Punta Cruz Cultural Collective
Workshop site: Maribojoc municipality, Bohol Province Schedule: October 10-20, 2008 Performance / showcase: October 21, 2008 Dance teachers: Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa and Nannette Matilac The most challenging phase of conservation is in introducing a vanishing dance tradition anywhere in the Philippines and, typically, in a place like Bohol. There were 20 participants, majority of them young […]