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 …
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 …
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 …