AlunAlun invites you to visit us in our virtual booth on March 26, 2021, 1-2 PM; and 5-6 PM. This is an opportunity for anyone interested in pangalay to meet and talk with our dancers and members, see our videos, and learn more about the dance. AlunAlun Dance Circle Virtual Booth Details: March 26, 2021, […]
Catch the AlunAlun Dance Circle at the CCP’s “Tuloy Po Kayo” Palitan Art Fair 2021
We are happy to announce that the AlunAlun Dance Circle will be participating at the Palitan (Arts Fair) segment of the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ TULOY PO KAYO: The CCP Online Multi-Arts Open Community Festival, the very first and the biggest virtual multi-arts festival in the country! Tuloy Po Kayo, happening on March 19 […]
AlunAlun Dance Circle’s Digital Offering / Program for 2021: Short Film: Kuwento ng mga Aninong Sumasayaw (Tale of Dancing Shadows) and Pangalay Lecture, Demonstration, and Open Forum
In the short film Kuwento ng Mga Aninong Sumasayaw (Tale of Dancing Shadows), three children tell the story of how pangalay was researched and documented by Teacher Ligaya (Amilbangsa) through the use of her own shadow cast against a wall by a lighted candle. In the 1970s when Amilbangsa started her research, there was no […]
AlunAlun Dance Circle’s Digital Offering / Program for 2021: The Best of Pangalay
The Best of Pangalay features the best-loved choreographies of the AlunAlun Dance Circle. The concert has two main parts: Part 1: Preservation of Tradition It features traditional dance compositions tariray (clapper dance of the Badjao), linggisan (bird dance), magjinn dance ritual, igal ha agung (pangalay danced on top of an agung), tauti (fisherman’s dance), […]
AlunAlun Dance Circle’s Digital Offering / Program 2021: Pangalawang Yugto: Konsiyerto ng Pangalay, Tula, Salinawit, at Musika
Pangalay can be the choreographic language to any kind of music—whether traditional, pop, western classical or rock. It can be performed with both poetry and prose, with sounds and silences. The AlunAlun Dance Circle’s proposed project titled PANGALAWANG YUGTO: KONSIYERTO NG PANGALAY, TULA, SALINAWIT AT MUSIKA demonstrates the versatility of the dance form. The pangalay […]