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 a community-based theater as part of sustainable tourism program. It was the fulfillment of a dream for Gardy, Ligaya and Nannette to create dance theater utilizing pangalay. The dream could not have been possible without the convergence of efforts and intentions: a supportive mayor in the person of Mayor Jun Evasco, 20 hard-working grassroots theater artists, the NCCA, the AlunAlun Dance Circle and the civil society in Bohol. The pictures at our photo gallery attest to the powerful fusion of theater and pangalay. (Please read related story below.)
Photos courtesy of Gardy Labad
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