These workshops offer the opportunity to have multiple musicians and dancers immersed in different ethnic groups and tribes of the Philippines, who have learned directly from culture bearers throughout the archipelago to transmit learning for cultural preservation.
No dance experience is necessary, and all are welcome to join!
Workshops run from Saturday, March 4th to Sunday, March 5th. There is a performance open to all, regardless of dance workshop attendance, on Saturday, March 4th at 6 PM.
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The workshops will offer the following: a community and ritual dance from
Gong-chime music, known as Kulintang or Philippine Gamelan, from the Maguindanao, Maranao, and Tausug people of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago (Workshop 1)
Kalinga of Mountain Province (Workshop 2)
A shamanic ritual dance from the Maguindanao called Sagayan (Workshop 3)
Pansak is an indigenous dance that means “to dance on top of porcelain plates”, depicting movements related to the traditional cycle of rice production (Workshop 4)
A ritual and community fingernail dance called Pangalay from the Sama-Tausug of the Sulu Archipelago (Workshop 5)
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