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Mestizaje y Criolleria
Well-loved Bayanihan dances that have firmly ensconced the company on the world’s stage for more than 50 years.
The cross-cultural expressions in this suite echo almost 400 years of Spanish colonization. Bayanihan captures the fire and passion of Spanish culture in dances and music once performed inside the walls (intramuros) and outside the walls (extramuros) of Manila.
Alitaptap Pandanggo Oasiwas Maglalatik Sa Kabukiran Bangko Tinikling Asik Vinta Singkil
E-Bayanihan Bayanihan ventures into the fusion of new technology and folk dance, capturing the unique traditions of certain towns and cities in the Philippines such as Marikina, Pagsanjan, Laguna and Mindanao. This suite is inspired by the Bayanihan’s Teaching and Touching Lives program, a partnership with local government leaders. The result is captured and projected on the stage from the lens of Bayanihan’s artistic team. Bituing Marikit Valse Marikina Lerion Zapatero Labandera Bangkero Sayap / Rhythms of Gandingan
Silverio Bravo Caviteña En la Luneta Malageuña de Bailes Sacramonte de Intramuros Cancion Habanero de dilao El Cañi
The Philippinescape The rhythms and colors of the Philippine islands. This suite is a fitting finale as it celebrates the spirit of the Filipinos in their love for traditions, nature and the environment. This includes Bayanihan’s tribute to a master Filipino artist, Fernando Amorsolo, who gave life to the Philippine countryside and beautiful traditions in his masterpieces. Dances inspired by the studies done in partnership with the local governments of General Trias and Noveleta Cavita, and Iloilo are recreated in this final extravaganza. Amorsolo Kasilyo Kawayanan Ang Maya Fiesta Extravaganza
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BAYANIHAN PHILIPPINE NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY Bayanihan, the National folk dance company of the Philippines, takes its name from an ancient Filipino tradition called bayanihan, which means working together for a common good. In 1956, Dr. Helena Z. Benitez founded the Bayanihan Folk Dance Group of the Philippine Women’s University. The following year, it was formally organized as the Bayanihan Folk Arts Center with the Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company as its performing arm.
Both the center and the dance company were tasked to research and preserve indigenous Philippine art forms in music, dance, costumes and folklore; to restructure and enhance these research findings to evolve repertoires suited to the demands of contemporary theatre, and to promote international goodwill through performances at home and abroad. Barely a year old, but eminently supported by painstaking research and innovative chore-
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