PASACAT PRESENTS
PHILIPPINE DANCE: FROM VILLAGE TO STAGE
FROM VILLAGE TO STAGE
In celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Day, designated August 9 in the Philippines, the PASACAT Philippine Performing Arts Company presents Philippine Dance from Village to Stage. From Luzon, Visayas to Mindanao, experience a colorful display of artistry inspired by the vibrancy of our cultural tapestry.
“There is a dazzling diversity of dances from the peoples of the Philippines. This great diversity of dances in different forms and dynamics grew out of the various times, situations and experiences of the people.
Many of the dances of the people from the mountains recall the sculptured heights and the brave birds of the air. Such are the festival, courtship and war dances of the Cordillera. The dances of the people who live by the sea undulate like the waters and fishes, seemingly unbound by time and space. An example is the pangalay which is danced languidly on the ground or precariously on bamboo poles. The dances from the lowlands spring directly from solid ground and are often gamesome and indulge in much embellishment or ornamentation- with hand movements in the kumingtang with lighted glasses in the pandanggo sa ilaw and with bamboo castanets in many regional varieties of the jota.
This diversity bespeaks of the geographical, climatic and cultural differences that obtain in the various parts of the country, north to south, islands and islets, ancestral places and new towns and cities. Even among the majority of the Christinized citizens, there are distinct strains that reflect regional customs, traditions and languages. Add to that the Muslim population of the Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago, and to that, some 40 other ehtnolinguistic groups or tribes, who comprise a good percentage of the total population.
All these peoples of the Philippines have had various influences on them -Indian, Chinese, Indo-Chinese, Indonesian, Malay, Spanish, and American. These are reflected in the causes and forms, the music and costuming of their dances. All these dances, however, may be considered Filipino, not only in looks, but more importantly, because of the process in and by which the people dance or acquire a dance. For a dance is not simply adopted; it absorbs the traits of the people, even as it serves to express their own experiences.”
PROGRAMME
PROLOGUE
Sa Gabing Mapanglaw
PART I: PHILIPPINE CLASSICS
Pandanggo sa Ilaw- Oasiwas & Tinikling
PART II: KALINGA
Banga Salidsid
PART III: TBOLI
Helubong
PART IV: TEDURAY/MAGUINDANAO
Kefasayaw Libun Teduray & Sayap
PART V: BAYANIHAN
Singkil
EXecutive Staff
Executive Director, Anamaria Labao Cabato
Artistic Staff
Dance Director & Choreographer, Joji Ramirez Castro
Associate Choreographer & Researcher, Matthew Padrigan
Dance Master, Gemma Cabato
Dance Master, Alexander “Pom” Castro II
Company, Raena Mallari Castro
Company, Colleen Ordonio Musni
Company, Marvin Calderon Jr.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President, Michael Estela
Secretary, Kathlyn Cancel
Treasurer, Eva Frigerio
Board Member, Joanne Bundalian
Board Member, Daniel Macario
Board Member, Karla Divigracia
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Allen Dalisay, Alyssa Bongolan, Benny Sarmiento, Christina Solitaria, Daniel Antes, Jammil Bagsic, Jane Billones, Kailani Cancel, Kalista Cancel, Mia Ricario, Raelene Pellos, Samantha David, Shaena Dilayre
RONDALLA
Chellane Zillarian, Daniel Macaraeg, Lupe Macario, Rommel Castro
Halo-Halo
Carol & Benny Nepomuceno
We thank you for coming out to our presentation. We give thanks to the Mingei International Museum and most especially to their staff Cristina Godinez and Shannon Warnagiris for allowing PASACAT to be part of Community Mondays as well as providing us a Niche display at the main entrance.
PASACAT is fortunate to have worked with so many talented and informed artists, mentors and educators who influenced our work in this production
EDUCATORS
Charisse Aquino Tugade
Executive Director, National Book Development Board-Philippines
Founder, CulturAid
Carlo Ebeo
Board of Trustee, National Museum of the Philippines
DANCE PRACTITIONERS
Charmagne Garcia-Laconico
Consul ad honorem, Philippine Consulate Larnaka, Cyprus
Peter Deguzman
Artistic Director, Malaya Filipino American Dance Arts
FOLK DANCE COMPANIES
Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group
Bayanihan, The National Dance Company of the Philippines
CULTURAL BEARERS
Rosie Sula
Rosie G. Sula also known as Boi Lmingon is a Tboli cultural worker, cultural master, cultural activist, musician, dancer, storyteller, composer and epic chanter. She is the founder of Libun Hulung Matul, Gono Hofo Heritage Center, BOT member of Lake Sebu Eco Tourism Council and Community Affairs of National Commission of Indigenous People Lake Sebu, and Chair of the Board of Kesebung Tboli and Ubo association of Lake Sebu. She was educator of Tboli School of Indigenous Knowledge and Tradition “SIKAT” as curriculum consultant 2001 to 2014 and served as Vice President of Lake Sebu Culture and Arts Council.
Boi Rosie established the School of Indigenous Knowledge and Traditions at Gono Hofo, Brgy. Klubi, Lake Sebu South Cotabato. She has performed in the USA, Singapore, Japan, Italy and Thailand.
Myrna Pula
Myrna Pula, affectionately called Nanay Myrna, is a Tboli tribal Elder, historian, researcher and a profound storyteller of epics. She was born in Sitio Lem Bisol, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, and baptized a Roman Catholic at the age of ten. She studied at the Notre Dame University in Marbel, South Cotabato, and worked as a religion coordinator at the Sta. Cruz Mission, where she studied Tboli rituals and integrated them with Catholic rites. Since the 1980s Myrna has been working as a researcher for the Research and Information Office of the Sta. Cruz Mission Studies Center, a project of the Diocese of Marbel, South Cotabato. She has traveled to Belgium, England, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Australia. She has also served as chief informant for the researches on Tboli culture conducted by ethnomusicologist Dr. Manolette Mora.
Nanay Myrna Pula hopes to begin a School of Living Tradition where she can gather some of the last living Elders of traditional ways and arts in her tribe, and have them live under one village compound to teach the next generation of Tboli before, after, or as an alternative to going to Western school.
Johnny Mokudef
Johnny Minted Mokudef, was born in Kinime, Upi, Maguindanao by Teduray mother and father, Babey Molantung Minted and Mandaw Masla Mokudef. He studied at the Upi Agricultural School and Agriculture Technology Course from 1988-1990. He returned to Kinimi and became an active member as a lay leader at the local Episcopal Church. He became a full time community organizer, organizing the Indigenous People sector (spiritual leaders, youth, women, tribal leaders, and cultural stakeholders). Johnny entered Upi Provincial Technical Institute of Agriculture (PTIA) in 2004, and graduated with a diploma of Agriculture and Technology. He began work at the Bureau on Cultural Heritage BARMM from 2016- 2017 teaching Teduray agong music, chants, basic dance steps, and taught how to render traditional rituals. He is currently an appointed I.P. Coordinator for the Local Government of Upi, Maguindanao.
George A. Kimboy
George A. Kimboy, is a descendant of Sultan Dimansangkay Adel, Lanao Magindanaw. He is the Artistic Director and Choreographer for the Adat Betad Cultural Dance Ensemble. In 2021, he received the Philippine Leaf Award for Most Outstanding Festival Choreographer in Mindanao.
funders for PASACAT’s 2022-2023 Season:
The California Arts Council
The County of San Diego
The Create Arts Chula Vista
City of San Diego
California Humanities
The Tordilla Family
Our upcoming events:
October 2 - Grand Opening Filipinos of South Bay Exhibit at the main Chula Vista Library, which will show bits of PASACAT’s 52 year history. For more info visit www.filipinosofsouthbayexhibit.com
October 15 - So Sarap! Philippine Festival at the San Diego Waterfront. For more info visit www.sosarapfestival.com
December 10 - The Parol Festival and Extravaganza Concert of Philippine dance at the Educational Cultural Complex Theater.
Please refer to our website and social media for all PASACAT events and activities.
Mission
Preserve and promote Asian Pacific culture through the arts, thereby, extending goodwill and enhancing cultural understanding.
