Pangalay Dancers Do Poetry, Music & Salinawit at FEU

In the email inbox today is this announcement from Nanette Matilac of AlunAlun Dance Circle. Truly a must see!
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Multi-awarded Artists Collaborate in a
Concert of Pangalay, Poetry, Music and Salinawit
FEU Auditorium, Manila
3 p.m. on June 23, 2011
Free Admission!

The AlunAlun Dance Circle, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and Far Eastern University present "Konsiyerto ng Pangalay, Tula, Salinawit at Musika," an exciting concert that aims to fuse different art forms with the participation of various artists. The concert will be on June 23 at 3 p.m. at the FEU Auditorium, Morayta St., Manila.

The concert will feature pangalay choreographies of Ligaya F. Amilbangsa with the AlunAlun Dance Circle. These pieces will showcase the versatility of the pangalay dance style in interpreting various types of music ranging from traditional, folk, Western classical and pop.

For the first time, Filipino adaptation of songs by Jose F. Lacaba, with rendition by pop vocalist Cookie Chua, will be choreographed using the pangalay movement vocabulary. The concert will demonstrate the versatility of the pangalay dance style in presenting poetry by Marra Pl. Lanot and Benilda Santos. The dramatic interpretation of poetry through dance also includes the poems of Dr. Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio.

"Konsiyerto ng Pangalay, Tula, Salinawit at Musika" marks the opening of FEU's Cultural Calendar for school year 2011-12 which aims to acknowledge many FEU graduates who are in the arts and have been enriching Filipino culture and heritage.

Amilbangsa is one of FEU’s outstanding alumnae. She has devoted her life to studying and teaching the pangalay, the traditional dance style of the Sulu Archipelago which has the richest movement vocabulary among all Philippine dance forms. The performance is free and open to the public. For inquiries and reservations, log on to www.pangalaydance.com.

PROGRAM
PART 1
Scene 1: What is Pangalay?
A brief annotative introduction to an endangered generic dance style
indigenous to the Sulu Archipelago, Southern Philippines

Scene 2: Traditional Pangalay Variations
A medley of kulintangan music and variations of pangalay dances:
Igal Kabkab: Pangalay choreographed with a kabkab or fan
Tawti: An exciting occupational dance that vividly portrays
a fisherman catching tawti or catfish
Linggisan: Janggay or metal claws amplify gestures portraying images of
a bird in flight, searching for food, or simply enjoying the gift of life and freedom

PART 2

Scene 3: Pangalay at Musika
Canon in D Major by Johann Pachelbel
Piano Sonata in C by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Basta’t Mahal Kita rendition by Sylvia la Torre
Pamaypay ng Maynila rendition by Sylvia la Torre

Interlude:
Ligaya Amilbangsa presents Ukkil book to FEU.

PART 3
Pangalay, Tula at Salinawit

Scene 4: Pangalay at Tula
“Pang-alay” by Benilda Santos
Selection from “Witch’s Dance” by Marra Pl. Lanot
"Sa Kabataang Pilipino" by Jose Rizal
"Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa" by Andres Bonifacio

Scene 5: Pangalay at Salinawit
“Ilog at Buwan” (“Moon River”) composed by Henry Mancini
“Mahinang Samba” (“One Note Samba”) composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim
“Kay Ganda ng Mundo” (“What a Wonderful World”) composed by George Weiss and Bob Thiele
(Salinawit by Jose F. Lacaba)

PART 4: Open Forum and Jamming

Photos by KIMI FERNANDEZ show AlunAlun Dance Circle in performance at UP Diliman campus in December 2010