Komedya, Moro-moro, and Linambay
Origin The linambay refers to the Cebuano-Visayan version of the Tagalog moro-moro or komedya— characterized…
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Sacred Camp: Transgendering Faith in a Philippine Festival
This is an excerpt from "Sacred Camp: Transgendering Faith in a Philippine Festival"…
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Cultural Performance in/and Performance Studies
This essay is an excerpt from a forthcoming publication, Panata, Pagtitipon, Pagdiriwang: A Preliminary Contextualization…
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The Pangalay Dance in the Construction of Filipino Heritage
This is an excerpt from "The Pangalay Dance in the Construction of Filipino Heritage&…
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Creating a Philippine Puppet Theater Tradition
In 1977, Professor Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio was invited by the University of the Philippines Department of…
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The Humanities and the Digital: Archiving and Pedagogy
QUEZON CITY—The project teams of the Philippine Performance Archive held a digital humanities symposium…
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Kasipa of Marawi: Enthronement of a Sultan or Datu
Origin Everyday in Marawi City at the Town Square, a group of men meet between…
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Vicente Barrantes on the Tagalog theatre
In 1887, the Spanish poet Vicente Barrantes published a slim volume titled El Teatro Tagalo,…
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Artist Speak! with Tony Mabesa
Introducing ARTIST SPEAK! Artist Speak! is a series of interviews featuring theatre artists in the…
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Theorising Hip-Hop Dance in the Philippines: Blurring the Lines of Genre, Mode and Dimension
This is an excerpt from J. Lorenzo Perillo’s “Theorising Hip-Hop Dance in the Philippines:…
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The Sinulog: An Ilonggo Wedding Ritual
The Sinulog is a traditional wedding ritual performed in several municipalities in Iloilo. It is…
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Martial Law Musicals: Theatre of a New War?
“Philippine theater has, through three eras of political struggle—Filipino-American, Japanese, anti-Marcos—never hesitated to…
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Guerrero Who?
Remembering the familiar and unfamiliar Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero and its meaning “Guerrero” – something about the…
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"Temple of Dance?”: Interrogating the Sanskritization of Pangalay
This is an excerpt from Dr. MCM Santamaria's “Temple of Dance?”: Interrogating the Sanskritization of…
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The Funeral of Apung Mamacalulu in Angeles City
Every Good Friday, the congregation of the Shrine of the Holy Sepulcher (locally known as…
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