CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGION

To write or to illustrate

Process of making an art image by hand on a flat-surfaced plate and inking this transfer its image into paper

-Relief \n -Intaglio

-Planographic Process

Made up of pulp or sheets of papers glued and pressed together and molded while moist to form a three-dimensional object.

is calles Taka in Paete, Laguna where it is a traditional women’s craft.

• chewed paper (French Term)

Salay in Misamis Oriental is the site of a small-scale handmade paper industry founded in 1987.

Forest products Research and Development Institute training on handmade paper process.

Patillas palabat art is a traditional craft which originated in San Miguel Bulacan

She made pastillas wrappers from papel de hapon - cut-outs that depict traditional motifs like bahay Kubo, Maria Clara, pounding rice, fowls’, flowers, and trees.

she first learned paper cutting in fifth grade and an art expert in the art of craving fruit.

Denotes a building in which performance is held

An event where audience and performers come into contact (to watch and to be watched)

In human culture, theater is everywhere and is widely practiced

• Audience

• Performers

• Script

• Director

• Theater Space

• Theater Elements / Theater Design \n

Provides immediate feedback to the performers

Presenting characters in dramatic action

Intangible art that is expresses through

sound

Makes certain that the performers understand the text and deliver the script excitingly and appropriately.

Space in which performers and audiences

come together.

Scenery, costume, music, sound, lighting

Means live performances or presentations

such as drama, dance, or music

• After the Japanese occupation, the Philippine theater has evolved to become an amalgamation of the various influences such that of zarzuela, comedia, bad abil, and western classics.

• Opera

• Opera In The Philippines

• Sandugong Panaginip

is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers, but is distinct from music theater.

The_____ is an art and music forming which singers and musicians perform

The emergence of the Filipino opera started to take shape during the middle part of the 19th century, usually sung solo with guitar played by the singers themselves.

The first Filipino opera is said to be Sandugong Panaginip by Pedro Paterno, a poet, novelist, musician, and government official. This was first presented at the Zorilla Theater

On August 2, 1902. It was later translated by the English man M.W Loving with the title The Dream Alliance

is a kinetic art form that uses the body, space, and formation in order to express a message or produce an aesthetic condition. There are different forms of movement from each culture and each have their own characteristic style and standards.

forms part of ritual, as well as Performative and social interactions which take on different functions and meanings in the specific altures and contexts they are used in.

is a highly technical, performative dance form that follows a rigid set of criteria, characterized by a focus on arm movement and positioning (port de bras), lower body movement (turnout), and posture (alignment), resulting in a light and airy movement. Ballet started during the Renaissance in the Italian courts, and later it was developed into a dance that was presented in concert form in France and in Russia.

as a performative form reverses the rigidity of classical ballet, and is characterized by more freeform movements, stemming from the dancer's own emotions and invented routines. It also deliberately uses gravity to enhance movement, as opposed to classical ballet's lightness of movement, opting for falls, and nearing the floor instead of uprightness.

are dances performed in halls during birthdays, anniversaries, and other social occasions. They are usually formal and involve the young ladies and gentries of a community.

is a formal square dance with strict figurative movements and formations. The rigodon requires the dancer to step on the right foot followed by a swing of the left foot, and then a hop on the right, The fourth position is a swing of the right foot forward, and then the left foot springs out as the fifth position is accomplished. The arms are graciously swung sideways. The participants, since they are members of the upper class, usually come in formal ternos and barong tagalogs with intricate design.

is usually done by a couple in different dance duets, like the tango and the waltz. Because of the many variations that can be executed and the inventive choreographic formations that can be done with such dancing, ballroom dancing has become a competition and later on has been considered a sport.

is one of most famous folk dance of the Philippines. It consists of a man and woman dancing against two bamboo poles that are rhythmically struck together to the beat of the music

is a gracious festival dance from Quezon in which movements from the waltz and the polka are combined. Polkas are fast dances in two-fourth time, derived from Bohemia as well as other European countries.

is a combative dance by men. Maglalatik from Biñan, Laguna is executed with coconut shells fitted to the bare body at the back, at the chest, the hips and thighs.

is danced on top of a long wooden stool, where the man and woman show off their balance as they cavort around without falling. To make this dance more exciting, they put several stools on top of one another for the dancers to dance on.

is a dance in three-four time, so that it is likened to a fast waltz. There are many jotas in the Philippines, like the Jota Moncadeña from Tarlac which uses bamboo castanets clicking to the rhythm of the music.

is a dance is set to the rhythm of six-eight or three-fourth from the Spanish fandango, which means "to go and dance." The pandango is a courtship dance that is executed with different objects that partly define its variations

is a Muslim dance where the princess is the main dancer. She traverses along with pairs of bamboo with great dignity, while an attendant holds a parasol on top of her head. This dance starts quite slow and then gradually increases in speed until the tempo becomes dizzying while the princess maintains her composure, until she it hoisted on top of the bamboos that are held on their shoulders by the male performers.

is a dance form from Batangas that consists of a merry musical accompaniment played by the rondalla to a group of ladies with hats and young men who perform vigorous flirtatious movements

Among the Tausug and Samal, the ________ or igal has become symbolic of the dances in the Sulu-Tawi-tawi archipelago. The pangalay is danced by both men and women with intricate movements on both the feet and the hands. The dancer usually does not move about the space, but shuffles his or her feet with mincing footwork. The arms move in seductive fashion, with the fingers flipping and cupping with the thumb and forefinger touching each other.

is a traditional Ibaloy dance that is performed for different occasions. It is more of a ritual dance, where the local priest called mambunong becomes part of the ceremony. The dance is executed by a man and woman moving at the rhythm of the sulibao ensemble, consisting of two flat gongs, the kalsa and the pinsak, a pair of metal called tintik or palas, and two conical drums called sulibao and gimbal.

is an intangible art form that is expressed through sound. Its main media are separated into two categories, namely vocal and instrumental media.

is usually heard in concert halls and auditoriums and have been composed by musicians who have had formal training in music.

may be heard in different places- outdoors, at different programs and social gatherings, and other less formal settings that are usually designed for entertainment

is a musical drama performance which was derived from the Spanish zarzuela, and was popular during the late Spanish to the American period.

It is characterized by mostly using wind and percussion instruments. Many hymns, patriotic songs, and marches including the Philippine National Anthem were composed for the band.

is derived from the Spanish comparsa and estudiantina ( a band of students going around to serenade ).

songs are usually love songs or love ditties that use dance forms and have been derived from the Filipino sarsuwela.

as genre began in the United States. The Filipinos did not compose its own music at first but instead copied the singing styles of the American performers, like Eddie Mesa who was the Elvis Presley of the Philippines. It was only in the 1970s when Filipinos emerged with their own versions of Mike Hanopol who made songs like “Laki Sa Layaw.”

are similar to broadway musicals, except that the music is based on rock music. Today, this trend continues with Rak of Aegis.

In the 60s were written in English and were influenced by American ballads.

are usually sung solo with guitar played by singers themselves. Some of these songs include Freddie Agular’s “Anak.”

The indigenization of popular music was initiated by ________ and his Bagong Lumad, playing indigenous instruments.

started when jazz bands began playing folk tunes like "Bahay Kubo" and “Leron Leron Sinta" to boogie-woogie and swing rhythms.

forms are expressive performances that do not exactly conform to the rubrics of music or western music in terms of form, social function, performance, and concept. However, they use sound, voice, and other basic musical attributes such as melody, rhythm, and timbre.

is the chanting of verses on the passion and death of Jesus Christ every Lenten period by Filipino Catholics.

The _______ of the Ilocanos is usually performed whenever there is an impending wedding and the parents are gathered together to talk about their son and daughter who will be married.

It is a welcome articulation of the Kalinga, and its words are extemporized. What unique about this form of expression is that every phrase starts from tonal inflections and then modulates into the speaking voice.

it is a vocal expression of the Tausug from Sulu.

is a religious exhortation in which the words are taken from the Q'uran and is intoned in Arabic.

speaks of secular things in the local language and is usually performed for weddings and other non- religious celebrations.

is the signature vocal form in Ibaloy Benguet which is performed for different occasions weddings, wakes, anniversaries, and other forms of celebrations.

The______ in Maranao is being a musical oratory. The form of the bayok is divided into four parts: introduction, bayok proper, excerpts from the Darangen epic, and the closing.

are long narratives of heroes who are ancestors of a particular cultural group.

is the sung poetry of the Mangyans of Mindoro. Ambahan poetry has been etched on bamboo in an ancient writing system.

is a set of eight bossed gongs laid in a row on a wooden frame with thick strings holding the gongs.

Is a lute shaped like a boat or a lizard. It has two strings, one for the drone and the other for the melody

It is the main instrument of the Cordillera

region

patting where the gangsa are beaten with sticks by the men while they also dance.

beating the gongs with the palm of their hands while lying in their laps, while a pair of men and women dance.

are small bamboo pipes which are played by individual players.

is a bamboo buzzer that is made of a thin tube and shaved off from a little less than half on two sides to make a fork-like shape.

is an instrument of the Ifugao that is made of hardwood and shaped like a hanger with a portruding handle.

is an instrument that belongs to the lute family. It is shaped like a lizard or a crocodile and has two strings, one as drone and the other for the melody.

has five strings and is played with two hands. It is played by a woman while the man plays the kudlung. They both dance, and the woman sings, leading the man in the choreographic movement.

It is a log drum and is usually played by two players, one beating a steady rhythm on the log with a pair of short thick sticks, and other beating different rhythmic patterns with a long cane.

To the Maguindanao, _____ is a rhythmic mode that used for ceremonial occasions. To the Yakan, tangunggo means to play music on the gong.