Working with the Masters

The Ifugao Music & Dance Ensemble of Banaue are here! I feel so honored to learn their dances and perform beside them. The Ifugao aesthetic looks deceptively simple, but the movements are full of subtleties. I am unlearning 10 years of Bayanihan/Likha training. It is an amazing experience... hearing the gangha in San Francisco.

The show is Sept 29 and 30, 3pm at Zeum Theater. More info here.
Watch the Ifugao in action here.

And from earlier this year, check out this short clip from POMO 2007. (That's me under the salakot with BongBong Productions/ Sean San Jose, Jonsen Vitug)

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Tagalog Words of the Day Edition 9/19/2007

Himpapawid - Sky
Langit - (n.) Heavens, Sky
Ulap - (n.) Clouds