HISTORY OF PHILIPPINE DANCES

1. DANCES IN THE
PHILIPPINES

4. BRIEF DEVELOPMENT OF PHILIPPINE
DANCE
PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD
SPANISH-COLONIAL PERIOD
AMERICAN-COLONIAL PERIOD

5. BANGA
 The Banga or pot dance is a performance of Kalinga of the Mountain Province in
the Philippines. This dance illustrates the languid grace of a tribe otherwise known
as fierce warriors. Heavy earthen pots, as many as seven or eight at a time, are
balanced on the heads of maidens as they trudge to the beat of the “gangsa” or
wind chimes displaying their stamina and strength as they go about their daily
task of fetching water and balancing the banga.

6. TINIKLING
 One of the oldest traditional Filipino dances, the Tinikling dance, or bamboo dance, is
performed using long bamboo poles. Originating on the island of Leyte in the central
Philippines, the Tinikling dance takes its name from the tikling bird. The movements of the
dance are meant to imitate the bird as it steps through its marshy habitat.
 Location : Leyte, Visayan Island

7. MARIA CLARA
 The Maria Clara dances merged Spanish court style (and its stylized courtship
conventions) with Philippine exuberance. Maria Clara is the pure and noble
heroine of a novel who represents the finest qualities of Filipino womanhood. The
dancers wear European 16th-century dress but move to the sounds of bamboo
castanets.
 Location : Manila

8. CARIÑOSA
The cariñosa is a much-loved folk dance in the Philippines. Spanish in origin, it is regarded as
a national dance by scholars, and the characteristic shy behavior of the female dancer is said
to represent the mannerisms of Filipina women. The cariñosa is a popular folk dance that was
introduced to the country by the Spaniards when they arrived in the 16th century.
Location : Panay Island, Visayas Region

9. ITIK-ITIK
 Itik-itik is popular in visayan settlers of Surigao del norte and this particular
dance is similar to duck movement with the imagery of short choppy steps and
splashing water onto it's back while attracting a mate. It is said to have originated
from the sibay dance w/ dejado music.

10. SAYAW SA BANGKO
 Sayaw ed Tapew na Bangko (dance on top of a bench), is a dance which originates from
Pangasinan and researched by Jovita Sison. It is performed by a couple on a narrow
bench, inching and hopping from one end to another. Dancer show skill in staying up the
bench as they exchange places by moving their way around or the girl thrown in the air
while boy moves to the other end. They do not compete but rather complement each other
so that no one falls. It is usually performed during town fiestas.

11. BINASUAN
 Binasuan dance derived its name from a Pangasinan phrase that literally
translates to mean "with the use of a drinking glass." Though it is not known
exactly when Binasuan dance originated, dance has been an important part of
Filipino culture for centuries, beginning as a way for people to express thanks to
the gods, in festivals and traditional celebrations, for blessings and prosperity.
 Location : Bayambang, Pangasinan

12. PANDANGGO SA ILAW
 Pandanggo sa ilaw / Oasis Origin: Lubang Island, Mindoro (Visayas) This popular dance of
grace and balance comes from Lubang Island, Mindoro in the Visayas region. The term pandanggo
comes from the Spanish word fandango, which is a dance characterized by lively steps and clapping
that varies in rhythm in 3/4 time. This particular pandanggo involves the presence of three tinggoy, or
oil lamps, balanced on the head and the back of each hand.

13. MAGLALATIK
 Maglalatik or Magbabao is a war dance representing in a picture a battle between
the Moros and the Christian over the latik, the remainder left after the coconut
milk has been boiled. At some time in the course of Spanish rule, with coconut
shells as tools, the people of the barrios of Loma and Zapote in the town of Biñan
in the province of Laguna danced the Maglalatik.
 Location : Biñan, Laguna

14. KURATSA
 The Kuratsa maybe the dancing of courtship from the Visayas region of the Philippines. At
marriage ceremony and fiestas, this Kuratsa serves for the reason that standard income
dancing whereby visitors carry turns pinning income on the woman and groom’s clothes. That
stands for friends’ and families’ wants once and for all chance and affluence inside couple’s
future.

15. HABANERA
BOTOLENA
 The Habanera Botolena is a Filipino traditional dance that influenced by the Spanish. The
dance steps of. Habanera botolena have a flamenco touch in it. Habanera botolena is
originated in Botolan, Zambales, it has a Spanish and Filipino dance steps. Combination.

16. POLKABAL
 It is a Spanish influenced folk dance. It is a combination of two old dances in the late
1800s Polka and Balise (waltz). It has different versions that depend on provinces but it
was from the province of Atimonan, Quezon, dance by female dancers and male dancers
during special occasions.

17. SINGKIL
 Singkíl (or Sayaw sa Kasingkil) is a folk dance of the Maranao people of Lake Lanao
depicting one of the episodes in the epic poem Darangen, which was popularised
by the Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company.
 Location : Lanao del Sur, Mindanao

18. IDUDU
 Idudu is a tribal dance. This dance is stages a common family life in the Itneg or
Tinguian society. It illustrates the family as the main foundation of the tribe
community. Several traits of an ordinary family are shown.

19. KAPPA MALONG-MALONG
 Kappa Malong-malong, also called Sambi sa Malong, is a dance that originates
from the Maranao tribes of Mindanao in the Philippines. The dance shows the
many ways of wear-ing a ‘malong’, a simple tubular yet highly-functional piece of
cloth

20. SAGAYAN
 Sagayan is a Philippine war dance performed by Maguindanao, Maranao and
Iranun depicting in dramatic fashion the steps their hero, Prince Bantugan, took
upon wearing his armaments, the war he fought in and his subsequent victory
afterwards.

21. CONCLUSION

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