(San Francisco, CA)- A collaboration with Bay Area Pilipino master artists, Philippine dance choreographer Jay Loyola, composer Florante Aguilar of the award winning documentary Harana, and Kularts’ Artistic Director Alleluia Panis, presented by Kularts, Ba-e Makiling re-imagines an indigenous mythological love story told through the dynamic emerging genre of Philippine dance theater performance.
Set before the coming of Europeans, in an imagined remote village at the foot of Mount Makiling, the deity Ba-e Makiling, guardian of the dormant volcano unexpectedly falls in love with an injured villager, hunter Lakai. Inspired by Philippine myths and native spirituality, their relationship serves as an empowering message to re-discover and reclaim the indigenous self denied by centuries of colonization.
For this production, Loyola’s innovative dance movements deliberately draw upon ‘barrio or rural,’ celebratory native dances by Christianized Pilipinos of Luzon and Visayan islands. Rooted in deep pre-colonized cultures, when the Spanish came, these dances were strategically disguised as depictions of peacefully content farmers and fishermen to prevent Spanish Catholic priests from banning them as dances of the devil.
The choreography in Ba-e Makiling will investigate the hidden characteristics harbored in the ‘celebratory’ dance form and its connections to other indigenous forms of warrior arts, spirituality, rituals and tribal justice.
For Loyola, who has created over 50 Pilipino folk dances performed worldwide, Ba-e Makiling will be unlike any other work he has created throughout his career, “My past projects were focused on the indigenous un-Christianized dance movements from the isolated islands and far flung highlands of the Philippines. Ba-e Makiling will attempt to explore the deeper sense of why these movements were conceived, and how they comprise a notable facet of Philippine dance today.”
The full-length 50 minute dance theater piece will be performed by eleven dancers: Isa Musni, Jonathan Mercado, Danielle Cruz Galvez, Frances Sedayao, Ronald Inocencio, June Arellano, Stephanie Herrera, Darren Garza, Eden Alcomendas, Aly Beltran and Dennison Gallardo to an original score inspired by the Philippine traditional musical genre of percussion gongs, chants, drums and flute by Florante Aguilar, creator of the award-winning documentary, Harana: The Search for the Lost Art of Serenade, two weekends at Bindlestiff Studio in the South of Market (SoMa).
For more information about the characters, story and Bae Makiling production visit: http://kularts.org/wp/kularts-presents/works-by-jay-loyola/bae-makiling/
Advance Online Tickets:
http://ba-emakiling.bpt.me/
Advance: $18, at the door: $22
Bindlestiff Studio, Box Office (Sept 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18)
185, 6th Street San Francisco, CA
CONTACT: Lovelie Faustino, e-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (415) 239-0249 https://www.kularts.org
ABOUT KULARTS:
Founded in 1985, Kularts is the premier presenter of contemporary and tribal Pilipino arts in the United States. We are a non-profit arts organization based in San Francisco, California. Kularts presents and produce tribal and contemporary Pilipino art works.
Our mission is to inform and expand the understanding of American Pilipino culture and preserve the spirit and integrity of ancient Pilipino art forms. We produce innovative artistic works; foster mentorship among emerging and established artists; facilitate local and international collaborations; design and implement educational outreach programs and lead cultural tours to the Philippines.
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Set before the coming of Europeans, in an imagined remote village at the foot of Mount Makiling, the deity Ba-e Makiling, guardian of the dormant volcano unexpectedly falls in love with an injured villager, hunter Lakai. Inspired by Philippine myths and native spirituality, their relationship serves as an empowering message to re-discover and reclaim the indigenous self denied by centuries of colonization.
For this production, Loyola’s innovative dance movements deliberately draw upon ‘barrio or rural,’ celebratory native dances by Christianized Pilipinos of Luzon and Visayan islands. Rooted in deep pre-colonized cultures, when the Spanish came, these dances were strategically disguised as depictions of peacefully content farmers and fishermen to prevent Spanish Catholic priests from banning them as dances of the devil.
The choreography in Ba-e Makiling will investigate the hidden characteristics harbored in the ‘celebratory’ dance form and its connections to other indigenous forms of warrior arts, spirituality, rituals and tribal justice.
For Loyola, who has created over 50 Pilipino folk dances performed worldwide, Ba-e Makiling will be unlike any other work he has created throughout his career, “My past projects were focused on the indigenous un-Christianized dance movements from the isolated islands and far flung highlands of the Philippines. Ba-e Makiling will attempt to explore the deeper sense of why these movements were conceived, and how they comprise a notable facet of Philippine dance today.”
The full-length 50 minute dance theater piece will be performed by eleven dancers: Isa Musni, Jonathan Mercado, Danielle Cruz Galvez, Frances Sedayao, Ronald Inocencio, June Arellano, Stephanie Herrera, Darren Garza, Eden Alcomendas, Aly Beltran and Dennison Gallardo to an original score inspired by the Philippine traditional musical genre of percussion gongs, chants, drums and flute by Florante Aguilar, creator of the award-winning documentary, Harana: The Search for the Lost Art of Serenade, two weekends at Bindlestiff Studio in the South of Market (SoMa).
For more information about the characters, story and Bae Makiling production visit: http://kularts.org/wp/kularts-presents/works-by-jay-loyola/bae-makiling/
Advance Online Tickets:
http://ba-emakiling.bpt.me/
Advance: $18, at the door: $22
Bindlestiff Studio, Box Office (Sept 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18)
185, 6th Street San Francisco, CA
CONTACT: Lovelie Faustino, e-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (415) 239-0249 https://www.kularts.org
ABOUT KULARTS:
Founded in 1985, Kularts is the premier presenter of contemporary and tribal Pilipino arts in the United States. We are a non-profit arts organization based in San Francisco, California. Kularts presents and produce tribal and contemporary Pilipino art works.
Our mission is to inform and expand the understanding of American Pilipino culture and preserve the spirit and integrity of ancient Pilipino art forms. We produce innovative artistic works; foster mentorship among emerging and established artists; facilitate local and international collaborations; design and implement educational outreach programs and lead cultural tours to the Philippines.
(San Francisco, CA)- A collaboration with Bay Area Pilipino master artists, Philippine dance choreographer Jay Loyola, composer Florante Aguilar of the award winning documentary Harana, and Kularts’ Artistic Director Alleluia Panis, presented by Kularts, Ba-e Makiling re-imagines an indigenous mythological love story told through the dynamic emerging genre of Philippine dance theater performance.
Set before the coming of Europeans, in an imagined remote village at the foot of Mount Makiling, the deity Ba-e Makiling, guardian of the dormant volcano unexpectedly falls in love with an injured villager, hunter Lakai. Inspired by Philippine myths and native spirituality, their relationship serves as an empowering message to re-discover and reclaim the indigenous self denied by centuries of colonization.
For this production, Loyola’s innovative dance movements deliberately draw upon ‘barrio or rural,’ celebratory native dances by Christianized Pilipinos of Luzon and Visayan islands. Rooted in deep pre-colonized cultures, when the Spanish came, these dances were strategically disguised as depictions of peacefully content farmers and fishermen to prevent Spanish Catholic priests from banning them as dances of the devil.
The choreography in Ba-e Makiling will investigate the hidden characteristics harbored in the ‘celebratory’ dance form and its connections to other indigenous forms of warrior arts, spirituality, rituals and tribal justice.
For Loyola, who has created over 50 Pilipino folk dances performed worldwide, Ba-e Makiling will be unlike any other work he has created throughout his career, “My past projects were focused on the indigenous un-Christianized dance movements from the isolated islands and far flung highlands of the Philippines. Ba-e Makiling will attempt to explore the deeper sense of why these movements were conceived, and how they comprise a notable facet of Philippine dance today.”
The full-length 50 minute dance theater piece will be performed by eleven dancers: Isa Musni, Jonathan Mercado, Danielle Cruz Galvez, Frances Sedayao, Ronald Inocencio, June Arellano, Stephanie Herrera, Darren Garza, Eden Alcomendas, Aly Beltran and Dennison Gallardo to an original score inspired by the Philippine traditional musical genre of percussion gongs, chants, drums and flute by Florante Aguilar, creator of the award-winning documentary, Harana: The Search for the Lost Art of Serenade, two weekends at Bindlestiff Studio in the South of Market (SoMa).
For more information about the characters, story and Bae Makiling production visit: http://kularts.org/wp/kularts-presents/works-by-jay-loyola/bae-makiling/
Advance Online Tickets:
http://ba-emakiling.bpt.me/
Advance: $18, at the door: $22
Bindlestiff Studio, Box Office (Sept 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18)
185, 6th Street San Francisco, CA
CONTACT: Lovelie Faustino, e-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (415) 239-0249 https://www.kularts.org
ABOUT KULARTS:
Founded in 1985, Kularts is the premier presenter of contemporary and tribal Pilipino arts in the United States. We are a non-profit arts organization based in San Francisco, California. Kularts presents and produce tribal and contemporary Pilipino art works.
Our mission is to inform and expand the understanding of American Pilipino culture and preserve the spirit and integrity of ancient Pilipino art forms. We produce innovative artistic works; foster mentorship among emerging and established artists; facilitate local and international collaborations; design and implement educational outreach programs and lead cultural tours to the Philippines.
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Set before the coming of Europeans, in an imagined remote village at the foot of Mount Makiling, the deity Ba-e Makiling, guardian of the dormant volcano unexpectedly falls in love with an injured villager, hunter Lakai. Inspired by Philippine myths and native spirituality, their relationship serves as an empowering message to re-discover and reclaim the indigenous self denied by centuries of colonization.
For this production, Loyola’s innovative dance movements deliberately draw upon ‘barrio or rural,’ celebratory native dances by Christianized Pilipinos of Luzon and Visayan islands. Rooted in deep pre-colonized cultures, when the Spanish came, these dances were strategically disguised as depictions of peacefully content farmers and fishermen to prevent Spanish Catholic priests from banning them as dances of the devil.
The choreography in Ba-e Makiling will investigate the hidden characteristics harbored in the ‘celebratory’ dance form and its connections to other indigenous forms of warrior arts, spirituality, rituals and tribal justice.
For Loyola, who has created over 50 Pilipino folk dances performed worldwide, Ba-e Makiling will be unlike any other work he has created throughout his career, “My past projects were focused on the indigenous un-Christianized dance movements from the isolated islands and far flung highlands of the Philippines. Ba-e Makiling will attempt to explore the deeper sense of why these movements were conceived, and how they comprise a notable facet of Philippine dance today.”
The full-length 50 minute dance theater piece will be performed by eleven dancers: Isa Musni, Jonathan Mercado, Danielle Cruz Galvez, Frances Sedayao, Ronald Inocencio, June Arellano, Stephanie Herrera, Darren Garza, Eden Alcomendas, Aly Beltran and Dennison Gallardo to an original score inspired by the Philippine traditional musical genre of percussion gongs, chants, drums and flute by Florante Aguilar, creator of the award-winning documentary, Harana: The Search for the Lost Art of Serenade, two weekends at Bindlestiff Studio in the South of Market (SoMa).
For more information about the characters, story and Bae Makiling production visit: http://kularts.org/wp/kularts-presents/works-by-jay-loyola/bae-makiling/
Advance Online Tickets:
http://ba-emakiling.bpt.me/
Advance: $18, at the door: $22
Bindlestiff Studio, Box Office (Sept 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18)
185, 6th Street San Francisco, CA
CONTACT: Lovelie Faustino, e-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (415) 239-0249 https://www.kularts.org
ABOUT KULARTS:
Founded in 1985, Kularts is the premier presenter of contemporary and tribal Pilipino arts in the United States. We are a non-profit arts organization based in San Francisco, California. Kularts presents and produce tribal and contemporary Pilipino art works.
Our mission is to inform and expand the understanding of American Pilipino culture and preserve the spirit and integrity of ancient Pilipino art forms. We produce innovative artistic works; foster mentorship among emerging and established artists; facilitate local and international collaborations; design and implement educational outreach programs and lead cultural tours to the Philippines.
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