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"It was
recently in "Of Hunters and Their Prey" that
the show went high in excitement. The
dances of the Cordillera never fail to
magnetize: this time the rituals and
imitations once more did, especially in the
dramatization of a cornered boar. But it
was still in the simplicity of occupation
and the fluidity of imitated flight of
eagles that this program truly enraptured
me. Without any set piece but for the
streams of light as though from the heavens,
it was an indigenous but magical, almost
sublime, moment."
EXCERPTS
FROM REVIEW OF BASILLO ESTEBAN VILLARUZ
OF BOTONG ON THE PASIG,
MANILA CHRONICLE,
DEC. 28 1991 - JAN. 3, 1992
For the
first time in the Philippines performing
arts, three National Artists - Lucrecia R.
Urtula (Dance), Lucrecia R. Kasilag (Music),
and Leandro V. Locsin (Architecture) - have
teamed up to pay homage to fellow National
Artist Carlos "Botong" Francisco.
Initiated
by the Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company,
this merging of diverse talents has given
rise to "BOTONG ON THE PASIG", a new program
of dances inspired by the works of Angono's
master painter.
The
marriage between National artist Carlos "Botong"
Francisco and the Bayanihan Philippine Dance
Company is a natural. Both find their
artistic roots in our culture, both works
celebrated the folklore of the entire
nation, and their inspirations was fed by
color, sound and rhythms of the Filipino
people.
OFELIA R.
RONDINA, SECTION FOUR, THE MANILA CHRONICLE,
NOVEMBER 27, 1991
"AUBADE"
which refers to a poem or a musical peace
for dawn, marks the "break of a new day for
the Bayanihan." This is Bayanihan's first
collaboration with the art of the spoken
word. "AUBADE"...... is poetry in dance and
dance in poetry. Even if a person is a
dancer, it doesn't mean he can't think of
beautiful thoughts. Dancers speak and move
in beauty, so there is poetry in what they
do.
SUSAN A. DE
GUZMAN, PHIL. DAILY INQUIRER
AUGUST
31, 1991
For the
Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company, new
horizons go beyond new dances and
reportoires. New horizons mean something
more.
From its
time-honored commitment to dance, the
Bayanihan turned to another muse, the muse
of poetry in "AUBADE UNDER THE BAMBOO
TRESS", mounted in celebration of the
company's 34th anniversary.
In this
production, The Bayanihan
artists-turned-actors enacted dramatic
scenes, serious or comic, welded to the
dance members.
IVY LIZA F.
MENDOZA, HOME AND CULTURE MANILA BULLETIN,
AUGUST 24, 1991
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