• Philippine Ballet Dance

Ballet is a kind of spectacular dance, also called theatrical dance because it is intended to be viewed by an audience.The dancers take personal satisfaction in creating movements and showing-off their dancing skills.The ballerina is the female lead dancer or star dancer.The danseur is the male lead dancer and the chorus of dancers is called corps de ballet.Ballet dancing requires discipline of body,head,legs,arms,hands and feet.Usually the female dancer steps on her toes to gain lightness and graceful flowing movement while the male jumps and turns in the air frequently lifting his partner into the air.The movements of the dancers show expressions of beauty of line,grace and purity expression.(wikipedia)

In our country the very known ballet dancer is Lisa Macuja-Elizalde. Macuja has received numerous citations in recognition of her contribution to art, culture and society. These include President Vladmir Putin’s The Order of International Friendship (Russia, 2001), Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (USA, 1997), The Outstanding Young Filipino Nation’s Service (1989) and the House of Diaghilev’s Special Prize for Artistry (Russia, 1992). She is now the artistic director of Ballet Manila. And there are also some who were sucessful like her: Tony Gonzales,Anne Villadolid,Maritoni Rufino,Effie Nanas along with male dancers like: Tony Fabella,Eddie Elejar,Nonoy Froilan,Osias Barroso and Conrad Dy-Liacco.

• Philippine Pop Music

Pop music is an ample imprecise category of modern music not defined by artistic considerations but by its potential audience mor prospective market. Pop is music composed with deliberate intent to appeal to the majority of its contemporaries. the term was an abbrevation and synonymous to popular music. the characteristics of pop music is in the song, this song lasts for about five minutes and with instrumentation that can range from an orchestra to a lone singer. this song are generally marked by a heavy rhythmic element, a mainstream style and traditional structure.

1970s is the time when our music riegn, Filipino music was growing more nationalistic and socio-political in nature, as well as using tagalog more often. Popular or Pop music still dominates the airwaves with artists such as the Apo Hiking Society and Hotdog. The songs like "Ang Miss Universe ng Buhay Ko" (The Miss Universe of My Life) of Hotdog combined Filipino and English words within the same song. This helped innovate the so-called "Manila Sound". OPM (Original Pilipino music) also became popular.

• The Kundiman Music

The Kundiman Music in our country is very known for its melody that is characterized by a smooth, flowing and gentle rhythm with dramatic intervals. Kundiman is originlly spelled as Cundiman which is a genre of traditional filipino love songs and was traditional means of serenade in the Philippines. Kundiman song came to the fore as an art song at the end of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century. We also have some famous Filipino composers such as Francisco Santiago and Nicanor Abelardo, the ones who formalized the musical structure nad sought poetry for their lyrics, blending verse and music in equal parts. Some Scholars believed that Kundiman is originated from the Tagalog province of Balayan, Batangas. The father of the Kundiman is Dr Francisco Santiago, his work "The Development of Music In The Philippines" is the reason why this song called Kundiman. Our national hero Dr. Jose Rizal used Kundiman in his very famuos novel ' Noli Me Tangere'. In 1896 to 1898 the most famous Kundiman arose, which fired the patriotic sentiments of the tagalog revolutionaries in the struggle for liberation from spanish colonial rule, this was Jocelynang Baliuag which is the favorite Kundiman in Bulacan during 1896 that gave its title "Kundiman Of the Revolution". Officially known as Musica Del Legitimo Kundiman Procedente del Campo Insurecto( Music of the Legitimte Kundiman that Proceeds from the Insurgents).This Kundiman shows a love and courtship song, it features lyrics dedicated to a young and beautiful Filipina idolized in the Bulacan.

• History of Philippine Dances

The history of Philippine dances is very colorful infact we filipinos are very cultural, we are very active in festivals and we pay tribute in our traditional dances. Most of our dances were originally patterned after European dances during the spanish time just like the known dances in our country: the Pandango sa Ilaw- the word pandango comes from the spanish dance"fandango" which is characterized with lively steps and clapping while following a varying /4 beat. This dance which originated from Lubang island, Mindoro, requires exellent balancing skill to maintain the stability of three tinggoy, or oil lamps, placed on head and at the back of each hand; Cariñosa- is a word that describes an affectionate, friendly and lovable woman. This very known dance is performed in flirtatious manner with fans and handkerchiefsto assist the dancers'hide-and-seek movements; Rigodon- this dance is commonly performed at formal affairs like inaugural balls where prominent memebers of the government participate and enjoy; Tinikling- is considered the national folkldance witha pair of dancers hopping between two bamboo poles held just above the ground and struck together in time to music. Originated from Leyte Province. They say that this dance is a mimic movements of birds called tikling that is hopping over the trees. And for the dancers, they perform this dance with grace and speed jumping between bamboo poles. Aside from this dances, ethnic-created dances such as Tinikling made its way to recognize nationwide. Even if most of our Philippine dances are adopted to spanish dances sill we have our own style to made it our own. some of this ethnic dances are: Banog- in this dance, performers portray hunters sheilding their chickens from the famishing hawk; Lumagen- in Klinga, Cordillera. This tribal dance is a traditional thanksgiving dance by the Kalinga tribe performed to celebrate good harvest and etc; Burung- Talo- in Sulu. The dance is a fighting dance in a form of martial arts by the Tausug tribe.