Mar 23, 2019 at 06:12 am

Performances staged last MARCH 17, 2019

Update posted by Jose Joya Severino Montano


SIYAP

"bigyang-pansin ang bukas"

Tunghayan ang pagbibigay mukha sa kinabukasan na dulot ng nakikita at nararanasang kasalukuyan.
Ikaw? Paano mo mailalarawan ang bukas?

("Pay attention to the future"

Observe the future that our present is writing today.
How about you? What do you see in our future?)



“LIN-AY
- dili gani dilag , dilag-dilagan

Sa loob ng anim na taon, namalagi ako sa bundok ng Makiling na nakatulong para mas makilala ang sarili ko. Lumayo sa tipikal na bayan na dapat ay nararanasan pa ng kabtaan na kagaya ko, pero di ako nagsisisi na nabigyan ako ng pagkakataon para hasain at mas kilalanin ang aking sarili. Nag-aral ako sa matulaing bundok ni Maria Makiling at naging isang ganap at aral na mananayaw. Natuto akong magbahagi ng aking natutunan sa mga taong ninanais alamin ang mundo na minahal ko. At ito ay ang pagsasayaw. Ngayon, buwan na lamang ang aking binibilang at tuluyan ko ng lilisanin ang bundok na ito at mag-aral ng hindi libre. Napakaswerte ko.

Iiwan ko ang legasiyang ito hindi lamang para sa sarili kundi para sa lahat ng kagaya ng kasarian ko!

Ang "Lin-Ay" ay hango sa kwento ng kauna-unahang "transgender" na nakalahok sa prestihiyosong Miss Universe Pageant na si Angela Ponce na iwinagayway hindi lamang ang bandera ng bansang Spain kundi ng buong LGBTQ+ community.”

(In the span of six years, I have come to realize who I am - aided by my stay in Mount Makiling. I grew up far from the place teens my age typically grow up in, but I have no regrets in choosing to hone and discover myself. I studied in the cradle of Maria Makiling - Philippine High School for the Arts - and became a well-versed and trained dancer. I learned how to impart my knowledge to the people who wish to learn about the world I love. And this world is the world of dance. Now, I count down the days I have left on this mountain - and subsequently to the days I start learning without the blessings this mountain had provided for me. I consider myself a very lucky person.

I leave this legacy not only for myself, but for those who are like me!

"Lin-Ay" is based on the story of the very first transgender participated in the prestigious Miss Universe Pageant, Angela Ponce, who not only waved the flag of Spain, but also that of the LGBTQ+ community."

-Ivan Boloron, choreographer




M E D I U M L O C U M

Intermediate Place

A choreographed piece by Sophia Maunahan depicting a Catholic belief wherein souls are being purged in purgatory.

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