HINUMDUM

Music plays a big part in the Filipino identity and contributes a big resemblance to its nation. Music evolves—it moves with time, adapts to changes in various situations, including environmental influences. This recital aims to express through dance the sentiments evoked by the popular songs of the different eras. Songs that will be featured and performed by the dancers are those that “hit the billboard” and thus, it might make the audience reminisce about the past.

HILOM
tagalog for Healing
visayan for Quiet
Silent mending in circles of insensitivity

Hilom is about individuals unceasingly struggling to find peace within environments that enervate them. This work speaks about the causes and effects of insensitivity and how these individuals deal with these painful experiences.