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[Cross Channels Workshop Series]:
Pang-alay and Contemporary Choreographic Compositions Workshop

Dates:
(Part 1) Thursday November 27th November
(Part 2) Monday 1st December, 2008

Time: 17.00-20.00 Hrs
Number of Participants: 15
Venue: Old Library, Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16

To sign up, please send an email to info@crosschannels.org. Please indicate your name and contact information (mobile number).

For more information about the The Cross Channels Workshop series please visit: www.workshop.crosschannels.org.

Objectives and Content

Share the basic vocabularies of Pang-alay dance form.
Conduct workshop on contemporary choreographic improvisations.
Investigate and experiment on intercultural dance models: traditional Maguindanao dance and contemporary dance cultures.

The workshop will have two parts. The morning session will be used to teach the basic vocabularies of Pang-alay (i.e. hand movements, stances, and foot work patterns). After providing participants with the basic movement vocabularies, the afternoon session will be used for choreographic compositions workshop to create short improvisational pieces.

Time Table

Part 1 - Pangalay Vocabulary

1700-1715            Introduction
1715-1745            Warm-up
1745-1830            Hand gestures
1830-1900            Stances
1900-1930            Foot works
1930-2000            Combinations

Part 2 – Compositions

1700-1730            More combination works
1730-1800            Mirror
1800-1830            Peripheral Mirror/Triangle
1830-1930            Improvisations
1930-2000            Discussion/Feedbacks

Requirements for Participants

Only a maximum of 15 participants can be accommodated.
Outfit: Each participant is required to come in loose jogging or dance pants and working shirt/tank. No tight-fitting or skimpy clothing that will prevent movements please. Please also, bring a towel and a change of clothing.
Each participant should memorize a short poem or quotation about “The Sea” (in any language).

Suggested poems in English:

Ode to the Sea by Pablo Neruda
Ode to Hope by Pablo Neruda
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by TS Elliot

Contact:

mele@meleyamomo.com

About the Artist:

meLê yamomo was a national scholar with the Philippine High School for the Arts where he majored in Theatre and minored in Music Composition. He has a BA in Interdisciplinary Art Studies from the University of the Philippines.

meLê has worked with various theatre, puppet and opera companies as a director and music composer. He has also represented the Philippines in various international theatre and art festivals/conferences. He is the founder/artistic director of Dulaang Habi and Habi-Media. He was appointed Artist-in-Residence at CASA San Miguel Arts Centre, where he founded Dulaang San Antonio. He served as executive director of ANINO Shadowplay Collective and inaugurated its first theatre season. He was also the group's musical director from 1999 to 2002. In 2004, he was exchange-artist and fellow with the National Theatre of Korea. In 2003-2005, he was a visiting artist-lecturer at the Philippine High School for the arts. He is currently on-leave as lecturer at the Performance Department of the Assumption University of Thailand. In Bangkok, he was also Artist-in-Residence with NUNi Productions. At present, meLê is finishing his MA in International Performance Research degree with the University of Amsterdam and University of Warwick as an Erasmus Mundus scholar.