Sunday, November 28th at 7:00 pm
Tickets: $35/$29, children 12 & under $20
From Folkdance translated into the modern stage, Bayanihan carefully advances into Folklore, and beyond, with Filipino History and national identity as its guide. A world-renowned company, Bayanihan has awakened a new pride among Filipinos in their cultural heritage, preserved and added a new dimension to the country’s dance tradition, and has built for the country a rich reserve of international goodwill.
After all, Bayanihan literally means patriotism or love of country, its root word being bayani (hero), – a kind of hero that renders personal service to his community. In this regard, everyone involved in Bayanihan is a hero who reiterates through dance, music, percussion, dress and action what is Filipino. It is this spirit of togetherness that bonded parents, teachers, researchers, technicians, dancers and musicians, working as one in a common effort to achieve the objectives of the company.
The first Filipino group to perform on Broadway, Bayanihan also has the distinction of being the first non-American dance company to take to the stage at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, as well as the first Philippine cultural group to perform in Russia, the People’s Republic of China and throughout South America. It was also the official Philippine representative at the first CIOFF World Folkloriada held in the Netherlands in 1996, where Bayanihan was one of the top five performing arts groups chosen to give repeat performances at the close of the festival. From 1958 to date Bayanihan has mounted 15 international tours and over a hundred brief tours to international events and festivals covering 55 countries on 5 continents.
Other significant accolades include the Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding which Bayanihan received in 1965; the Theatre des Nations Award (folk dance category) given in Paris in 1960; as well as the Program for Asian Projects (PAP) grant awarded twice to Bayanihan (1987, 1989) by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund/Ramon Magsaysay Foundation for the Company’s projects “Peace and Unity among ASEAN Nations through Dance and Music.”
source: Sunrise Theatre Marketing
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