ARTS MODULE 2

• Shadow Puppet Play


  Dramatic entertainment typically performed on a moonless night during a town fiesta or on dark nights after a harvest, using cut-out figures and flat objects commonly held together by sticks and threads to support and create the movement of the puppets
• Shadow puppetry had already begun taking roots in the Philippines

  1898
• Carillo


  One of the first shadow puppet plays in the Philippines, staged by Dr. Jose Rizal using a carton and a stick positioned behind a large, white cloth and a candle to illuminate the back of the puppets to create the shadows
• Shadow puppetry


  • An ancient art form
  • Sometimes uses colored translucent papers to give off different colors and effects to the cut-out expressions, which also depend on proper blending with light
• Dance Drama


  A performance with scenes brought to life mainly through dance, often with dialogue and sometimes singing, used to retell famous national literature
• Dance Drama


  • Accompanied by appropriate music
  • Uses expressive body moments and complex gesture language that reflect real-life actions and recreate scenes which are delicately acted out
  • Sometimes includes pantomimes, chants and costumes
• Moro-moro


  The earliest known form of organized theater featuring Muslim-Christian battles, with a main plot of a Muslim-Filipino prince who loved a Christian princess and their differences in religious beliefs as the main obstacle
• Moro-moro


  • Usually performed during festivals and fiestas throughout the Philippines
  • Local writers would rewrite scripts and dialogues to ensure each production is different in terms of music, dance, act sequences, costumes and props
• The moro-moro is said to have originated from the Philippines as there are no other countries that have come up with or created anything similar to the drama
• Sarswela or Zarzuela


  A musical comedy or melodrama usually composed of three acts which all deal with men's passion and emotions such as love, hate, revenge, cruelty, avarice (greed) or even political problems, usually written in prose and depicting the peculiarity of romantic love among idealized Filipino characters
• Senakulo


  A dramatic performance portraying the Passion and death of Jesus Christ, usually done during the Lenten season
• Senakulo


  • Takes at least eight days to be performed, usually starting on Palm Sunday and lasting until Easter Sunday
  • The complexity of how the senakulo is conducted may vary from one church to another, with modernized versions that still showcase the same story line and messages usually inspired by Biblical stories from the Old and New Testaments
  • Costumes and props used are inspired by the Biblical times and intended to create a historically authentic portrayal in the performance
  • Telon, a proscenium-type stage with painted cloths or paper backdrops, is commonly used for senakulo set-ups