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• Philippine Opera


  Integrates theater elements like acting, dance, costume design, scenery and performance; usually done in an opera house, a cultural center or an auditorium; music is played live by an orchestra or other ensembles, and the speech is sung and not spoken all throughout
• Favorite themes of opera in the Philippines

  • Tragedy
  • Romance
  • Treachery
  • Killing
  • Other facets of human weakness
• La Loba Negra


  Written by Francisco Feliciano, libretto by Fides Cuyugan-Asensio, based on a novel ascribed to Jose Burgos of the GOMBURZA; narrates the story of Governor-General Francisco Bustamante, his assassination, and the vengeance of his wife, Luisa - the La Loba Negra; music contains thrilling contrasts in pitch and orchestration, fast-changing meters and keys, and rich instrument timbres, presenting creepy wolf calls and nightly forest sounds
• Noli Me Tangere is considered the first full-length Filipino opera
• Noli Me Tangere

  Written by Felipe Padilla de Leon, libretto by Guillermo Tolentino, based on Jose Rizal's novel; premiered on February 5, 1957 at the Far Eastern University with the Manila Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer; its story is very familiar to Filipinos, Rizal's exquisite tales of revenge and romance may have relevance to issues like corruption, church and state relationships, status struggle, and colonial mentality
• El Filibusterismo had a more contemporary and thrilling style compared to Noli Me Tangere, which was created about 15 years earlier
• The composer used more personalized elements to make the music emphasize more on the deeper intentions of the novel
• The novel has been translated into several languages and adapted for theater, TV, and film throughout the last century
• Philippine Ballet


  Interpreting novels, folktales, and stories through dances; characters live not in speech but in body movements; most conversation is portrayed in pantomime and facial expressions; creative steps are maximized to replace spoken word or sung lyrics, and choreography adds more meaning and creativity to the scenes; performance is toppled by elaborate costumes, colorful sets, synchronized transitions, and program music
• Philippine Ballet Productions

  • Lola Basyang
  • Rama Hari
• Lola Basyang


  The tales of Grandma Basyang instill and rekindle the appreciation of the Filipino youth in the heritage of Philippine literature; narrations of scenes show Lola Basyang (the author's pen name) on a rocking chair, with her grandchildren hearing her wonderful tales; ballet performance communicated through dances that people understood, and stages three stories written by the beloved national artist for Literature, Severino Reyes
• Stories in Lola Basyang Ballet

  • Prinsipe ng mga Ibon
  • Labindalawang Masasayang Prinsesa
  • Ang Mahiwagang Bituin
  • Ang Kapatid ng Tatlong Marya
  • Ang Palasyo ng mga Duwende
  • Anting-Anting
• Rama Hari


  One of the most distinguished Ballet Musicals in the Philippines, based on the Indian epic Ramayana, a tale of courage, comedy, and magic
• Philippine Theater and Performing Groups

  • Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA)
  • Tanghalang Pilipino
  • Repertory Philippines
  • Trumpets
  • New Voice Company
  • Philippine Opera Company
• Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA)


  Founded in 1967 by Cecile Guidote-Alvarez; productions span the range from daring new presentations of classical works, to the spectacle of Philippine myths and legends, to commentaries on current social and political issues
• Tanghalang Pilipino


  The resident theater company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, founded in 1987
• Repertory Philippines


  A company that not only staged English-language plays and musicals year-round but trained actors and actresses as well; established by a theater director, Zenaida Amador together with the actress Baby Barredo, Claude Michele Schonberg; Lea Salonga began her career as a child lead in productions of Repertory Philippines
• Trumpets


  A Philippine theater group that began mounting grand productions of originally written musicals with a slant towards good values for children and the whole family in the 1990s
• New Voice Company


  Established in 1994 by Monique Wilson, earned a reputation for staging thought provoking productions on "controversial" and profound topics
• Philippine Opera Company


  Founded in 1999 by a group of dedicated classically trained singers, led by soprano Karla Gutierrez as artistic directress, seeks to develop performers as well as audiences for classical music performance, both foreign and filipino
• Roles in a Stage Production

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Playwright
  • Set Designer
  • Lighting Designer
  • Costume Designer
  • Sound Designer
  • Production Manager
  • Technical Director
  • Choreographer
  • Makeup Designer
• Cheer Dance


  Came from the word "cheer" and "dance"; to cheer is to yell created phrases or words that will uplift the confidence and determination of a playing team to win a game; dance is a physical activity that expresses an idea or emotion in a rhythmic way using music and the elements of dance like space, body, time, and energy
• Director


  • Shadows the play's director throughout the entire production process
  • Monitors the individual details closely, and again ensure that these work together seamlessly in the actual performance
• Choreographer


  • Plans out all the dance steps to suit the music and rehearses the actors until they are able to perform the dance skilfully
• Makeup Designer


  • Brought in to plan the hairstyles and makeup to complement the costumes
  • Makes the actors look natural for their respective roles based on their character's age and personality and the time and place of the story
• Cheer dance


  • Came from the word "cheer" and "dance"
  • To cheer is to yell created phrases or words that will uplift the confidence and determination of a playing team to win a game
  • Dance is a physical activity that expresses an idea or emotion in a rhythmic way using music and the elements of dance like space, body, time, and energy
• Cheer dance


  • Originated from cheerleading
  • Cheerleading is a kind of performance with a routine of some of the skills in gymnastics such as tumbling skills, jumps, lifts, and tosses with cheers and yells
  • Cheer dance is an organized routine where the required elements are skills in dancing and gymnastics
  • Most of the dance choreography in the cheer dance was adapted from ballet, hip-hop, jazz, and street dance concepts
• Basics of Cheerdancing

  • Motion
  • Jumps
  • Stunts
• Motion


  • One of the important features of cheer dance
  • Makes the whole routine of the cheer dance sharp and clean during the performance
• Arm/Hand Motion

  • High V
  • Low V
  • Low Touchdown
  • K-Motion
  • Torch/Punch
  • T-Motion
  • Clap
  • Clasp
• Leg Motion

  • Clean
  • Wide
  • Side Lunge
  • Front Lunge
• Jumps


  • Considered one of the hardest skills in cheer dance
  • Requires preparatory motions which are the arm and leg motions combined with jumps
  • Examples: tuck jump, herkie jump, toe touch, and stunts
• Tuck Jump


  Keep knees together and bring them close to chest while keeping chest straight up, execute a High V motion
• Herkie


  Clasp arms closer, move in High V motion, bend legs and swing/cross arms in front, move arms in T-motion, do straddle split with other leg bending at back, land with bent legs and hands on side
• Toe Touch

  Start in clasp motion, execute High V motion and bend knees while swinging arms in cross position, legs in straddle split, move arms in T-motion, land with bent legs and hands on side, gradually straighten legs
• Stunts


  • Stunt sequences and pyramids are some of the most difficult and exciting features of cheer dance competitions
  • Flyers are raised and tossed in the air
  • Precautionary measures with spotters are required
• Cheer Dance Performers

  • Flyers
  • Bases or Mounts
  • Spotters
• Flyers


  Cheerleaders who can do stunts while being held or thrown into the air
• Bases or Mounts


  Control the throw of the flyers into the air
• Spotters


  Stand at the back to assist the bases/mounts and support the flyers to prevent them from falling