This music and dance presentation, hosted live, will feature musicians and dancers from the Samahan Filipino American Performing Arts & Education Center and ethnomusicologist Dr. Bernard Ellorin. The program will explore the rich cultural context of the performing arts of the Maguindanao people of Mindanao, Philippines through live discussion and recorded footage of performances. Kulintang musician Kim Kalanduyan-Villanueva, and folk dancer and researcher Nicholas Delmundo-Benton will explore the significance, purpose, and intention of select music and dance pieces. They will also address how the continuation of these art forms in the United States plays an important role in the preservation of the traditional performing arts in the Philippines and for the Filipino diaspora.
Guest appearance by Maguindanao Master Artist Faisal Monal from Cotabato City, Philippines.
Kim Kalanduyan-Villanueva, Nicholas Delmundo-Benton, and Dr. Bernard Ellorin will address questions from the audience throughout the program.
Registration is free. A link to the live stream will be provided in your confirmation email. If you’d like to support the artists and the program, donations will be welcomed on Ticketleap or at centerforworldmusic.org/donate.
More information at https://centerforworldmusic.org/event/maguindanao.