Come attend the ending celebration for the Pangalay Circle workshop series with a community celebration at Kapwa Gardens
The celebration will feature one more workshop by Pangalay Circle's Project Director and Producing Artist - Kim Requesto, a dialogue with our local instructors, some local vendors, as well as live music and dance performances from our community!
Additionally, we will get to see Kim Requesto's Balay Kreative grant project performance.
At the end of it all, we will continue the night with music and more Pangalay dancing! Looking forward to celebrating with you.
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What To Expect
11:30-12:30 Pansak Workshop
1:00-1:45 Dialogue with Local Pangalay Circle Instructors (Eric Solano, Jae Tioseco, Jacob Walse-Dominguez, Kim Requesto)
2:00-2:15 Kulintang Dialect (15)
2:20-2:35 Legacy (15)
2:40-2:50 Parangal (10)
2:55-3:05 Barangay (10)
3:10-3:20 Likha (10)
3:25-3:40 Autonomous Region (15)
3:45-4:05 Individual Performances
Jacob & Jai (Sining Kapuluan) (10)
Jae (5)
Kim & Jan (5)
4:10-5:30 ET DJ’s
Meet The Instructor & Organizer
Kim Requesto is a Philippine born, Mission District raised cultural practitioner and multi-disciplinary artist based in Unceded Ramaytush Ohlone Territory also recognized as San Francisco, California. She specializes in 35mm photography, filmmaking, and dance. At the heart of Kim Requesto’s diasporic work is the mantra, “Advocacy through art.” With an artistic foundation in Philippine folk dance, Requesto has dedicated herself to cultural expression and advocacy through movement, photography, and community outreach.
She navigates her artistic work with the goal of fostering tangible support for Pilipinxs abroad and Indigenous communities in the Philippines. Requesto conducts extensive field research to get a stronger understanding of regional cultures and livelihoods. Her research coincides with her work as a photographer, which allows her to visually share the realities of Philippine citizens. Through the publication of film photography books and the development of contemporary dance pieces, Requesto uses her artistic platforms to not only raise awareness, but to uplift the voices of marginalized communities both in the Philippines and the Philippine diaspora.
Requesto aspires to create more contemporary Philippine diasporic dance work and visual media using her background in Philippine dance to bring awareness and thoughtfulness to the realities of different communities in the Philippines and the diaspora.
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The Autonomous Region is the house jazz ensemble of the International Hotel Manilatown Center in San Francisco's North Beach/Chinatown district. They enjoy a variety of public and private engagements throughout the Bay Area offering classic standards, new arrangements of jazz favorites and original compositions fusing jazz with the pre-colonial rhythmic and melodic musical motifs of the Philippines.
Jai Severson (they/them) is a non-binary pilipinx-mixed-white dancer-researcher, cultural worker, and accessibility consultant. They are a member of Kulintang Dialect, the queer- and trans-centered Filipino Traditional Arts collective, Sining Kapuluan, and are a teacher of w*acking.
Their training in pangalay has been primarily shaped by the Amilbangsa Instructional Method via Peter Paul DeGuzman, teachings from Sitti "Aunty Lingling" Obeso (direct and via Eric Solano), teachings of Jacob Walse-Dominguez's research and their learnings from Radzmina Tanjili, and techniques from video research.
Jacob Walse-Dominguez
Jacob Walse-Dominguez is a dedicated folk-arts performer and community organizer within cultural work. Mentored by traditional culture-bearers and contemporary artists from both the Philippine and Indonesian homelands and diaspora. Known and focused on embodying ethnic dance/ethno dance and ethnomusical practice to resist colonial indoctrination.
Founded in 1987 by the company's Artistic Director, Bonifacio Valera, Jr., Barangay Dance Company is a San Francisco-based Filipino folk dance organization whose mission is to preserve the rich Filipino cultural heritage through the arts of Philippine folk dance and music. Through presenting, outreach and research of Philippine folk dance and music, Barangay endeavors to promote awareness, understanding and appreciation of Filipino culture within the communities the company serves.
Performers & Musicians: Mark Abad, Kristopher "KC" Cruz, Alex de Leon, Ian Mangulabnan, Jae Tioseco and Bonifacio Valera, Jr.
Jae Tioseco began dancing under the guidance of Bonifacio Valera, Jr. of the Barangay Dance Company of San Francisco through Skyline College's Kababayan Learning Community with their PCN Class and Filipino folk dance class in 2008. Jae eventually joined Barangay and currently serves as the company’s Managing and Dance Director. Affectionately known as "Ate Jae", Tioseco serves as a Filipino folk dance consultant to Skyline College and San Francisco State for their annual Pilipino Cultural Night (PCN). In 2019, Jae, together with Philippine Dance Master, Sydney Loyola, founded Haraya Dance Project--a dance collective for trans, gender nonconforming and nonbinary individuals navigating themselves passed the folkloric realm within Philippine dance.
Kulintang Dialect
Kulintang Dialect is a traditional five instrument kulintang band that performs kulintang classics mostly from the Kalanduyan line as well as Conrad Benedicto’s original compositions. Kulintang Dialect has released five EP’s available on all platforms beginning in 2021, and is scheduled to release five more in the next two years through the label Gongs Away Music.
Kulintang Dialect performs for festivals, cultural events, educational programs, and art projects, as well as our own shows or parties. We strive to play traditional kulintang that is beyond reproach even as we enjoy mastering original compositions. We perform the traditional kulintang music passed down by the late Master Danongan Kalanduyan with fidelity, while also exploring with joy and courage how this music can express itself through new ways that are nourished by our own specific context on this American soil.
LEGACY FMA
Legacy Filipino Martial Arts is a weapons-based martial arts system that pulls from both modern and traditional Filipino Martial Arts. We use sticks, knives, swords, as well as empty hand combat. Within the art, we incorporate striking, disarming of weapons, joint locking techniques, and takedowns. Classes in Daly City and SF we offer classes for Youth and Adults
Parangal Dance Company
Parangal’s mission is to give tribute to Philippine heritage by preserving and promoting ethnic attire, music, and dance through research, workshops, and performances. We aim to serve as a bridge,inspiring and connecting Filipino Americans to their roots to give them a sense of pride and identity, while educating diverse communities to foster awareness and appreciation of Philippine culture.
Likha
Founded in 1992 as a performing group by Rudi Soriano, LIKHA believes in the power of dance and music to share the beauty of Philippine culture. LIKHAhas grown into a non-profit folk arts organization with a diverse breadth of programs and performances, representing the Philippines in over 10 international festivals. LIKHA continually expands its repertoire and maintains authentic costuming, props, and instruments—by researching, developing, and nurturing relationships with diverse communities throughout the Philippines.
Jan Patrick Luce
Jan Luce began his dance journey with his Pilipino club “Kababayan” back in high school where he was introduced to Brian Batugo and the Little Manila Dance Collective. This encounter sparked his passion for cultural dance that was further fanned by his involvement in Pilipino Cultural Nights as a producer and choreographer with Kilusan Pilipino of University of the Pacific. It was these experiences that led Jan to Parangal where he’s been fortunate enough to meet Eric Solano, Jonathan Mercado, and Kim Requesto who continuously encourage and inspire him to push the boundaries of dance and learning. Jan would like to give a huge thank you to his friends and family for the unconditional support and for all the opportunities he’s received to explore and experiment.
Matt Espina Harris
Matthew Espina Harris is a musician based in San Francisco. He got his start in Philippine-inspired dance and music through Pilipino Culture Night, where he fell in love with Kulintang and Rondalla. Matt is a proud member of the American Center of Philippine Arts (ACPA) as part of their music ensemble and serves as an advisor to numerous collegiate Fil-Am organizations in NorCal. He is a student of traditional Kulintang music, learning from performing groups like House of Gongs, Little Manila, Kulintang Dialect, and Salamindanao Dance Company. While in college, Matt established one of the only student-run, traditionally based Kulintang ensembles in the United States through Mga Kapatid at UC Davis. In 2022, Matt formally joined the artistic team of Parangal, and works as a music lead to strengthen the company’s Kulintang and Rondalla repertoires. He is also the owner and operator of PamanaTreasures, an online store that aims to bridge diasporic interest in tangible heritage with the growing movement in support of Philippine artisans.