Ifugao Festival Dance
A pagan thanksgiving dance from northern Luzon.

Jota Moncadena
An adaptation of the Spanish Jota with elongated bamboo castanets.

Singkil
A Muslim Princess, followed by attendants, soldiers, and a Prince. dance through three sets of crossed bamboo poles, which are clapped in a syncopated rhythm.

Bubal Philippine Suite
Filipino village life, illustrated in dance.

The Philippines are in the centre of the great rim of Asia formed by the coastal and off-shore nations, which stretch from Arabia to Japan. Over the centuries varied peoples have passed or paused on the islands. Three dominant strains are still in evidence-primitive tribal, Arabic-Malayan Muslim, and Spanish European. The dances of the Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company reflect these strains.