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The Four Elements of Hip-Hop
Tuesday, 11 May 2010 12:42
Written by Nel
A breaker spins on a recordHip-Hop Palooza and The 5th Philippine Hip-Hop Awards is just around the corner and to warm ourselves up, let Dance Pinoy take you to a crash course on the four elements of hip-hop. Learn about how breakdancing, as the representative dance element of hiphop,  stands as an integral part of the whole hip-hop culture.  Hip hop is a phenomenally successful youth-oriented culture that has now reached every corner of the globe, just as rock'n'roll did a generation earlier. Also like rock'n'roll, hip h [ … ]
 
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Powerdance, Ballet Philippines and the Phil. National Hip-Hop Team/s: A Look At Popular Dance
Sunday, 31 January 2010 15:49
Written by Nel
Over the last few months, I’ve been interviewing local dance companies or organizations that have each taken their own forms of dance and either made them distinctly their own (as Filipinos are always good at doing) or have developed them to [ … ]
 
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'Nutcracker' Ballerinas of Ballet Philippines
Thursday, 17 December 2009 18:02
Written by Nel
BALLET PHILIPPINE’S (BP) HOLIDAY offering, Noordin Jumalon’s version of “Nutcracker,” centers on the coming of age of little Marie whose love for the wooden Nutcracker doll transforms him into a chivalrous Prince. I [ … ]
 
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Tributes to Dance Greats
Thursday, 17 December 2009 17:58
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PHILIPPINE BALLET THEATER capped its 23rd season with a laudable restaging of “Mir-I-Nisa,” the first Filipino three-act ballet, at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Pasay City. Based on an award-w [ … ]
 
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Defining Streetdance
Monday, 14 December 2009 20:24
Written by Nel
crew-and-up.jpgStreet Beat Published in the Manila Bulletin, i section on June 22, 2006. photos by Ali Vicoy Beyond terminology, beyond definition and cultural lines drawn in the sand, there has existed, arguably since the late 70s, hints of hiphop da [ … ]
 
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