Kommunity Kultura presents: Pangalay Dance with Peter Paul DeGuzman

868 Kearny Street,San Francisco CA 94108

08 January, 2022

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Please join Peter Paul DeGuzman in a Beginning Amilbangsa Instructional Method to Pangalay Kommunity Kultura  is back at Manilatown with a weekend-long hands-on intensive on the music and dance of the Sulu Archipelago! Kommunity Kultura is our traditional Philippine music, movement and cultural education program taking place at San Francisco’s International Hotel Manilatown Center. Each of our family-friendly workshops focus on a new topic, are oftentimes hands-on, and are accessible to all ages and levels of ability. On Saturday, January 8th at 2pm we are thrilled to be presenting Peter Paul DeGuzman as he leads an an introductory dance workshop on the Amilbangsa Instructional Method to Pangalay. Learn and understand the fundamental warm ups, gestures, postures and aesthetics of Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa’s methodology which she has developed from over 50 years of learning, teaching and sharing the Pangalay dance. Learn about her personal journey into the art form. IMPORTANT NOTE: Prior to entering the International Hotel Manilatown Center all attendees will have to show proof of full vaccinationPlease join us for this enlightening community event by registering here at EventBrite! When Peter de Guzman first read Ligaya Fernando Amilbangsa’s book on Pangalay as a teenager he was enthralled with the detail in its content and vowed to meet her someday. Serendipitously in 2005 Peter met Tita Ligaya in the Philippines and studied her technique, the Amilbangsa Instructional Method, during continuous trips to the Philippines and up to the present time. Peter feels blessed to be able to share the fundamentals of Pangalay and the exquisite details found in the Amilbangsa Instructional Method. As the Artistic Director of Malaya Filipino American Dance Arts in Los Angeles, Peter has been keeping Philippine culture thriving and growing with the youth and the community. His vision is to promote culture as well as create culture. Kommunity Kultura has been made possible in part by a grant from the Alliance for California Traditional Arts, in partnership with the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Grants for the Arts and The California Endowment. Funding for this program has also been provided by California Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan of 2021. And for more information about Kommunity Kultura or the Manilatown Heritage Foundation please email us at [email protected].