Philippine Dance Company Set To Perform In Brunei
By Tony Alabastro

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company, the country's top national dance company, will perform in Brunei next month to celebrate the 107th anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence.

It will perform at the Philippine International Convention Centre on June 14, during the Philippine Independence Diplomatic Reception hosted by the Philippine Embassy.

In cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, another cultural performance, open to all members of the public, will be held on June 15 at the International Convention Centre (IC C), the Philippine Embassy said yesterday.

A one-day Filipino food festival, in conjunction with the Philippine Independence Day celebrations, will be held on June 13 at the Holiday Lodge Hotel, it added.

The Bayanihan, since its inception in 1957, has, performed in six continents, 62 countries and 493 cities worldwide.

The Bayanihan bested all previous Gold Temple Awardees at the 50th International Folklore Festival held in Sicily, Italy last February this year.

It won the Gold Temple Award for overall excellence in dance, music, costume and production at the 47th International Folklore Festival in Agrigento, Sicily, in 2003.

Bayanihan had won many `firsts" such as the first Filipino group to break into Broadway and the first non-American dance company to perform at the New York State Theatre of the Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts.

Bayanihan is the only Filipino dance company to receive the prestigious and Asia's equivalent to the Nobel Prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award for international understanding.

It was the first to make an in-depth tour of South America and the first Filipino dance company to perform at the World Showcase Millennium Village EPCOT, Disneyworld, Florida, United States. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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