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july 12-15, 2007
cultural center of the philippines

a dynamic exchange of ideas / changing paradigms / redefining the dance artist/ sharing processes / aspiration / moving bodies in an entire body of dance

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New Choreographers Competition

Twelve new and emerging choreographers create personal statements of their choreographic vision in the solo-duet form for this choreography competition. The winner receives the Wi_Fi NeXtage Award in acknowledgement of the support of thee Japan Foundation Manila for this competition.

Competing are NINA HAYUMA HABULAN, STEPHEN BIADOMA, ROBBIE HAYDEN, RUDOLPH SEGUNDO, CARLON MATOBATO, HORHE AMPARADO, CHRIS NOCON, AVA MAUREEN VILLIANUEVA, JETHRO PIOQUINTO, OLIVER PALAD, HERBERT ALVAREZ and JEREMY DE LA CRUZ. In the spirit of nurturing new talent, the competition ends with the Wi_Fi Body Emerging Talent Showcase where the winners of the competition will be announced. The showcase features the UP Dance Company, the Quezon City Ballet, STEPS Dance Studio, Lyceum Dance Troupe, Neo-nescas Company, Teatro Baile de Cavilte, TEAM, Marikina City Ballet Theater and the Philippine High School for the Arts.

TANGHALANG NICANOR ABELARDO (Main Theater Stage), GATE P200
JULY 12 / THU 6 pm New Choreographers Competition set 1
JULY 13 / FRI 6 pm New Choreographers Competition set 2
JULY 14 / SAT 3 pm New Choreographers Competition set 2
JULY 14 / SAT 6 pm New Choreographers Competition set 1
JULY 15 / SUN 3 pm - 530 pm Emerging Talent Showcase & Awarding of Winners
for New Choreographers Competition

 

 
choreographer's platform / new choreographers competition / dance-on-site / uncensored bodies (dance on screen festival) / asian contemporary dance perspective (forum) / contemporary dance class

wi_fi body festival derives from WDA-Philippines Contemporary Dance Map Project , held annually for International Dance Day at independent artist run performance spaces. An initiative of World Dance Alliance-Philippines Choreographers Network with the support of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and the Japan Foundation Manila

 
Myra Beltran, festival director
Paul Morales, choreographers network chair
Basilio Villaruz, wda-philippines president
Corazon Inigo, wda-philippines vice president
Shirley Halili-Cruz, wda-philippines secretary/treasurer