Creativity@Work Tarektek’s trail and tale exposes woodpecker’s travail as an important part of the country’s biodiversity. Form the original intent of its dance researcher, National Artist for Dance – Ramon Obusan, this dance was transformed to make alive on stage the story of hope, freedom and love deeply engrained also in our humanity. This story telling is made possible by the choreographer’s artistic lens and applying elements of choreography, principles of composition and choreographic devices.
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ABOUT THE CREATIVE WORK dance and make storytelling vivid and worth watching. The choreography set out for the dance “Tarektek” (woodpecker) was inspired from series of iteration of concepts centered on
The artist argued that these rudimentary elements are considerably absent in some of the dances performed on stage and in this case, during the National PASUC Culture and Arts Festival. Amplifying the choreography is the use of focus and subordination in which all elements, performers, staging components subordinate with one to highlight a point in the performance and thereby telling a compelling story for the audience.
the flight and plight of the ‘woodpeckers’ portraying hope, freedom and love.
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2ND RUNNER-UP | PASUC NATIONAL CULTURE & ARTS FESTIVAL December 2, 2015 | Legazpi City, Albay Philippines
Trail and Tale: A Dance Choreography of Hope, Freedom and Love RICHARD G. CASTOR
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Choreography transforms a
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