I. Grant for Implementation in January - March 2007
JF Headquarter's Grant
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International Conference on the Conservation and Popularization of Pangalay and Related Asian Dance Cultures
Venue: Marikina Riverbend Hotel, Riverbank Center, Marikina City
Date:
February 8-11, 2007
Implementor: Alun-alun Dance Circle, Inc.
Grant: $17,030.00
The International Conference on the Conservation and Popularization of Pangalay and Related Asian Dance Cultures aims to foster international peace and cooperation among participating countries through the conservation and popularization of pangalay and related Asian dance cultures. It is organized by the AlunAlun Dance Circle, Inc., a non-profit organization established in 1999 and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is committed to the preservation of the pangalay dance style—the authentic Filipino dance style.
During the four-day conference, various topics such as Theory and Practice of Ethnochoreology and Ethnomusicology in Asian Dance Conservation, Dance Education Theories in Asia, Traditional Minangkabau Dance of Indonesia, Pangalay as a Form of Colonial Resistance, Problems Encountered in Dance Conservation, and much more will be discussed and demonstrated by speakers from Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, and the United States. Participants will also share their own experiences in dance preservation during the daily open fora. Approximately 100 participants are expected. Performances will be held every evening at different venues in Marikina, such as the Marikina Cultural Theater and the Roman Gardens by the Marikina River. An exhibit of costumes, props, ornaments and musical instruments used in dance performance to further establish cultural affinity among countries will be on display for the duration of the conference.
For further information, please contact the AlunAlun Dance Circle at 645-8294 or email us at AlunAlun.Dance.Circle@gmail.com.
- "Junctions Between Filipinos and Japanese"
Venue: Clam Shell 2, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines
(book launching during the 2007 Nihongo Fiesta)
Date: March 3, 2007 (tentative)
Grant: P300,000.00
A
collection of essays to perpetuate in the popular consciousness certain convivial memories and insightful transborder interactions among Filipinos and Japanese
Locally Funded Activities
- Reading Asia Forging Identities in Literature: Policy Research, and Practice
Date: February 1-3, 2007
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Venue: Escaler Hall, Science Education Complex, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Implementor:
Amount: P25,000.00
An international conference that locates the ground where literature and the region's concern for plural yet pronounced Asian identities interact as concurrent discourses.
For details, please contact: litconf@admu.edu.ph (c/o English Dept. College of Humanities, ADMU).
- "Igal: Dance of the Southern Seas"
A Dance Lecture-Recital Project featuring Koto artists for the UP Diliman Month
Date: February 24, 2007
Venue: Sala'am Conference Hall, Asian Center, UP Diliman
Amount: P10,000.00
- "A Symposium and Film Presentatin on the Acehnese Conflict and
Peace Process and Its Implicatons for Peace Building in Mindanao"
Date: March 1, 2007
Venue: Sala'am Conference Hall, Asian Center, UP Diliman
Amount: P24,600
- "Hudhud and Noh : A Dialogue of Cultures: Colloquia and Performances"
Amount: P40,000.00
- publication of the proceedings of the Hudhud and Noh, an intercultural collaborative project on literature and performing arts held in celebration of 2006
- the Philipines-Japan Friendship ; it will give the Filipino reader pride to see Filipino heritage at par
and as noble as Japanese culture.
II. Grant Application Information
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