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Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Thursday, April 19, 2007 |
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Bayanihan wins in Folkloric Dance
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Manila Bulletin |
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007 |
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Cande
Bayanihan, the national dance
company of the Philippines
founded by Chairman Emeritus
Helena Benitez, won the Absolute
Winner award Sunday, besting 50
dance groups from all over the
world that joined in the
international competition in the
12th World Folkdance Festival in
Spain.
Palma de
Mallorca, the major city on the island
of Mallorca and the capital city of the
autonomous community of the Balearic
Islands in Spain, is this year's host of
he festival. |
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DR. HELENA Z
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The World
Folkdance Festival that started in 1985,
is held every two years and is one of
the most important festivals in Europe.
It was organized to join together
various cultures. Folkdance groups
from all over the world gather to share
their cultures with one another through
dance and music.
The
highlight of the festival is the
international competition where
excellent performances by the
dance groups with emphasis on the
authenticity of their presentations are
judged.
For its
Hispanic journey, Bayanihan sent a
27-man delegation led by its directors
Suzie Moya Benitez, Isabel Santos,
Ferdinand Jose, and Melito Vale Cruz,
The company flew to Madrid from Kingdom
of Bahrain where they participated in
the Spring of Culture Festival in
Bahrain.
In May,
2004, Bayanihan was in Alava, Spain, to
participate in a Folk Festival.
The following month, the dance
company performed during the Universal
Forum in Barcelona, Spain. |
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Bayanihan wins at World Folkdance
Festival |
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The Philippine Star |
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007 |
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Bayanihan, the national
dance company of the Philippines, bagged
the Absolute Winner award in the 12th
World Folkdance Festival in Palma de
Mallorca, Spain last Sunday.
The Bayanihan
dance company bested 50 dance
groups from all over world that
joined in the international
competition.
Palma de Mallorca, the major city in the
island of Mallorca and the capital of
city of the autonomous community
of the Balearic Islands in Spain
is this year’s host of the
festival.
The World Folkdance Festival thatstarted
in 1985, is held every two years and is
one of the most important festivals in
Europe. It was organized to join
together different and sometimes diverse
cultures. Folkdance groups from all
over the world gather to share their
cultures with one another through dance
and music. The highlight of the
festival is the international
competition where excellent |
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performance
by the dance groups with emphasis on the
authenticity of their presentations are
judged. |
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For its Hispanic journey, Bayanihan sent
a 27-ma delegation to be headed by its
directors Suzie Moya Benitez, Isabel
Santos, Ferdinand Jose and Melito Vale
Cruz. The company flew to Madrid from
the Kingdom of Bahrain. In may 2004,
Bayanihan was in Alava, Spain to
participate in a Folk Festival. The
following month, the dance company
performed during the Universal Forum in
Barcelona, Spain. |
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World Winner |
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Business Mirror |
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Sunday, April 17, 2007 |
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World winner,
Bayanihan, the national dance company of the Philippines, bagged the
much-coveted Absolute Winner award, besting 50 dance from all over the world in
the recent 12th World Folkdance Festival in Palma de Mallorca in
Spain. Started in 1985, the festival is held every two years and is one of the
most important in Europe. Highlight of the festival is the international
competition where excellent performance by the dance groups with emphasis on the
authenticity of their presentations are judged. Bayanihan sent a 27-man
delegation, headed by its director Suzie Moya Benitez, Isabel Santos, Ferdinand
Jose and Melito Vale Cruz, to Madrid from the Kingdom of Bahrain where they
participated in the Spring of Culture Festival. |
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Philippines take top honours in World
Dance Competition |
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MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN |
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By Staff Reporter |
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PALMA |
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Sunday, April 15, 2007 |
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The
Bayanihan Arts Foundation of the
Philippines took top honours at the
World Folk Dance Festival which ended in
Palma yesterday. Bad weather forced the
organizers to change the venue of the
closing ceremony from the Sa Riera park
to the fairs precinct at the airports
former A Terminal.
Second prize
went to local group Aires d’ Andratx,
while Eurasian Artists of Turkey came
third.
The first
prize was 5,000 euros in cash, a trophy
and a diploma. Second prize was 4,000
euros and third prize 3,000 euros.
The prizes
in the dance, costume, children’s and
music-chorus category were 1,500 euros,
a trophy and a diploma.
In the dance
category first prize went to Veszprem
Dance Ensemble of Hungary, second was
Slanchev Bryag of Bulgaria and third was
the Akragas Folk Dance of Italy.
Rusga Tipica
Da Correlha of Portugal took first prize
for best costume, followed by Sergiani
of Greece and Michanzaman of Peru.
In the
children’s category, Bellos Atardeceres
of Puerto Rico were first. Ananquiños
of the Galician Centre in Majorca were
second and Pereplyas of Russia were
third.
The
children’s group Northern Lights and
Dales of England won a special mention
from the jury.
The festival
is the most important of its kind in the
world, and 55 groups took part, although
this year it was marred by the poor
weather, which meant that the groups
could not perform in the streets as
often as originally planned.
The jury was
presided by Geraldine Ryan of Australia
and comprised Vernice Strumia of
Argentina, Gabriel Frontera Mestre of
Spain, Therese van Altena-laurant of
Holland, Cliff Jones of Wales and Dick
van Vooren, the coordinator. |
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