VISAYAS

Ati-Atihan = Their dance steps are straight forward and easy. It's as simple as
two-steps forward, a step back with and optional turn-around. No synchronization
was necessary among the participants.
Sinulog = The dance has 2 basic steps. the natural and the kinampilan. The natural
step is the popularly known two steps forward, one step backward while the
kinampilan has one step right foot forward and one step backward, while the left
foot stays in place.
1. The Street Sinulog Festival Dance - which is what you can see on the street
during the celebrations. You can also see some modified (the basic dance with
additional steps) versions through the Sinulog Festival Dance Contest. The steps
are the same, but the Santo Nio image is held by the Festival Queen and dances
with it.
2. The Traditional Sinug Dance - which was danced for the Gorordo Family in Cebu.
This is still being preserved even today by the CASA GORORDO MUSEUM which is owned
and managed now by the RAFI - Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc.. The difference from
the street dance is that instead of holding and dancing around with the holy image
of the child Jesus, the Image is instead placed in an altar like place and then the
dancers will dance in front of the Santo Nio, like in paying tribute to a King.
3. The Dance for the Santo Nio - which can be seen in the Basilica of the Santo
Nio danced by old ladies in prayer. The difference of this version compared to the
previous ones is that, this can only be done in the Basilica I beleive, since it is
done in prayer to the Holy Child Jesus - Santo Nio.
Dinagyang = In terms of Dinagyan Festival its movements or its dance patterns are
very fast in tempo, the dancers move their feets in a rapid motion while moving
from place to place,
the dancers also make use of their hands to depict something, but also their hands
moves fast with the tempo itself, the dancers also has to gather or change to their
next formation fast.

Mindanao
Binalbal = The dancers use repetive movements like moving their hands from side to
side or move their props side to side in a soft and fluid movemnet of the hands.
They mostly use heavy choreography such as detailed movements of the dancers
which leaves visual hints of what the dancers are trying to portrait. They mostly
change from
position to position by groups or depending on how much they are.
Hermosa = The hermosa festival is elegant by itself because of the way of how to
dancers move their hands up and down in a fluid motion (Represents the waves)
and how they use their props creatively, they form themselves into a unique
array of shapes and uses illusions that surprises the viewers such as, the
rhythmical movement
of their hands and their body. They move in such a graceful way but moves or
dances in a fast tempo, trying to keep up with the music itself.
Kadayawan = In kadayawan festival some of the dancers uses tinikling and is
presented infront while the other dancers uses huge bamboo sticks adorned with
hanging clothes for background.
while the dancers infront more of like performs an improvied tinikling using
their wrists to make circular motions of their hands. They also hop or jump from
side to side
in a joyous manner.

Luzon
Pahiyas = The dancers acts like if they were passing good harvest of fruits and
vegetables to each other smiling and happy. After that, the dancers dance with the
use of their hands,
making a T postion and a reversed T postion (Mostly repeats at a fast tempo)
And also rapidly moves their feets as if they are jumping or hopping from joy. The
dancers also
 uses their wrists to make a circular motion with their hands, at some part of
it, the dancers leans down and pretends they are harvesting good harvest from the
feild.
Panagbenga = The dancers uses stacatto movements ehich means they stops for a short
second before dancing another move, the dancers uses their hands, moving it up and
down then
uses their wrist to turn their hands from right to left while in the air. The
dancers also uses rapid of their feet or mostly hops throughout the festival dance.
Bangus = The dancers moves really fast throughout the dance and mostly dance with
the step patterns of their feet which moves in the pattern of close and open. The
festival shows
one or many fhiserman on the hunt for a bountiful harvest of fishes which is
'bangus'. The waves are represented by the fluid like movement of their hands
and they have to move fast both with their arms and feet. They mostly
represent a pack of bangus swimming or a group of fishermen fishing.