Performance Arts

Nontraditional art form usually having a political or topical theme that typically features a live presentation to an audience and draws on such arts as acting, poetry, music, dance, and painting.

 Philippine gong music can be divided into two types: the flat gong commonly known as gangsa and played by the groups in the Cordillera region of the bossed gongs played among the Islam and animist groups in the Southern Philippines.

Traditional Music

Kulintang refers to a racked gong chime instrument played in the southern islands of the Philippines, along with its varied accompanying ensembles. Different groups have different ways of playing the kulintang. Two major groups seem to stand-out in kulintang music. These are the Maguindanaon and the Maranaw. The kulintang instrument itself could be traced to either the introduction of gongs to Southeast Asia from China from before the 10th century CE, or more likely, to the introduction of bossed gong chimes from Java in the 15th century. Nevertheless the kulintang ensemble is the most advanced form of music from before the late 16th century and the legacy of hispanization in the Philippine archipelago.

Dance
Idaw-Luzon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJOsv46ldts) Banga-Luzon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7cF8kY8LD8) Tinikling-Visayas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TonQH9DjJT8) Subli-Visayas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBeVicp102A) Pangalay-Mindanao (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0rG_LXwbC4) Singkil-Mindanao (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R_EWyqu_ck)

Painting
Artistic paintings were introduced to the Filipinos in the 16th century when the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines. During this time, the Spaniards used paintings as religious propaganda to spread Catholicism throughout the Philippines. These paintings, appearing mostly on church walls, featured religious figures appearing in Catholic teachings. Due to the Church's supervision of Filipino art and Spanish occupation of the Philippines, the purpose of most paintings from the 16th-19th century were to aid the Catholic Church. In the early 19th century,. The use of watercolor paintings increased and the subject matter of paintings began to include landscapes, Filipino inhabitants, Philippine fashion, and government officials. Portrait paintings featured the painters themselves, Filipino jewelry, and native furniture. The subject of landscape paintings featured artists' names painted ornately as well as day-today scenes of average Filipinos partaking in their daily tasks. These paintings were done on canvas, wood, and a variety of metals. During World War II, some painters focused their artwork on the effects of war, including battle scenes, destruction, and the suffering of the Filipino people.

Esteban Villanueva

Spolarium by Juan Luna

Acting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccCj3sOsBQw