CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ART

from Regions
August 29, 2014

Contemporary Art:

-art produced at the present period in time.

Contemporary art includes, and develops from, Postmodern art,

which is itself a successor to Modern art.

In vernacular English, modern and contemporary are

synonyms, resulting in some conflation of the terms modern art
and contemporary art by non-specialists.

Contemporary art forms are the following:

1. Choreography

2. Musical instrument

3. Literary and music composition

4. Visual design

5. Theatrical performance

Contemporary dance:

-is a popular form of dance which developed during the

middle portion of the twentieth century and has since grown to
become one of the dominating performance genres for formally
trained dancers throughout the world,

-with particularly strong popularity in the U.S. and western

Europe. Although originally informed by and borrowing
from classical, modern, and jazz styles, it has since come to
incorporate elements from many styles of dance.

-but due to its popularity amongst trained dancers and some

overlap in movement type, it is often perceived as being
closely related to modern dance, ballet and other classical
concert dance styles.

MUSIC, DANCE & THEATER

MUSIC OF FILIPINO: Cordillera-

The flat gong commonly known as gangsaand

played by the groups in the Cordillera region of the
bossed gongs played among the Islam and animist
groups in the Southern Philippines.
2. Kalaleng or Tongali(nose flute) Because the
kalaleng is long and has a narrow internal diameter,
it is possible to play different harmonics through
overblowingeven with the rather weak airflow from
one nostril.

o 3. Tongatongis a bamboo percussion instrument

used by the people of Kalinga to communicate with
spirits during house blessings. It is made of
bamboo cut in various lengths. When you hit it
against soft earth a certain drone reverberates
though the instruments open mouth. When an
entire set of Tongatong is played in interloping
rhythm and prolonged with the tribal chanting, it
could put the audience and the dancers in a trance
o 4. Diwdiw-asis 5 or more different size of slender
bamboo that
is tied together.
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5. Saggeypoit is a bamboo pipe that is closed on

one end by a node with the open end held against
the lower lip of the player as he blows directly
across the top. The pipe can be played individually
by one person or in ensembles of three or more.
6. Solibao is hallow wooden Igorot drug topped
with pig skin or lizard skin this is played by striking
the drum head using the palm of the hand.
7. Bungkaka- bamboo buzzer.
8. Kullitong- polychordal bamboo tube zither.
9. Ulibaw- bamboo jaws harp
o Southern Islands:
Kulintangrefers to a racked gong
chimeinstrument played in the southern islands of
the Philippines, along with its varied
accompanying ensembles.
ensembles. Different groups have different ways
of playing the kulintang. Two major groups seem
to stand-out in kulintangmusic. 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.
Harana and Kundiman:
The Harana and Kundimanare lyrical songs
popular in the Malaysian Islands dating back to
the Spanish period.
In the 1920s Harana and Kundiman became
more mainstream musical styles led by
 performers such as Atang de la Rama, Jovita
Fuentes, Conching Rosal, Sylvia La
Torreand RubenTagalog.
Rondalla:
The Rondallais performed on ensembles
comprisingmandolin instruments of various
sizes called banduria composed on the
Iberian tradition. Other instruments
including guitars, is also performed. It is
original to Spain.
Tinikling:
The Tiniklingis a Philippine dance which
involves two individual performers
hitting bamboopoles, using them to beat, tap,
and slide on the ground, in co-ordination with one
or more dancers who steps over and in between
poles
Cariosa:
The Cariosa(meaning loving or
affectionate one), is a Philippine national
dance from the Mara Clara suite of Philippine
folk dances, where
the fan, and handkerchiefplays an instrument
role as it places the couple in romance
scenario.
OPM (Original Pilipino Music)
Original Pilipino Music, now more commonly
termed Original PinoyMusic, Original Philippine
Music or OPM for short, originally referred only to
Philippine pop songs, particularly ballads, such as
those popular after the collapse of its
predecessor,the Manila Sound in the late 1970s,
up until the present. In the 1970s, popular OPM
artists
included Nora Aunor, Pilita Corrales, Eddie Per
egrina, Victor Wood and Asin,
among others.The more major
commercial Philippine pop music artists
were Pops
Fernandez, Claire dela Fuente, DidithReyes, Ri
co Puno, Ryan Cayabyab, Basil
Valdez, CelesteLegaspi, Hajji Alejandro, Rey
Valera, Freddie Aguilar, ImeldaPapin, Eva
Eugenio, Nonoy Zuniga and many
others.Between the 1980s and 1990s, OPM was
led by artists such
as RegineVelasquez, Sharon Cuneta, APO
Hiking Society, Jos Mari
Chan, Dingdong Avanzado, Rodel Naval, Jann
o Gibbs, OgieAlcasid, Joey
Albert, Lilet, Martin Nievera, Manilyn Reynes, L
eaSalonga, Vina Morales, Raymond Lauchengc
o, JoAnneLorenzana, Francis Magalona and Ga
ry Valenciano, among manyothers.In the 1990s,
famous artists/bands
included Eraserheads, Smokey
Mountain, Donna Cruz, JessaZaragoza, Ariel
Rivera, South Border, AfterImage, Andrew
E., Jaya,Lani Misalucha, Rivermaya, Ella May
Saison and Roselle Nava, among many others.