Dancing Again
When the pandemic hit the Philippines in 2020, the strict quarantine measures forced live performances to a halt, leaving cultural workers to devise revolutionary ways to at least fan the flames of arts and culture. Consumption of entertainment as we know it changed drastically. And instead of living audiences, cultural companies and foundations had to downsize.
“Our highly talented dancers and choreographers were among the worst affected by the ensuing standstill of all activities, and we have been concerned about the threat of creative and physical stagnation therein,” says Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) chairperson Margie Moran-Floirendo. “It would be an incalculable loss if they switched to a different career altogether,” she adds.
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