BALLET IN THE PHILIPPINES

The medium of dance and ballet to interpret novels, folktales, and stories
provides visual excitement as the characters come alive not in spoken dialogue
but in body movements. Much of the communication is relayed in pantomime. It
is a performance in which a story is told without words by using body movements
and facial expressions.The lack of spoken words or sung lyrics is more than made
up for by the creative step sand arm gestures of the dancers. Their facial
expressions and body movements add more

meaning to the story being revealed. Lola Basyang is a ballet adaptation of

Severino Reyes’ folktales Mga Kuwento ni LolaBasyang. It was meant to instill and
rekindle the interest of the Filipino youth in thebeauty, richness, and heritage of

Philippine literature. LOLA BASYANG OPERA IN

THE PHILIPPINES The emergence of the Filipino opera
started to take shape during the middle part ofthe 19th century. Foreign
performers, including instrumental virtuosi, as well asopera singers and Spanish
zarzuela performers came to the country to perform forenthusiastic audiences.

Local Theaters and Early Philippine Operas

Local theaters, including the Zorilla, Principe Alfonso, Variedades, Quiapo and
TondoTheaters, were the choice venues for the mainly Italian operas that came to
the country,such as Lucia di Lammermoor, La Boheme, La Traviata, and Aida.
Later, other operavenues were established, led by the Manila Grand Opera House
and the MetropolitanTheater (Met).The first Filipino opera is said to be to
Sandugong Panaginip by Pedro Paterno, a poet,novelist, musician, and
government official. This was first presented at the Zorilla Theateron August 2,
1902. It was later translated by the Englishman M.W. Loving with the titleThe
Dreamed Alliance.
MUSICAL PLAYS
The musical play is a popular and generally lighter form of musical drama than
theopera. The themes are usually more contemporary, and the musical melodies
moremanageable by the average singer. The acting is less intense and dramatic.
Thechoreography and dance sequences provide visual breaks from the ongoing
plots.Musical plays have been associated with theBroadway plays of New York
City and WestEnd Productions in London, including FairLady,South Pacific,
Camelot, West SideStory, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera,LionKing, Beauty
and the Beast, Wicked,Mama Mia, Cats, and Miss Saigon.

Broadway Musicals
The first major Broadway musical was Showboat, which featured the popular
mode oftransport in the American frontier. Since then, musicals have presented
other themes:Siamese royalty in The King and I, English aristocracy in My Fair
Lady, Austrian historyin The Sound of Music, medieval English tragedy in Camelot,
and interracial gang rivalryand romance in West Side Story. Many Broadway
musicals were also made into films.

PHILIPPINE THEATER AND PERFORMING GROUPS

The Philippines has a rich and thriving theater industry that you may be interested
to ventureinto in the future. Productions range from original plays with Philippine
themes and settings,to renowned theater classics from past centuries, to
contemporary musicals from Broadway orLondon’s West End. Below is an
overview of some of the more prominent theater andperforming groups in the
country and their major productions.

PETA and Tanghalang Pilipino

With the American presence in the Philippines for the first half of the 20th
century, it wasinevitable that many U.S. and European theater forms and scripts
found their way here. Amongthem were the classics, such as the plays of William
Shakespeare, as well as the works of greatAmerican playwrights. At the same
time, local theater groups staged original Philippinezarzuelas which were plays
performed in song, similar to the European opera.In the past few decades,
modern theater groups have continued to express the distinctlyPhilippine
interpretation of both originally-written plays as well as adaptations of foreign
workstranslated into Filipino. At the forefront of these are the Philippine
EducationalTheater Association (PETA), founded in 1967 by CecileGuidote-
Alvarez, and Tanghalang Pilipino, the residenttheater company of the Cultural
Center of the Philippines,

Roles in a Stage Production

Producer – In a professional stage production, this is the person who takes the
play from a mereconcept to an actual finished presentation. He or she chooses all
the team members And assigns them their functions, and oversees the casting of
the actors and actresses for the different roles.

Director – The director is the overall artistic coordinator of the entire

production.

Playwright – For a script intended for stage performance, the writer of the
script is more specifically called a playwright.

Set designer – The concept and creation of the physical stage setup is the task
of the set designer.

Lighting designer – Coordinating closely with the set designer is the lighting
designer.

Costume designer – The actors and actresses must look believable in their
roles, and much of this is owed to the costume designer.

Sound designer – Similar to the lighting designer, the sound designer serves
a vital role increating and enhancing the atmosphere of the performance.

Production manager – Coordinating all the complex behind-the-scenes

details of staging a play is the production manager.
Technical director – The technical director shadows the play’s director
throughout the entire production process.

Choreographer – In cases where a play involves dance in certain scenes, a

choreographer isincluded in the production team.

Makeup designer – As the costume designer deliberates on the characters’

main attire, themakeup designer is brought in to plan the hairstyles and makeup
to complement the costumes.

Trumpets
In the 1990s, the Philippine theater group Trumpets also began mounting grand
productions oforiginally-written musicals with a slant towards good values for
children and the whole family. Among their plays have been Joseph the Dreamer;
First Name; The Lion, the Witch, and theWardrobe; Little Mermaid; Honk;
N.O.A.H.; and The Bluebird of Happiness. The intention ofTrumpets is to provide
wholesome theater experiences for Filipino youth while also building upthe
Philippine theater-going public.

BODY MASS INDEX AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT

Weight management is a struggle for many Filipinos, but controlling bodyweight
has many benefits. Filipinos, nowadays, have adopted the Western cultureof
excessive intake of unhealthy, high-calorie food coupled with physical
inactivitywhich often results in a society called “obesiogenic” (a tendency to have
a fatcitizenry). This transformation towards over fatness does not occur
overnight. Thenumber of overweight and obese Filipinos has already grown,
according to theNational Nutrition and Health Survey by the FNRI (Food and
Nutrition Research Instatute) and DOST (Department of Science and Technology)
and it will most likelycontribute to the development of related diseases.

Waist Circumference

People have different patterns of body fat distribution, and these

patternscorrespond to different risk levels for disease.

Physical Activity and Exercise Defined

Physical activity refers to bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles.It

requires energy expenditure and produces progressive health benefits.

Exercise is a type of physical activity that requires a planned,structure and

repititive bodily movement to improved or maintain one or more components of
physical activity.

Intensity of Exercise

When trying to develop the CR (cardio-respiratory) system, many peopleignore

intensity of exercise. For muscles to develop, they have to be overloadedto a
given point.

Cheerdance
is coined from the words, cheer and dance. To cheer is toshout out words or
phrases that may help motivate and boost the morale of aplaying team and
perform better during a game. Dance, on the other hand, is aphysical activity
where one expresses emotions or gestures while performing bodilymovements
usually in time with rhythm. Cheerdancing rooted from
cheerleading.Cheerleading is the performance of a routine, usually dominated by
gymnasticskills such as jumps, tumbling skills, lifts and tosses combined with
shouting ofcheers and yells to lead the crowd to cheer for a certain team during a
game orsport. It originated in the United States. Due to Filipinos’ love for dancing,
theyadded more dance routines to their cheers and came up with the term
cheerdancewherein it is a routine composed of yells and cheers, gymnastic skills
(pyramidsand tosses, stunts, tumbling skills, arm and hand positions and jumps),
and dance(fusion of different dance genres). Today, cheerdancing is identified as
one ofthe most spectacular events in one of the biggest collegiate sports events in
thecountry, the UAAP (University Athletic Association of the Philippines).

WATER
Water is a required nutrient for all human beings. Water is important
forhydration, however, it may be valuable for disease prevention as well. For
example,researchers have found a relationship between water intake and
reduction ofgallstones and kidney stones as well as between water intake and
colon cancer.Similarly, maintaining a sufficient intake of water while flying may
help reduce therisk of blood clotsWith respect to physical activity, water is
important for hydration.

Managing Your Weight

Establishing or maintaining a healthy body weight requires an understandingof
how the body uses food to provide energy. In addition, when weight loss
isdesired, a plan of action is needed for long-term success.

Energy Balance
Understanding the concept of energy balance (EB) is critical if you wantto
understand how body weight is regulated in human beings

Estimating Calorie Needs

Probably the first question that comes to mind when contemplating your
ownbody weight is How many calories do I need? There are sophisticated
laboratorytechniques to estimate this, but these tests are not practical for most
people. Table 4of this module includes one simple method of estimating needed
calories based onbody weight and activity level. An alternative method devised by
the U. S. Departmentof Agriculture (USDA) estimates energy needs based on sex,
age and activity level.

MEDICAL AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSION

Along with medical professions, there are hundreds of allied health
professionswhich complete the workforce in contributing to the whole-person
care of patients,support to healthcare professionals, and the efficient operation
of healthcareorganizations. The medical profession is a group ofindividuals
qualified to practice medicine. Alliedhealth professions, on the other hand, are
linesof work that still deal with healthcare, but aredistinct from medicine.They
have distinct and specializedknowledge and skills that actively work withpeople
accessing health and disability that areoffered services across a range of
settings.These professions include clinical laboratoryor medical technology,
physical therapy,occupational therapy, dietetic services, medicalrecord personnel,
radiologic services, speech-language pathology and audiology, andrespiratory
therapy.

HEALTH CAREER ORIENTATION PROGRAM

Are you interested to know whatcauses illnesses? Would you like tohelp people
get and stay healthy in anyaspect of health?Medical research, scientific
researchand technical breakthroughs have madethe health science industry one
of themost exciting and personally rewardingfields to explore. And the most
popularjobs in this cluster include those of:doctors, dentists, nurses,
chiropractors,pharmacists, radiology technicians, andphysical and occupational
therapists. A Health Career Orientation is anactivity –based career explorationto
broaden your knowledge aboutcareers in the health field. Health

career orientation helps you to:

• evaluate and assess such factors as personal needs, interests and skills

• provide an opportunity to identify and explore health careers

• learn about the duties and responsibilities of health professionals

• acquire an awareness of a wide variety of educational training and

resources for both academic and vocational fields

• pursue health career pathways for future education/ training

Guidelines to Help you Plan and develop your

Health Career Plan
• What are my short-term and long-term education and career goals?

• Why did I choose these goals?

• What education/training is required for me to achieve my goals?

• What institutions or facilities provide this training? Which institution or facility is

most appropriate to my interests, lifestyle, and preferences? Why?

• What courses will I take during grades 11 and 12 to prepare me for my

education or training?

• What co-curricular, volunteer, or community experiences will help me achieve

my goals?

• What do I have to do to achieve my goals?

• (e.g., save money, get work experience)

• What are the potential challenges I may face in the achievement of my goals?

• What will I do to meet these challenges?

• What is my timeline (e.g., 2 years, 5 years, 10 years) for achieving my goals?

• How will I monitor my success as I work to achieve my goals over the nextyears?

• Seek advice from at least one person (e.g., a parent, another student,
acounsellor, a mentor).