Contempora

ry Philippine

Theater and
Performanc
e
Reported by:
Ji, Ira Rayzel Zhao, Rose Jean Chua, Nicole
Delos Santos, Marc Angelo Sanchez, Valiant
Gene
 Theater Arts
• collaborative form of fine art that
uses live performers, typically actors
or actresses, to present the
experience of a real or imagined
event before a live audience in a
specific place, often a stage.
Contemporary Theater
• Embodies current approaches in interpreting
life to become a new living experience
• Employs new technologies influenced by the
changing physical landscape and lifestyle
• Privileges the interpretation of common day-to-
day experience as living experiences
transformed through sound, movement, words,
and visual representations of the contemporary
environment
Contemporary Theater
It can be identified through characteristics that
exhibit the following:
• Tradition-based forms using new idioms of
expression
• Functional use of local language
• Motifs and narratives
• Transformation of ordinary spaces into spaces for
performance and community participation
• Collaboration of new artists and well-known artists
• Primacy of function
• Relevance of the performance to the audience
Contemporary Theater
It has opened its doors to multi-art performances
which have encouraged non-theater artists to
create original plays based on their real-life
experiences.
•Improvised plays- plays which have been
created in a short period using local experiences
and local cultural forms
•Devised plays- plays based on ideas and real
experiences if actors, without the aid of a written
script
Contemporary Theater
Improvisations developed from poetry such as
tula-dula/dula-tula, sabayang bigkas, rap, and flip
top, have garnered a top spot in popularity and
audience participation for original plays, since
they draw from a long tradition of using local
poetry’s discipline in interpreting social realities
and translating these into words, sound and
rhythm, movement and images drawn from the
local talinghaga.
Contemporary Theater
Southern Tagalog’s ARTIST utilized the “bola sa
kili-kili” acting style, inspired by the comedian
delle arte performances to re-tell stories of
historical significance in a light-mannered style.
Ex:
•Obon di Malayad’s Lumawig
•Julio Mendoza’s Si Bulusan nan si Agingay
Contemporary Theater
Examples:
•Glecy Atienza and Bobet Mendoza’s Pataya,
Patihaya (2003-2016)
•TnB Titser ng Bayan (2003-2014)
Contemporary Theater in Visayas
Examples:
•Fray Paolo Causurao’s Tomando La Luna, and
Hamurawon
•Rene Sison’s Gugma sa Yutang Natawhan
Contemporary Theater in Mindanao
Examples:
•Glecy Atienza and Bobet Mendoza’s Pataya, Patihaya (2003-
2016)
•TnB Titser ng Bayan (2003-2014)
•Fe Remotigues Sinalimba and Nestor Horfilla’s Siak sa Duha
Ka Damgo
•Don Pagusara’s Banay ni Crisanta performed by Kaliwat
Theater Colective
•Arnel Mardoquio’s Bulawan
•Romeo Narvaez’ Dula Ta and Banay ni Crisanta by
Kabpapagariya Theater Ensemble og MSU General Santos City
•Steven Patrick Fernandez’ Tales of Mindanao
•Bebot Rodil’s Tud Bulul by Integrated Performing Arts Guild
of MSU Iligan City
 Performing Arts
• includes dance, music opera, theatre
and musical theatre, magic, illusion,
mime, spoken word, puppetry, circus
arts, performance art, recitation and
public speaking.
Contemporary Performance
Examples:
•Hand-painted murals of movie stars
•Computer-generated art or tarpaulin print
•Dance
•Zumba
•Street dance
•Lantern Parade of UP Diliman Campus
•Adaptation of Haring Tubul, Ubu Roi, and Battalia
Royale
•Stand-up comedy performances done in more casual
spaces like bars and restaurants (Tuesday Vargas,
Chocolate, Candy Pangilinan)
•Political satire of Rex Navarette
Contemporary Performance
Poetry, which used to be merely a
required subject in class, has become a
popular mode of critical discussion
through the flip-top, a poetric joust
performed by youngsters in open
spaces. It is in consonance with the rap,
a poetic joust done in a syncopated
rhythm and made popular by singers
Francis Magalona, Andre E, and Gloc 9.
 Conclusion
•Cyperspace has created a new world
of existence, innovating new forms of
communication as well as new forms
of dealing with daily life. Thus,
numerous forms have evolved in using
current sound and rhythm, movement,
words, and visuals in creating living
art experiences such as theater, dance,
and musical concerts.
Thank You for listening!