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DANCE AS ENACTED MIMETIC PERFORMANCE
what is mimetic dance

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What is Mimetic Dance?

Mimetic Dance is an imitation, reflection, or representation of the world and human life.
It is the second major category of the indigenous theater which may 1) imitate the
movements of animals on air, land, and water; 2) depict the movements associated with
tribal activities, whether political (fighting in war and head-hunting), economic (rice-planting,
fishing, and hunting) or personal and social (child-rearing, courtship, or death); or 3)
dramatize episodes taken from or inspired by the epic of the tribe.
1. Imitates the movements of animals.
 Air

Kadal Blila (T’boli) - mimics the

movement of a bird.
Air
Land

Ikalahan (Kalanguya) - mimics the

movement of a monkey.
 Water

Talik Barak (Pampanga Baluga) -

mimics the movement of a swimming
bayawak.

Pagkamura (Tausog) - mimics

the movement of a sea mantis.
2. Depict the movements associated with
tribal activities.
 Political
(fighting in war and
head-hunting)

• Saot (Talaandig) - a war dance

 Economic
(rice planting, fishing, and
hunting)
• Bilaan maral (central
communities) - depicts the
stages in rice planting,
namely: the mabah
(searching) , the almigro
(clearing) , the amla
(planting), the kamto
(harvest).
 Personal and Social
(child-rearing, courtship, or
death)

Sinuhon no bata or The Crying Baby

(Matigsalug) - the stages and rites the
passage of a life cycle.
 “IBALONG”
THE EPIC OF BICOLANDIA
 4 Dance Steps of Ibalong
that incorporates to mimetic
performance
 ORAGON
(mimics the virtility, strength, and pride of
the 3 legendary heroes)
 PAGLILINSA
(inspired by the motion of planting rice)
 PAGHAHABLOM
(mimics the weaving of abaca fiber)
 KAPANGGANAHAN
(mimics the victory againts fearful
creatures)
THANK YOU!