Baranggay Philippine Dancers Australian Tour (1968 - )

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The Baranggay Philippine Dancers, also presented as ‘The Baranggay Dancers’ and ‘The Baranggay Folk Dance Troupe’, first toured Australia in 1968. The company was initially brought to Australia by The Arts Council of Australia in association with the Adelaide Festival of the Arts by courtesy of the Philippine Normal College of Manila.

The 1968 program was broken into four parts, Canao (Igorot Mountain Dances), Los Bailes de los Anos Pasados (Dances of Yesterday), Muslim Dances (Dances from Mindanao), and Mga Saya Sa Kabukiran (Dances of our Countryside). The company began their Australian tour at the Adelaide Festival of Arts, before performing in country South Australia, Mildura, country New South Wales, and Canberra.

The Baranggay Philippine Dancers returned to Australia in 1972, supported by the Arts Council of Queensland and the Music Promotion Foundation of the Philippines, once again performing at the Adelaide Festival of the Arts, and later touring to Queensland and Tasmania.

A program for their 1968 tour notes: ‘The name Baranggay … originally referred to the boats used by the Malays visiting the Philippines in pre-Spanish times. The dance troupe chose the name for its connotations of co-operation, friendly association and harmonious living, for the objectives of the troupe embody those things. It aims to develop the physical, mental and social life of the individual through the co-operative efforts of its members.’

See also: Adelaide Festival of the Arts

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