Philip Christian Roxas

Grade 12
Contemporary Arts
Lesson 6 Support System Institutions and Initiatives Across The Regions
Educational Institutions such as schools and universities offer formal artistic training and
grant degrees upon completion of an academic program at the tertiary or post-graduate
level.the academe is an extensive training ground for artist,curators,scholar-critics and other
practitioners in the arts to individuals who pursue academic activities the status of experts.
Universities and colleges offer courses on Fine Arts,Design Multimedia Arts, art
management, Curatorial Studies and similar courses related to artistic and cultural
production.Aspiring artist enroll in the various art programs of the school to gain in depth-
training,receive mentorship from artist-teachers and camaraderie from peers.
Non-government and academic sectors have also actively taken part in the staging of
contemporary theatrical performances in the country foremost of which are the PETA
(Philippine Educational Theater Association) Kalinangan Ensemble which stages original
works and translation for community theater performances the tanghalang Ateneo that
stages both fiipino plays and adaptations of the classic.
There are several provincial dance companies which still perform traditional folk dances and
compete regularly in folk dancing competitions.There are the kalilayan (old name of tayabas
quezon) Folkloric dance group the university of San Carlos Dance Troupe, The Leyte Dance
Theater, The University of the Philippines Filipiniana Dance Group, and the Lyceum of
Batangas Folk Dance Company.One of the Contemporary dance groups that has made use
not only folkloric dance forms but also contemporized ethnic folk music is the UP Kontra
Gapi.Today Philippine dance has taken on a chameleon-like identity in the sense that is
straddles seamlessly between hiphop,ballet,local folk dancing and even contemporary
jazz.In the visual Arts museums are traditionally based on a collection of objects.Tasked to
preserve heritage for the enjoyment and education of present and future
generations,museums are often linked ideas of permanence and authority.The Neoclassic
architecture of the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila exudes an aura of grandeur
leaving beholders with the impression that objects inside the treasures worthy of historical
remembrance.A museum may be large-scale as the National Museum which houses an art
gallery and ethnographic collection in its main branch.