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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First of all, I would like to thank everyone who helped me finish my race. I am

happy that I was able to face all of these challenges with the people supported and took

care of me especially when I was in need. To my adviser Dr. Pinky Valdes, thank you for

your undying patience and support for the arts. Without you, my thesis would not have

found its track. To my panel, Ms. Shandy Unicruz and Ms. Pat Datul-Ramirez, thank you

for helping me further deepen the context of my thesis. I would also want to express my

gratitude to the respondents from SPIT Manila, Philippine Playhouse Theatre, Daloy

Dance Company and Steps Dance Studio who accepted me without any hesitations for

my interview. You have welcomed me warmly with your hospitality and supported my

thesis topic what my thesis topic.

To people who helped me during my documentation, thank you for sparing your

time to help me document my interviews. I also want to thank the Emma Rotor Faculty

and METTA for validating my questionnaire to make sure its on the right track. Special

mention to the head librarian of Mother Rosario Learning Center; thank you for arranging

my authorization letters for my library research in different universities. It wouldn’t have

been possible without your help. Lastly, I dedicate my thesis to God who have gave me

enough strength to do this study, my family specifically my mother and father who has

been my emotional support for my entire research, my close friends who pushed me not

to give up and for the artists who are struggling to find their true creative expression.

Thank you for giving me light.

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