Contemporary Art:

-—art produced at the present period in time.

—Contemporary art includes, and develops from, Postmodern art, which is itself a successor to Modern
art.

—In vernacular English, “modern” and “contemporary” are synonyms, resulting in some conflation of the
terms “modern art” and “contemporary art” by non-specialists.

Contemporary art forms are the following:

—1. Choreography

—2. Musical instrument

—3. Literary and music composition

—4. Visual design

—5. Theatrical performance

Contemporary dance:
—-is a popular form of dance which developed during the middle portion of the twentieth century and
has since grown to become one of the dominating performance genres for formally trained dancers
throughout the world,

—-with particularly strong popularity in the U.S. and western Europe. Although originally informed by
and borrowing from classical, modern, and jazz styles, it has since come to incorporate elements from
many styles of dance.

—-but due to its popularity amongst trained dancers and some overlap in movement type, it is often
perceived as being closely related to modern dance, ballet and other classical concert dance styles.

MUSIC, DANCE & THEATER

MUSIC OF FILIPINO: Cordillera-

The flat gong commonly known as gangsaand played by the groups in the Cordillera region of the bossed
gongs played among the Islam and animist groups in the Southern Philippines.

2. Kalaleng or Tongali(nose flute) Because the kalaleng is long and has a narrow internal diameter, it is
possible to play different harmonics through overblowing—even with the rather weak airflow from one
nostril.

3. Tongatongis a bamboo percussion instrument used by the people of Kalinga to communicate with
spirits during house blessings. It is made of bamboo cut in various lengths. When you hit it against soft
earth a certain drone reverberates though the instrument’s open mouth. When an entire set of
Tongatong is played in interloping rhythm and prolonged with the tribal chanting, it could put the
audience and the dancers in a trance

4. Diwdiw-asis 5 or more different size of slender bamboo that

is tied together.
5. Saggeypoit is a bamboo pipe that is closed on one end by a node with the open end held against the
lower lip of the player as he blows directly across the top. The pipe can be played individually by one
person or in ensembles of three or more.

6. Solibao is hallow wooden Igorot drug topped with pig skin or lizard skin this is played by striking the
drum head using the palm of the hand.

7. Bungkaka- bamboo buzzer.

8. Kullitong- polychordal bamboo tube zither.

9. Ulibaw- bamboo jaw’s harp

Southern Islands:

Kulintangrefers to a racked gong chimeinstrument played in the southern islands of the Philippines,
along with its varied accompanying ensembles.

ensembles. Different groups have different ways of playing the kulintang. Two major groups seem to
stand-out in kulintangmusic. These are the Maguindanaon and the Maranaw. The kulintang instrument
itself could be traced to either the introduction of gongs to Southeast Asia from China from before the
10th century CE, or more likely, to the introduction of bossed gong chimes from Java in the 15th century.

Harana and Kundiman:

The Harana and Kundimanare lyrical songs popular in the Malaysian Islands dating back to the Spanish
period.

In the 1920s Harana and Kundiman became more mainstream musical styles led by performers such as
Atang de la Rama, Jovita Fuentes, Conching Rosal, Sylvia La Torreand Ruben Tagalog.

Rondalla:

The Rondallais performed on ensembles comprisingmandolin instruments of various sizes called

banduria composed on the Iberian tradition. Other instruments including guitars, is also performed. It is
original to Spain.

Tinikling:

The Tiniklingis a Philippine dance which involves two individual performers hitting bamboopoles, using
them to beat, tap, and slide on the ground, in co-ordination with one or more dancers who steps over
and in between poles

Cariñosa:
The Cariñosa(meaning loving or affectionate one), is a Philippine national dance from the María Clara
suite of Philippine folk dances, where the fan, and handkerchiefplays an instrument role as it places the
couple in romance scenario.

OPM (Original Pilipino Music)

Original Pilipino Music, now more commonly termed Original Pinoy Music, Original Philippine Music or
OPM for short, originally referred only to Philippine pop songs, particularly ballads, such as those
popular after the collapse of its predecessor,the Manila Sound in the late 1970s, up until the present. In
the 1970s, popular OPM artists included Nora Aunor, Pilita Corrales, Eddie Peregrina, Victor Wood and
Asin, among others.The more major commercial Philippine pop music artists were Pops Fernandez, Claire
dela Fuente, Didith Reyes, Rico Puno, Ryan Cayabyab, Basil Valdez, Celeste Legaspi, Hajji Alejandro, Rey
Valera, Freddie Aguilar, Imelda Papin, Eva Eugenio, Nonoy Zuniga and many others.Between the 1980s
and 1990s, OPM was led by artists such as Regine Velasquez, Sharon Cuneta, APO Hiking Society, José
Mari Chan, Dingdong Avanzado, Rodel Naval, Janno Gibbs, Ogie Alcasid, Joey Albert, Lilet, Martin
Nievera, Manilyn Reynes, Lea Salonga, Vina Morales, Raymond Lauchengco, JoAnne Lorenzana, Francis
Magalona and Gary Valenciano, among many others.In the 1990s, famous artists/bands included
Eraserheads, Smokey Mountain, Donna Cruz, Jessa Zaragoza, Ariel Rivera, South Border, AfterImage,
Andrew E., Jaya,Lani Misalucha, Rivermaya, Ella May Saison and Roselle Nava, among many others.