ABOUT US
The
PHILIPPINE DANCE COMPANY of Boston, Inc. (PDCo) displays the true spirit
of volunteerism, cooperation, hard work, friendliness and harmony within
the association. A non-profit group, its main objective is to preserve
and promote the Philippine’s rich cultural heritage. Where else can we
start to perpetuate our Philippine culture, but with our own families!
The company has provided a place for our American born children not only
to be conscious of their culture, but to appreciate, learn and be
proficient in performing traditional Philippine folk dances.
The members have represented the Filipino-American community at
various ethnic festivals and community events not only in the Boston
area and its surrounding suburbs, but also in other New England states
like New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. They have
showcased the Philippine culture for students at schools and colleges
such as the University of Massachusetts, University of New Hampshire,
Tufts University, Boston College, and Salem State College; high schools
in Braintree, Brookline, and North Quincy; and grammar schools in
Waltham and Brookline to name a few. They have brought awareness of
their heritage not only to federal employees at the US Coast Guard
Officer’s Club, the Hanscom Air Base, the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA),
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the US Corps of
Engineers, but also to employees of private corporations like Bank
Boston. The company has performed for fundraising benefits at the JFK
Library and the New England Aquarium, the Silk Road Gala for the Asian
Task Force Against Domestic Violence at the Boston Cyclorama and at the
Boston City Hall. Besides entertaining their fellow countrymen at
dinners and receptions, they have also entertained at private functions
and establishments like the Harvard Law School Reunion, the Rotary
International Anniversary Dinner, the Girl Scouts Executive Conference
Dinner Reception and the Belmont & Watertown Chamber of Commerce Awards
Night. The members have performed annually at the Boston International
Festival since its inception in 1992, and have joined their fellow
Asians at the Asian New Year Celebration and the August Moon Festivals
in Quincy and Chinatown, Boston.
The dance company’s repertoire provides a window for the diverse
and rich cultural heritage of the Philippines, its customs and
traditions, its many regions and the people’s different ways of life,
their love for the beauty of the nature that surrounds them, their
gaiety and friendliness. To achieve its purpose, the PHILIPPINE DANCE
COMPANY of Boston knows there indeed is no better way to showcase,
promote and preserve a country’s and it’s people’s cultural history than
through a panorama of dances, music and songs.
Our online photo album
is filled with pictures from our performances, social gatherings, and
our family.