DLC Little Ballerinas, Hiraya Theater Company to perform in annual fundraiser

As part of its annual fundraising efforts, Datu Lubay Center (DLC) will produce a Christmas dance concert titled “Sinaot Sinadya sa Paskwa” at the St. Anthony’s College De Wit Hall on December 15.

The Dance concert will feature the students in Baby Ballet, Ballet 1 and 2, with the Hiraya Theater Company, and guest performers Rubie Rizza Estaris.

The Little Ballerinas shall perform their repertoire of Dance of the Flowers and Chinese Dance from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” and Dance of the Seaweeds, Dance of the Fishes, and Dance of the Jellyfish from “The Little Mermaid.” Choreography is by Crimson Guirjem, resident instructor of DLC.

Hiraya Theater Company shall perform their repertoire of Hawaiian, belly, hiphop, contemporary, and folk dances. Tickets for the dance concert are available at DLC, parents, and Hiraya members.

We have a new office

We are pleased to announce our new office at the 2nd Floor, The Pinnacle Business Center along Ricarze St., San Jose, Antique. The entrance is by JF Mart. Our new office will have a dance studio and a gift shop, and in the future maybe an art gallery. Visit us there.

Datu Lubay Toys Museum

Welcome to Datu Lubay Toys Museum. After almost a year of renovation and preparation, we are ready to open the museum. Official opening is scheduled on April 25, 2010. Here is the gate, along Progreso St., made of old bed posts. The house is covered by a thick foliage of mango trees. We do not want to cut the branches, though.

The entrance is of antique kitchen doors. It's called the Door of Ten Blue Moons.

This is the first section of the gallery: An exhibit of international costume dolls. We have porcelain dolls from Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, and a collection of Precious Moments dolls. There is a cloth doll form Kenya, terra cotta doll from India, also a collection of Wizard of Oz dolls given by Peter Nery. We also have a Cory Aquino doll and a Sam Milby doll among the Philippine dolls collection. Still wanting a display case is the Barbie Dolls of the World collection.
This is the section on performing arts. We have Chinese masks, Burmese, Indian, Indonesian puppets, Sarawak ritual dolls, Vietnamese water puppets, miniature musical instruments, etc. Our pride is the Ramayana quartet by original Bangkok Dolls, and statuettes of Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, and Strauss from Austria, and a bust of Homer. These Western masters are displayed alongside Asian folk musicians - a terracotta band from Thailand, for example. The legong dancers and water puppets are displayed with Sesame Street!

We are still doing the Balay-balay (Play House) section and the toy cars section.

Datu Lubay Center logo

The Datu Lubay Center logo symbolizes creativity, peace, and beauty. Like a lotus flower or hands clasped in prayer, it symbolizes the creative space and force that it envisions.