ILI Dances

01/29/2025

Wayland as guest artist-drummer-dancer with HT Chen & Dancers.

https://www.lamama.org/opening-the-gate-and-mott-street/

12/18/2023

We had a wonderful time performing at the Honolulu Museum of Art on December 17 as part of Pasko (Christmas) celebration and parol (star) making day. 🕺🏽🎄💃🏽

While we love dancing, playing kulintang, and public speaking, engaging with children and their parents holding and striking gangsa (handheld flat gongs) and dancing was especially special for us!❤️

🌺Big thanks to Amy Endres, Zachary Hetzler, Dani, Sarah Elizabeth, Pilar and the entire staff of the museum for being super helpful and welcoming, along with members of the Filipino American University Women, and Marilyn at the Statewide Cultural Extension Program🌺

🎄Maligayang Pasko, Mele Kalikimaka, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanza, Happy Holidays! And may aspirations for peace and light in the world never wane.🪷

Aloha 2023. 🤙🏽 More to come in 2024!☀️

12/16/2023

Desiree and I perform as ILI Dances, traditions of the Philippines, on Sunday, December 17, starting at 11:00 AM at the Honolulu Museum of Arts. Three short sections with breaks in between. This is part of Pasko and parol making day!

Come on down and participate with us. Holiday season Family fun🕺🏽🙂💃🏽🎄🌺🌲

11/20/2023

Desiree Quintero and Wayland Quintero co-wrote the Philippine chapter for this new teaching publication. 🕺🏽💃🏽

Know Culture, Know Self☀️

11/16/2023

Performance - teaching - audience participation at the One Kalakaua Assisted Living Center, for a "Philippines Pau Hana" event where US Veterans in the their 80s and 90s were honored.

Strike gongs, dance, salute to these old timers!

*See caption description in each photo. Thank you to Linda Vares and Michelle Esclipse for the photos.

10/28/2023

Our fellow artists and new friends - Helobung, "Endless Joy!"

Fifth venue of the week: The Barbara Smith Amphitheatre, Friday, October 27. Pre-show food reception and then another beautiful performance, under the moon.

Two more venues -- Saturday, October 28

*The Filipino Community Center, 10:00 AM
*Waipahu Public Library, 2:30 PM

Free. Join us!

10/27/2023

Very satisfying week thus far on Oahu with Helobung, the indigenous Philippine, Tboli performance group finishing its tour of America, sponsored by the US State Department- Centerstage Cultural Exchange program.

ILI Dances/ILI Performing Arts is honored to have served as a co-organizer with Tau Dance Theater (Peter Rockford Espiritu), the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (Terri Skilman), East West Center (Eric Chang), and Filipino Studies at Leeward Community College along with venue hosts the Filipino Community Center with the Filipino American Historical Society of Hawaii, Paʻi Foundation, Ka Waihona o ka Na'auao Charter School, Leeward Theatre at LeeCC, Leeward Community College Waianae Moku, and the Waipahu Public Library.

More photos to come with three remaining events:
October 27, 7:30 PM at UH Manoa Barbara Smith Amphitheatre
October 28, 10:00 AM at the Filipino Community Center, Waipahu
October 28, 2:30 PM at the Waipahu Library

10/24/2023

Gangsa! Pangalay! Folk Dance! Fans! And more.

ILI Dances/ILI Performing Arts: Performances, workshops and lectures for schools, community groups, public and private events- festivals, weddings, senior centers, corporate gatherings.

We'll meet you where you are.

10/24/2023

Taste of Philippines Food, Fashion, and Dance event, Kona, Big Island- October 21, 2023.

Desiree Quintero was flown out to perform Pangalay.

This is "Taste of Philippines 10-21-23, ILI Dances" by Wayland Quintero on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

10/23/2023

Pangalay Ha Agung, October 20, 2023, East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.

This is "ILI Dances: Pangalay Ha Agung 10-20-23 ([email protected])" by Wayland Quintero on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people…

10/23/2023

As you will see in the video, the crowd joined in as playing the flat gongs (gangsa) and dancing is a communal tradition for all.

The piece is called "Ballangbang," for the event- "The Philippines Matters to Hawaii, Hawaii Matters to the Philippines", October 10, 2023. The Fulbright students playing with Wayland (leading the group) learned their patterns and movement in a one hour session.