The myths of spirituality: The presence of Christianity, the Filipino and the body in the tales of the Manuvu

• Main Author: Ricafort, Nicole Karissa T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2012
• Subjects: Dance > Philippines > Central Mindanao; Spirituality > Philippines > Central Mindanao; Christianity > Philippines > Central Mindanao; Manobos (Philippine people); Comparative Literature
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/2458
• Institution: De La Salle University

This thesis aims to study how dance functions as a second-order semiological system, specifically focusing on the Tales of the Manuvu by Ballet Philippines which was performed last 2009. By using the theory on mythologies by Roland Barthes, it seeks to unveil what myths are naturalized in the dance...