IP Dance Team - Iskwelahang PilipinoIskwelahang Pilipino

The IP Dance Team is a new extracurricular program that started in 2021, to supplement regular IP dance classes. IP made this group for students who want to learn more folk dancing. One of the goals of this program to give our students the opportunity to perform outside of IP Special Events. Another goal for our Dance Team is to raise public awareness of Filipino culture & the Filipino-American community throughout New England.

If you are interested in booking our Dance Team for an event, please contact us!

IP Dance Team Repertoire

Iskwelahang Pilipino Dance Team performing Pangalay at the 14th Annual Asian American Day Festival at the Boston Common (2024).
Iskwelahang Pilipino Dance Team performing Kini-Kini at the 14th Annual Asian American Day Festival at the Boston Common (2024).
Iskwelahang Pilipino Dance Team posing before their performance at Gillette Stadium for the New England Revolution's AAPI Match.
Iskwelahang Pilipino student dancing Pandanggo sa Ilaw at Oasiwas.
Iskwelahang Pilipino Dance Team performing Pandanggo sa Ilaw at Oasiwas at the Harvard Square Philippine American Alliance's Filipino American Festival (2023).
Iskwelahang Pilipino Dance Team dancing Sakuting at the Harvard Square Philippine American Alliance's Filipino American Festival (2023).
Iskwelahang Pilipino student dancing Binasuan with red juice in the cups!
Iskwelahang Pilipino Dance Team bowing after their performance at the AANHPI Festival at the Boston Common (2023).

Currently, students in our Dance Team can perform the following dances:

Suite	Dances
Rural	Tinikling, Binasuan, Sakuting, Pandanggo sa Ilaw-Oasiwas
Mindanao	Vinta, KiniKini/Katsu, Pangalay, Malong
Lumad	Pansak Si Laley, Madal Tahaw, Tahing Baila, Dugso

IP Dance Team Performances

Since its establishment, the IP Dance Team has showcased Filipino dance at festivals, exhibits, and events across Massachusetts, such as:

The Mary Baker Eddy Library’s Annual One World
The Cambridge City Hall Employees’ Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month observation
The Canton Folk Festival
The Umbrella Art Center as a pre-show performance before Middleton Heights
The New England Revolution’s AAPI Heritage Month Match at Gillette Stadium
The Harvard University Peabody Museum’s ArtThursday: Celebrate Filipino Heritage event
The Asian American Day Festival at the Boston Common
The Harvard Square MayFair
The Harvard Square Philippine American Alliance‘s Filipino American Festival
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education’s (DESE) Fall Partners in Equity Leadership Conference

We have proudly been repeat performers at the Asian American Day Festival, Harvard Square MayFair, and Harvard Square Philippine American Alliance’s Filipino American Festival for multiple years!