Summary: Using a fan and curing the head, learn to do the Filipino dragon dance step in this free dance lesson video from an award-winning Filipino dancer.
Potri Ranka Manis is an instructor at Lotus Music and Dance in New York City. Ms. Manis is the daughter of a sultan from the southern Philippines. She performs the classical and...read more
"The dancer, the fan should be held this way with no effort. And the three fingers should be up just like the toes, it demonstrates the beauty and the curl of the Panolong or the Dragon head. Now the dragon has a very special part or role in every art of the Maranao. The Panolong and or Dinaga, and this demonstrate the waterfall. And this demonstrate the window. And this is usually dance in an Insam where the flower, the flower, the lotus flower will be demonstrated. And can you imagine if this is dance by five dancers? It will create a beautiful circle and a flower."