UNFOLDING SUCCESS STORIES OF FESTIVAL DANCE PRODUCTION: THE CHOREOGRAPHERS’ PERSPECTIVES

Abstract

The epistemology of this study lies in the actual processes and experiences of the participants who joined as choreographers in the national festival competition in the Eastern Visayas Region. Henceforth, this study unraveled the hidden stories, narratives, and historical underpinnings of the choreographers of the four festivals in the region to understand and explore the hidden secrets in winning the national festival competition. A multiple-case study utilizing the cross-case data analysis was used. This was validated and approved by the panel of experts. The main instrument of this study was a semi-interview which was recorded using a digital device, transcribed using Microsoft Word, coded and extracted using a macro program embedded in the MS Word. Informed consent from the participants was sought before the conduct of the interview. The anonymity of the interviewed respondents was upheld. To augment the veracity of the data, this study collected documents from the different municipalities where the winning festivals were. The results revealed that spending time in conducting rigorous research about the festival being produced, choosing the right people in the production, and sufficiency and efficiency of budgetary requirements are highly encouraged in staging festival dance production.

Keywords: Festival Choreographers, Multiple Case Study, Narratives and Concepts, Ingenuity and Creativity, Sufficient Budget Allocation