CULTURAL DANCES:

An-Anin-Nit (ahn-ahn-neen-neet)
Igorot – Bontok, 8 males playing the gong, 8 females.
A dance depicting the sound and movements of wood spirits in Bontok culture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Gw8G9Co7w

Balangbang (bah-lang-bang)
Igorot – Bontok; 8 males playing gongs, 8 females dancing, even number of warriors.
Bontok war dance. Traditionally performed after a war dance, the Balangbang is currently performed as a celebratory, communal dance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QSJrMBMiRs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Gw8G9Co7w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kZQPMCP5KE

Kasudoratan (kah-sooh-doh-RAH-tahn)
Moro; Female scarf and fan dance.
A Muranaw welcome dance done by women holding scarves and fans. “Doratan” means to attract or intrigue. Contrary to popular belief, it does not depict a royal manner of “walking” among the Muranaw.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1lmJ7Km1wo. (2:00)

Madal Siwal (mah-dahl see-wal)
Lumad – T’boli.
A T’boli dance mimicing the t’toli bird as it creates the T’boli universe

Mazurka Boholana (mah-ZOOR-kah-boh-hoh-LAH-nah)
Spanish influence; Maria Clara.
This dance is a traditional ballroom dance popular in Bohol and in other provinces during the Spanish times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1UfztMpbsg

Langka Baluwang (lahng-ka bah-loo-wahng)
Moro – Sama; all male
A Sama martial arts dance depicting an angry monkey.

Sayaw Sa Bangko (sah-YAHW-sah-bahng-KOH)
Rural
This dance is native to the barrio of Pangapisan, Lingayen, Pangasinan, and demands skill from its performers who must dance on top of a bench roughly six inches wide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN09R1VTzZ0

Sagayan a Dilapet; Sagayan a Baybaylan (sah-gah-yan ah dee-lah-peht; sah-gah-yan ah bay-bay-lahn)
Moro – Maguindanowan; 2 males, 2 females.
Performed by shamans carrying a shield elaborately painted with curlicues, rounds, twirls and mirrors which are attached with shell noisemakers. In their other hand, they carry a double-bladed sword (kampilan) of metal or wood. Sagayan dancers are dressed in three tiered skirts, brightly colored topper and headgear embellished with all the imaginable colors of twine trimmings formed into flowers, balls, sunbursts etc. Long, yellow playful tassels almost hiding the face surround the headgear.

The dance involves leaping, turning, jumping, kicking and the rolling movements of a warrior ready to defend his master in battle. Kamanyang fumes inhaled by the sagayan moves him to perform in a magic-like trance. On most occasions, this dance is performed before any celebration or gathering to drive away evil spirits (tunong) and to welcome good fortunes or omen.

Tinikling (tih-NIHK-lihng)
Rural; even amount of people
Tinikling is an Indigenous dance from the Philippines which involves two people hitting bamboo poles, using them to beat, tap, and slide on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance. The name is a reference to birds locally known as Tikling, which can be any of a number of Rail species; the term tinikling literally means “tikling-like”.

Tinikling involves five steps, of which the first four, dancers are dancing opposite each other, and the last step, they have to start from the same side of the poles. It originated in Leyte among the Visayan islands in central Philippines as an imitation of the tikling bird dodging bamboo traps set by rice farmers. The bamboo is also used as a percussive instrument as it is banged against the ground (or a piece of wood to make it easier to hold) and each other in a pattern. When the bamboo closes it has to be hard enough to make a sound and the dancers must be quick enough to not get their foot (or feet) caught. As the dance continues the banging of the bamboo becomes faster and harder , the sound of clashing bamboo thrills the crowd and the quickness of feet demonstrated by the dancers awes them.
In at least some cases, it has been used in conjunction with traditional Filipino Martial Arts, to demonstrate fleetness of foot and flow of movement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD0PBgWI0vc&feature=related

CONTEMPORARY DANCES:

Contemporary/Interpretatative/Lyrical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sndA2Av2n2Q

Father-Daughter Dance
Waltz-type dance with female-male couples; even number of males and females.

Hip-Hop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq611YjJ3Ps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWVKhUyxerQ