The Leyte Kalipayan Dance Company is one of the best folkloric dance troupes in the Philippines today and has been performing since 1961 in the local as well as international scene. Its repertoire consists of Philippine traditional dances and music showing a kaleidoscope of Philippine culture through the performing arts.
The company started out as the The Leyte Filipiniana Dance Troupe, founded in 1960 by Teresita Veloso Pil as a small school project, with the encouragement of Sister Mary Canisius, School Director of the Holy Infant College in Tacloban City, Philippines. Its initial performance in September 1961 for the school’s College Day celebration was so successful that it generated invitations to perform in other parts of the city, in the province, and eventually all over the country.
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