Just before the world came to a halt due to the pandemic, Shirley Halili-Cruz gathered 10,000 dancers to perform “Unity Dance” in a bid for the Guinness World Record’s Largest Dance Contingent category.
The choreography reflected her vision as chair of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts-National Committee on Dance (NCCA-NCD) to embrace and promote dance groups from various regions and their diverse styles.
The participants studied a video of her choreography, set to the pop song “Sayaw (Dance)” performed by Davaoea Maan Chua.
“Unity Dance” was to be performed before Guinness World Records officials in April last year in an open field in Pototan, Iloil…
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