{"pk":61607,"title":"Kinesthetic Interventions: Choreographies And Sounds Of The 2022 Philippine Elections","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Philippine dance abounds with political intention, transforming thefamily, region, and nation. As a response to sociopolitical events, I considerdances in campaign events leading up to the 2022 Philippine elections. Whatcan dance tell us about the relationship between political leaders and thosewho are led? What historico-political insights come from the spontaneous andephemeral quality of election performances? Using movement observation, Isurvey “election season dances” performed and circulated via Twitter (now X)and YouTube. I suggest that these are appeals to affect and to bodies’ desiresto move collectively—important components of Philippine performativetraditions.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"Essays","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/55r7x4k4","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Liza","middle_name":"M","last_name":"Constantino","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2025-05-07T22:16:51Z","date_accepted":"2025-05-07T22:16:51Z","date_published":"2025-05-07T22:27:07Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/alonfilipinxjournal/article/61607/galley/47537/download/"}]}