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An original triptych Musicale Filipino’s heart and soul: how we live, how we ache, and how we love… now and forever. Direction, Concept, and Choreography: Douglas Nierras Who do we NEED! Dancers with strong singing skills and will not die trying! Singers with strong dancing skills and will not die trying! DECEMBER 10, 2025 (Wednesday) 1:00 PM – Registration ( 1st Batch) 2:00 PM Onwards - Vocal & Dance Audition DECEMBER 11, 2025 (Thursday) 12:00 PM – Registration ( 2nd Batch) 1:00 PM Onwards - Vocal & Dance Audition DECEMBER 12, 2025 (Friday) Call Back WHAT TO PREPARE DANCE • Come in proper dance attire that allows full movement and clean lines. • Be ready for a choreography combination. SING • Prepare two Tagalog songs: — 1 Ballad — 1 Upbeat Number 1 Headshot & Full-body (printed) • Printed résumé (1–2 pages max) AUDITION VENUE Douglas Nierras Powerdance Studio @ Gym Area, 5th Floor Victoria Sports Tower, EDSA Southbound, 799 Epifanio de los Santos Ave, South Triangle, Quezon City, 1103 Metro Manila (beside GMA-Kamuning EDSA) CONTACT DETAILS Message/call to pre-register: • Mobile: (+63)965 168 1437 • Email: [email protected] • FB Page / Messenger: facebook.com/dnpd88 https://m.me/dnpd88

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Powerdance Douglas Nierras

Douglas Nierras is the founder, Artistic Director, and Choreographer of Douglas Nierras Powerdance. Creatively involve in dance for over five decades, his present choreographic and teaching style is the distillation of influences from the various companies he became a part of, as well as academic training in dance pedagogy, both here and abroad. He is the NCCA “1998 PASASALAMAT NG BAYAN SA SAYAW AWARDEE” for modern dance and recipient of the “GAWAD ALAB NG HARAYA 2001” award for Outstanding Choreography in Dance. On January 30, 1999, he became the Grand Prix Winner at the “10TH SAITAMA INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE DANCE CONCOURSE 1999-2000”. This is the first and only international Grand Prix honor for creative contemporary choreography won by a Filipino in its entire dance history. Dubbed by noted art critic, Marge Enriquez as… “One of the country’s most important choreographers of the century”, no less than National Artist for dance LEONOR OROSA GOQUINCO has called him “The Quintessential Choreographer”. Douglas Nierras was voted ALIW AWARD BEST CHOREOGRAPHER while Powerdance was elevated to the 2004 hall of fame of the aliw awards as best POP/JAZZ CONTEMPORARY DANCE GROUP for having three years in a row, 2001, 2002, and 2003. Douglas Nierras is the only dance guru/choreographer who received 2-lifetime achievement aliw awards. Furthermore, he gained the respect of the public sector when he received the “PATNUBAY NG SIGNING AT KALINANGAN SA SAYAW” Award during the Araw ng Maynila Celebration on June 22, 2005. Douglas Nierras is also highly recognized in Philippine mainstream media, gracing numerous major variety shows, dance festivals, and dance competitions as an esteemed mentor, judge, and choreographer. Name some of the competitions, he has mentored, judged, and choreographed for are R.S.V.P, D.A.T.S, That's Entertainment, GMA Supershow, Lunch Date, Party Pilipinas, Starstruck, SOP, Walang Tulugan, of GMA 7. 'Sang Linggo nAPO Sila, Student Canteen 1984, ASAP, Pilipinas Got Talent, Easy Dancing, MUSIKAHAN, Star Dance and I Can Do That of ABS-CBN. Talentadong Pinoy, Shall We Dance, and Dancing Nation of TV 5. Drag Race Philippines on selected streaming platforms. He has also judged many local dance festivals such as the Sinulog Festival and the popular Aliwan Festival. For theatrical/musical performances, to name a few A Chorus Line, Once on This Island, Song and Dance, La Cage aux Folles, Illusione, Maynila Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag, and Bondo a Tsinoy Musical. For movies He was also commissioned to choreograph and direct TV commercials, TV series, and Movies in the Philippines, to name a few, Fantaserye of GMA 7’s The Last Prince, Bong Revillas’ Movie Captain Barbel, Musical Movie EMIR commissioned by THE CCP, the international movie "The Bushido Blade" (1981), 90’s Tide Commercials, Sun Silk and Cream Silk Commercials, and the renowned SARSI “Angat Ka Sa IBA” Commercial is up until now been the basis of Ingenuity in Conceptualizing, Choreographing, and Directing TV ADS in the commercial industry. He is the 1st to utilize, explore, and develop 5D Performances (Dance Video Interactive) with the use of Modern Visual Technology in the Philippines and also the first to use and explore Aerial Dancing. Adopting and maximizing available technology in the Philippines. He is also commissioned to Direct and Choreographed Presidential State Visit Cultural Dinner Gala, to name a few, the United States of America President Barrack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japanese Empress Michiko Shōda, Japanese Emperor Akihito, and the 21 Presidential State Visit for The World Economic Forum hosted by the Philippines in 2014 and graced by the 21 Leaders Across the World. He is also commissioned to Direct and Choreographed international concerts, such as Project Panalangin, which has been witnessed by more than 125,000 people here and abroad since its inception in 2006. “Sayaw Ng Puso At kaluluwa” which toured the Philippines and 10 Countries in Europe in 2012 and “Mga Kwento Ng Puso At Mga Sayaw Ng Pag-I big” which was created to express gratitude for the help of the European Countries in giving Aid and Support for typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan which devastated Leyte and Samar in the Philippines. DANCES OF THE HEART AND OF THE SOUL, aiming to reach out to the younger generation of Philippine lineage abroad to, not only reconnect and learn about Philippine Contemporary Dance but to unleash an inner and renewed appreciation for homegrown creativity and, perhaps, help to empower them to express themselves and their uniqueness as Filipinos, through the art of dance while maintaining the principles and discipline necessary for the art. Truly, Douglas Nierras Powerdance has brought dance to greater heights and a different dimension. Aside from the said achievements, he is continuously working on his life-long mission to educate the people and future dance artists in the Philippines conducting Choreography Clinics in different regions in the Philippines achieving great results, giving dance workshops and character development in various government to non-government organizations. Together with his dance company POWERDANCE, they established their own Scholarship Program that continuously gives FREE scholarships to deserving but less privileged potential dancers, the program has already developed dance artists and choreographers who are now successful in their careers locally and abroad. Indeed, it is priceless to embark on a noble resolve which has no other desire but to educate the mind, the temporal body, and the everlasting soul. Notwithstanding the varied awards and responsibilities, he undertakes in his various capacities as artistic director for his company, Douglas considers himself to be … Importantly and simply a Teacher. Known as the Philippines’ premiere company in modern, jazz, and show dance, Douglas Nierras Powerdance is internationally recognized and respected as a contemporary dance company. It was formed in 1988 by Douglas Nierras who had the vision of teaching, performing, and sharing the art of dance and making it more accessible to greater audiences, especially the youth. Receiving no regular government nor private corporate subsidy, the company aims to do its share in the promotion of contemporary Filipino culture and help develop a more sensitive public by sharing that unique dance experience peculiar to Douglas Nierras Powerdance. For the past 22 years, it has carried this vision by presenting self-produced annual concerts dealing with a variety of issues and inspirations—from the spiritual to the mundane, from the historical to the contemporary, from the global to the domestic, from the most socially sophisticated to the colloquial—all done with a brash, challenging, thought-provoking, and very distinct choreography, an edge that has been a Nierras and Powerdance trademark. Douglas Nierras Powerdance has gone a long way from its appearance on the television show Shades in 1988, barely four weeks after it was formed. Later came the television show RSVP, and since then the company has enjoyed notable performances on television, stage, and the cinema, locally or abroad. Douglas Nierras Powerdance has represented the country on several occasions including the Festival International de Jazz de Mexico (1990), the ASEAN Festival of Songs in Singapore (1989-94), the East Meets West Economic Summit (1995), and the final performer for the Asia Dance Festival in Tokyo (1996). In March 1998, Douglas Nierras Powerdance performed an all-Filipino repertoire at the Lincoln Center, New York City, as part of the Philippine Centennial Celebration there. On 30 January 1999, Douglas Nierras Powerdance bested dance companies from 73 other countries to win the Grand Prix at the 10th Saitama International Creative Dance Concourse in Yono City, Japan—the Philippines’ first and only grand prize for modern dance choreography. Douglas Nierras Powerdance has also received the Aliw Awards for Best Pop/Contemporary Dance Group for 2001, 2002, and 2003, winning the Hall of Fame Award in 2004. The company is composed of full-time professional dance artists, teachers, and choreographers who, aside from being performers, produce, promote and market the company’s shows and the Douglas Nierras Pedagogy. These dancers are dedicated artists who view their involvement with dance as a serious career and have undergone extensive training in the various disciplines of dance here and abroad, honing their craft to high technical competence and mature artistry. DOUGLAS NIERRAS POWERDANCE is trained, choreographed, and directed by its founder... DOUGLAS NIERRAS.