STELLAR KATHANGDAYOG
[katha + indayog]
Ang paglikha ng sariling pag indak sa saliw ng damdamin.
Dance is everywhere. You see it in play, in moments of reverence, at the height of battle, in life and in death. From the simplest everyday feelings, to the most extreme emotional experiences that shake our foundations –- we respond in movement.
For our 15th year, we explore the rich art of Filipino movement styles that shape the way we express ourselves, and connect to the world around us.
Dance is what unifies our lived experience. Dance is what breathes life into our soul.
This is Stellar Kathangdayog: A spectacle of Filipino Movement and Dance.
Polecats Manila’s Annual Student Showcase
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Newport Performing Arts Theater
This year is extra special, as it’s our 15th year to hold this event, and we’re doing it in our biggest venue ever: Newport Performing Arts Theater in Resorts World, Pasay City. It will be the first time for us to perform in this beautiful space!!
Newport Performing Arts Theater has the widest LED screen in all of Asia (perfect to supplement your performance!), and a spacious backstage area, with mirrors and lights for you and your friends to get ready all together. The venue also boasts of 1,710 comfortable, cushioned seats for your loved ones to watch your performances, plus available parking and eating areas in the connected mall.
We are STILL FINALIZING a LOT of details for Stellar and the classes to join for it, but we know that you are also planning the rest of your lives until July 20! So here are some details we are thinking of already. Please note that these may still change due to unforeseen circumstances. Please be assured that we will try our best to announce any changes as soon as possible:
April 27 onwards Stellar classes start!
June 8 - 14 Stellar Photoshoot Week
July 13 Stellar General Rehearsals
July 14 - 18 Stellar Final Rehearsals Week
July 20 STELLAR DAY
Please note that Stellar day is a SUNDAY this year!
How will we prepare for it?
To prepare for the show, our classes will be organized like our current term classes, in that we will be locked in to one class and schedule over several weeks, learning the tricks and choreography, with the same classmates. From April 27 onwards, classes will meet once a week to learn and practice each performance.
Stay tuned for our official schedule announcement in March! If you’d already like to have a hint of what the schedule will be like, it will most probably (with a few exceptions) be scheduled like the current term classes. If you want to join one of the classes for Stellar, please refer to our current term schedule! Better yet, join the current term of the Stellar class you want to join!
Why should I join?
To make the long story short: because it’s so much fun! To achieve tricks in class is one thing, and to put them together in a dance with your classmates on stage is a whole other level of fun and fulfillment. You will share a lot of laughs and good times in practice, and help each other nail tricks and dance moves. You will get all dressed up - make up, costumes, and all - and shine on stage for your loved ones to see. Just ask fellow classmates who have joined in the previous years! It's an incomparable experience and we hope you would consider to be a part of it!
To everyone who joined last year, we hope you are just as excited as we are to step into the limelight! We’re telling a whole different story than last year, and we will reveal this in the coming weeks!
If I’m a beginner, can I still join?
Of course! We will have a lot of classes open to beginners for this year's show! If you're currently taking classes already, then this is the perfect next step! Just keep coming to class, and you’ll be amazing!! If you have not joined any class yet, we recommend for you to sign up and try the classes you may be interested in right now, to be able to try out what you would be committing to!
What is the schedule of classes? Costs and fees?
We are still finalizing these very important details, and we will definitely have these out as soon as we can, so we can prepare for the show as early as now! Stay tuned for our official schedule announcements in March!
As mentioned earlier, if you’d like to have a preview of what the schedule will be like, it will most probably (with a few exceptions) be scheduled like the current term classes.
With regards to the fee, last year’s fee may also provide a bit of direction, though we have not yet finalized the exact fees. To join the recital in the previous years was around Php20,000 - 30,000, depending on how many classes you want to perform in to join. This is inclusive of Stellar classes in the studio from April 27 onwards, General Rehearsals in the studio, the venue and staff to make the event run smoothly, production crew, lighting director, stage and performance directors, Stellar photoshoot, truss set up, LED background, rigging team on stage on Stellar day itself (not included: costume, hair and make up, meals). We understand this is one of the bigger things to consider and prepare for at the start of Stellar season, so we want to give a heads up as early as now!! :)