Ang Sayaw Ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa: Movie Review By Myra Burgos

“Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa explores the intersection and divergence between feminist and gay concerns in the third world context.  When Marlon, a college student, stalks Karen, his literature professor, he finds out that she moonlights as a choreographer and dance teacher in a dance studio.  Frustrated over his performance in her literature class, he plans to impress her instead by learning to poeticize his body movements and enroll in her dance class.  He hires his classmate to teach him the basics of dancing.  As Dennis, his tutor, teaches him how his body should move, Marlon begins to understand the intersections between the art of poetry and dance.“

"Ang Sayaw Ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa" is a film by Alvin Yapan under Vim Yapan/Alem Chua Production in Cooperation with BIGTOP Media Productions, Inc. and Far Eastern University.

"Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa" is one of the official entries in the upcoming Cinemalaya 2011 Film Festival which will be held on the month of July at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.


This movie is directed by Alvin Yapan which stars Paulo Avelino, Rocco Nacino and Ms. Jean Garcia.

This movie for me was a very inspiring and beautiful one. It tells about how a person can express ones feelings through dancing and saying no words. Watching this movie, i had a difficult time understanding some scenes but after a while, it came to a point that i understood it well. The movie was about a student, Marlon, that  fell i love with his literature professor, Karen,  and decided to enroll on her dance class. Before his attempt to enter his professor's dance class, he hired his classmate, Dennis,  to teach him how to dance so that he can impress Karen. Eventually, Dennis fell in love with Marlon not knowing that he would leave once he reached his goal of impressing her professor. In the end, the movie will lead you to a question of what happened to Marlon Karen and Dennis' relationship with each other.

What's good about the movie is the thing that it does not have  "mahalay" or  "manyak" scenes like what gay movies used to be here in the Philippines. They used poetic dance instead of the actual intercourse of 2 gay people. I really appreciated that part because it changes the perspective of people of what gay movies are.

In my opinion this movie is worth watching :)