Biñan Folkloric Dance Troupe

The Biñan Folkloric Dance Troupe (BFDT) began as a group of young and highly competitive street dancers known as the Biñan Dance Company, a group that rose to national prominence after performing at the Malacañan Palace. As time passed, the original members pursued different paths, leaving only the youngest dancers to carry on the group’s legacy. Eventually, the company went on hiatus.

Recognizing the need to preserve and strengthen the city’s folk dance tradition, the Biñan City Center for Performing Arts (BCPA) reorganized the group into what is now the Biñan Folkloric Dance Troupe. The remaining members of the former dance company became BFDT’s pioneering dancers

Under the artistic direction of Mr. Jordan V. Sarcia, with the assistance of Mr. Arvin Jay Bongon, the troupe underwent rigorous and disciplined training. This process quickly transformed BFDT from an emerging performance group into a company capable of staging full-length dance productions, alongside regular performances in local and national events.

One of BFDT’s landmark works is PAMANA: The Philippine History in Movement, a dance production that received a Dance Production Grant from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in 2019 and was later recognized as a finalist in the 2020 Philippine LEAF Awards for Outstanding Dance Production. The troupe has likewise been featured in major NCCA programs, including Dance Xchange on Air (2021) and Sayaw Pinoy (2023).

On the international stage, BFDT’s senior dancers were part of the Philippine delegation to the 2022 Asian Cross-International Online Performance, where the Biñan City Center for Performing Arts, in partnership with Roleplayers, Inc., presented a dance interpretation of Goethe’s Faust. Beyond these engagements, the troupe continues to be invited to perform in various local, national, and international platforms, while consistently producing its own concerts, most notably the annual Pasko Kosiyerto every December.

In recognition of its sustained contributions to cultural development and youth empowerment, the Biñan Folkloric Dance Troupe was awarded Outstanding Youth Organization in the Field of Culture and the Arts in 2023 by the City Government of Biñan, through the Youth and Sports Development Office.