The "fifth wall" is the imaginary barrier that guests pass once they exit a venue after a cultural experience, to return to their everyday lives. With this namesake in mind, FIFTH WALL revolves around the idea of engaging movement-minded individuals to go beyond the fifth wall for a boundless celebration of dance from all angles®.
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Vogue Philippines →
"FIFTH WALL FEST returns for its much-anticipated hybrid edition."
Tatler Philippines →
"Is the future of PH dance on film?"
Philippine Daily Inquirer →
“I think this festival finds strength in that... anything and everything ‘dance’, we love doing.”
Tatler Philippines →
Adobo Magazine →
"Dance and cinema come together in sensual film festival."
Esquire Philippines →
"... a vehicle to enhance the local arts and culture scene in spite of the pandemic. It aims to bring performances outside of the traditional theater venue, and depict the ephemeral nature of movement in any setting."
Manila Bulletin →
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October 2025
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October 2020
Edition VI
Muscle Memory
Now on its sixth iteration, FIFTH WALL returns with its annual flagship event in the form of “Muscle Memory”, where movements are revisited, and time and space are reframed. From October 25 to 26, 2025, the much-anticipated creative gathering takes place in the heart of Makati, on the 28th floor, Tower II, of RCBC Plaza, reframing the city itself as a makeshift stage.
One purchased ticket allows you to “move through the fifth wall” and explore how memory lives within the body, and how instinctive gestures can become sites of rediscovery.
Six editions on, FIFTH WALL’s ethos remains constant: to reimagine movement, and to invite its audience to do the same.
A choreography of memory and motion
Entitled “Muscle Memory”, to understand the relationship between architecture and dance, is what the festival aims for this year. We investigate how repetition, rhythm, and recall shape our understanding of self and space. Everyday gestures such as walking, reaching, dressing, sitting, and more, are recontextualized into new patterns, revealing how the body archives memory and meaning through motion.
As FIFTH WALL enters the central business district it finds new ways for the inhabitants to move within the space. City dwellers become the active participants in a performance that unfolds into a living choreography. The audience this time around is invited to participate, wander, pause, notice, and interact with the installations. Each gesture, however small, becomes part of the evolving composition of people.
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Andre Chan (visual art)
Anna Buquid (fashion)
Apa Agbayani (film)
Ayni Nuyda (visual art)
Brian & Alison Black (drag, lifestyle)
Elijah Canlas (film, theater)
Em Enriquez (fashion)
Jer Dee (visual art)
Jerms (music)
Jim Ferrer (theater, dance)
JM Avenido (architecture)
Jodinand Aguillon (fashion, theater)
Jon Santos (theater, film)
One/Zero (architecture)
Raco Ruiz (visual art)
Rolling Stone Philippines (culture)
wwwith Sai Versailles
Tarzeer Pictures (visual art, film)with Ryan Reyes & Sachi Primo
EDITION VI
October 2025
EDITION V
October 2024
EDITION IV
October 2023
EDITION III
October 2022
EDITION II
October 2021
EDITION I
October 2020
The "fifth wall" is the imaginary barrier that guests pass once they exit a venue after a cultural experience, to return to their everyday lives. With this namesake in mind, FIFTH WALL revolves around the idea of engaging movement-minded individuals to go beyond the fifth wall for a boundless celebration of dance from all angles®.