I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.” - bell hooks

Projects

Maribeth Manalaysay Tabanera / Kilusan with dark hair smiling in a warmly lit room, standing near a door and plants, with text overlay about Maribeth Malayaysay Tabanera Reel.

7-Minute Demo Reel


Video Description: Video highlight reel of some of Kilusan's work as a multi-disciplinary artist and educator from 2017-2024.

“Kilusan B2B DJ Crispy NYE Mix”

Event: Window Radio 0008c
Date: December 2024
Location: Public Domain, Winnipeg, MB
Role: DJ
Video Description: 1-minute clip of performance, recorded by Hayden Mekai of Window Radio
Full Performance Here

“Indigenous Grooves 2024”

Event: Indigenous Grooves presented by Fab Collab
Date: May 2024
Location: Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
Role: DJ
Video Description: 16-second clip of performance, recorded by TD Music Hall, Video by Michael Fisher
Full Performance Here

"Pagpapasok sa sarili ko/Coming Into Myself"

Book: Magdaragat: An Anthology of Filipino-Canadian Writing
Date: November 2023
Published by: Cormorant Books
Role: Contributing Author
Video Description: 1-Minute Clip of reading at Winnipeg Book Launch, McNally Robinson, Wpg
Full Video Here | Purchase Book Locally Here

“Into Our World”

Presented by: Art Holm No. 8
Date: September 2023
Location: Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB
Role: Choreographer, Performer, Writer, A/V Producer
Video Description: 1 Minute Clip of performance, recorded by Kelechi Asagwara
Website

Maribeth Manalaysay Tabanera / Kilusan with long dark hair and dark lipstick sitting in a room with bookshelves and artwork in the background.

“From 40K in debt to condo owner”

Presented by: CBC Manitoba, Creators Network
Date: March 2022
Role: Writer, Producer, Editor, Director
Producer: Robin Summerfield
Cinematographer: Quan Luong
Cinematographer Assistant: Markus Henkel
Image Description: Still from Video Essay
Full Article & Video Essay

Maribeth Manalaysay Tabanera / Kilusan wearing a red jacket and black pants jumping in the air outdoors with leafless trees and a cloudy sky in the background.

“Parks, playgrounds and sidewalks”

Presented by: CBC Manitoba, Creators Network
Date: January 2021
Role: Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematographer
Image Description: Still from Video Essay
Full Article & Video Essay

Kilusan Logo by Mosgroove

Listen to my DJ mixes on Mixcloud

18 Years of Kilusan video content

Past DJ Performances & Clients

    • Midnight Madness, Seafood City, Winnipeg

    • Wawanesa Street Festival (Grey Cup Festival), The Winnipeg Football Club

    • Together Again Gala, The College of Family Physicians of Canada, CMHR, Winnipeg

    • Crafted Fashion Show, Winnipeg Art Gallery

    • Love Me Jeje, Club. Cabana, Winnipeg

    • Missy D at Nuit Blanché, CMHR, Winnipeg

    • The Beer Can, Winnipeg

    • Neighbour x Neighbour Festival, Winnipeg

    • Brunch N’ Beatz, Confusion Bar & Grill, Winnipeg

    • Manitoba Marathon

    • Pride Winnipeg

    • Soul Supreme, Exchange Event Centre & CCFM, Winnipeg

    • Young Lungs Dance Exchange AGM, Kilter Brewing, Winnipeg

    • Bodega Boogie, Cordova Tapas & Wine Bar, Winnipeg

    • Sounds Like Light, Exchange District Biz, Millennium Centre, Winnipeg

    • CanadaLife AGM, The Forks, Winnipeg

    • HEATED, The Handsome Daughter, Winnipeg

    • La Islas Restaurant Soft-Opening, Toronto

    • First Nations House Celebration, University of Toronto, Toronto

    • Synonym Art Consultation, New Year’s Day @ The Forks, Winnipeg

    • Window Radio NYE, Public Domain, Winnipeg

    • The Forks Holiday Market, The Forks, Winnipeg

    • Big Picture Learning - Leadership Summit, Denver, Colorado

    • Ruby Chopstixx Velvet Rope QTBIPOC Showcase, West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg

    • UNDAS - Nuit Blanche, Winnipeg Film Group, Winnipeg

    • 52 Adelaide Open House, Winnipeg

    • House of Pink Lady Kiki Ball, West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg

    • Kultivation Festival, Darling Bar, Winnipeg

    • Adam Small's Pop-Up Party, Darling Bar, Winnipeg

    • Unity Charity Festival 2024, Harbour Front Centre, Toronto

    • DJ for ODI Performance at Pride Toronto: BQC: Standing on Biz-ness, Toronto

    • FabCollab's Indigenous Grooves, TD Music Hall, Toronto

    • Grippin Sage w/ Boogey The Beat, Kaptain, MA.BWE, 111 Princess St., Winnipeg

    • Open Jam Collective - Dance Session, DanceLifeX, Toronto

    • Pinay Tayo x Yonge North York BIA - Enchanted Lights, Mel Lastmane Square, Toronto

    • The Catchup with Babyvay and JamieLee, The Libertine, Toronto

    • BlueprintForLife, Kashechewan First Nation, Ontario

    • Making Waves Swims School Gala, Mississauga Grand Banquet & Event Centre, Mississauga

    • New Years Day, The Forks, Winnipeg

    • Kultivation Festival Pop-Up Pasko Marketplace, The Forks, Winnipeg

    • Big Picture Leadership Conference, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA

    • iSLAS Filipino BBQ, Toronto

    • Truth and Reconciliation Day with Aaniin, Stackt Marketplace, Toronto

    • Rhythm and Art, Elly & Amar Studio, Toronto

    • Just TV Summer Showcase, West Broadway Skate Park, Winnipeg

    • Rhythm and Brunch, Elly & Amar Studio, Toronto

    • Salamander Summer Music Festival, Brandon

    • Bastid BBQ Winnipeg, 211 McDermot Ave, Winnipeg

    • Synonym Art Consultation x Peg City Car Co-op Event, Low Life Barrel House, Winnipeg

    • Alpha Toshineza @ Valour Game Half Time Show, IG Field, Winnipeg

    • Mad Marketing Agency Event, Darling Bar, Winnipeg

    • Winnipeg Sea Bears Basketball: Filipino Heritage Night, Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

    • Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Canada National Celebration, The Fort Garry, Winnipeg

    • Cluster Festival & Pride: The Sunset Pride Lounge, The Forks, Winnipeg

    • Cait & Pati's Queer Lounge, Low Life Barrel House, Winnipeg

    • Jamz Guest, Darling Bar, Winnipeg

    • Kilter Brewery, Winnipeg

    • Darling Bar, Winnipeg

    • Nimi'idiwin @ Goodwill Social Club, Winnipeg

    • Knots Movie Fundraiser, DJ, West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg

    • Kultivation Festival Fundraiser, DJ, Bahay Kubo, Winnipeg

    • Beat Street Studio, Winnipeg

    • Kilusan @ Festival Du Voyaguer, Whittier Park, Winnipeg

    • Alpha Toshineza @ Festival Du Voyaguer, Whittier Park, Winnipeg 

    • Begonia Powder Blue Album Release Listening Party, Lowlife Barrel House, Winnipeg

    • Bodega Boogie, DJ, Cordova, Winnipeg

    • Assiniboine Park Zoo Lights, Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg

    • 2U4U at Tapestry, Toronto

    • Soul Supreme, Winnipeg

    • Holla Hip Hop Party, Winnipeg

    • Kimmortal, Tita Jokes Showcase, Performer, Hamilton

    • Aaniin TRC Indigenous Fashion Showcase,  Toronto

    • NoFunClub Recording Studios Opening Party,  Winnipeg

    • Grape Labs Nuit Blance Party,  Winnipeg

    • Big Picture Learning, Big Bang 2022 Conference, Hollywood, FL

    • Kimmortal, Folk on the Rocks in Yellowknife, N.W.T., 

    • Kimmortal, Taking B(l)acked Pride in Seattle, Washington, 

    • Jazz Winnipeg, Winnipeg Jazz Fest 2022, Winnipeg

    • Assiniboine Park Conservatory, Wildest Dreams, Winnipeg

    • Pride Winnipeg, Winnipeg Pride Festival, Winnipeg

    • Tyler Del Pino Show at Goodwill Social Club, Winnipeg

    • Fame Nightclub, Hip Hop Night, Winnipeg

    • The Joyful Project, Concert for Socks at The Park Theatre, Winnipeg

    • The West End Cultural Centre x Real Love Winnipeg, Winterruption Festival, Winnipeg

    • Peg City Boys, JROA Concert After Party, Winnipeg

    • K. Chedda, International Women’s Day Party, Winnipeg

    • Goodwill Social Club, Winnipeg

    • ArtsJunktion Fundraiser, Live IG DJ Set,

    • Lavender Menace, The Forks, Winnipeg

    • Digital Winnipeg Pride Festival, Winnipeg

    • University of Winnipeg Digital Roll Call Party, Winnipeg

    • The Beer Can with Fourth Quarter Records at BBS, Winnipeg

    • Big Summer Fest, Big Picture Learning, Virtual DJ Set

    • Q.P.O.C. Winnipeg for Ladies Night at Club 200 Resident DJ Jan 2018-Feb 2020, Winnipeg

    • Young Lungs Dance Virtual Dance Party

    • Graffiti Art Programming Virtual Launch

    • Anthony OKS EP Release Party, Tallest Poppy, Winnipeg

    • Synonym Art Consultation: First Friday. Winnipeg

    • Who’s The Illest, The Park Theatre. Winnipeg

    • Amy and Tyson’s Wedding, Manitoba Club, Winnipeg

    • Sexual Du Voyaguer, Goodwill Social Club, Winnipeg

    • FridayKnights, Soft Opening Party, Winnipeg

    • CKUW, Q2 Met Gala, The Metropolitan, Winnipeg

    • Bar I Fridays with Mike B., Bar Italia, Winnipeg

    • NOWHERE New Years Eve 2020 Celebration, Winnipeg

    • Malcolm Jay’s EP Release Party, Goodwill Social Club, Winnipeg

    • Young Lungs, Fundraiser Party, 90 Annabella, Winnipeg

    • Queenfidence, Product Launch Party, Cloakroom Wellness, Winnipeg

    • HairBruu Opening Party, Chaise Corydon, Winnipeg

    • Funktion Fridays at Chaise Corydon, Winnipeg

    • ModeShift Conference Afterparty with Winnipeg Trails, Winnipeg

    • Bastid’s BBQ Winnipeg with Skratch Bastid and DJ Maseo, Winnipeg

    • Synonym Art Consultation’s “Wall-to-Wall Festival, Winnipeg

    • B.O.S.S. Dance Team Battle at Canada Day at the Forks, Winnipeg

    • RBC Youth Pride Dance Party, Winnipeg

    • Synonym Art Consultation Wall-to-Wall Fundraiser, Winnipeg

    • Graffiti Art Programming Downtown Moves 7-to-Smoke, Winnipeg

    • Queer People of Colour Winnipeg Underworld Ball, Winnipeg

    • Synonym Art Consultation First Fridays, Winnipeg

    • Rising Strong, International Women’s Day, Winnipeg

    • UMSU x RSAC x RPM’s fundraiser with Monique Heart, U of M, Winnipeg

    • Women in Architecture and Design, Théâtre Cercle Molière, Winnipeg

    • NOWHERE New Years Eve 2019 Celebration, Winnipeg

    • Gabrielle’s Funk’s Women Bad Bad Good Opening, Graffiti Gallery, Winnipeg 

    • Synonym Art Consultation “Wall-to-Wall Festival 2018,”Winnipeg

    • Casual Friday, Legion Osborne, Winnipeg, MB, Winnipeg

    • Graduate of Sarah “Mamacutsworth” Michaelson, “DJ Academy for All Women and Non-Binary Folk”