"Tales" tours banner 24th Season

Tales From Mindanao sets for more national tours. It  opened its 2001-2002 campus tours with 2 shows at the U.P. campuses in Los Banos and Diliman last July 16 and 17, respectively. "Tales" performs in Baguio, Iloilo, Los Banos, and Mindanao campuses, among other venues.

The internationally-acclaimed "Tales" has been on several legs of a national tour in the last 2 seasons performing to large enthusiastic audiences around the country in Manila, Subic, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Butuan, Cagayan, Marawi and Los Banos, among other sites The dance theater has represented the country in many international festivals in France, Netherlands, Austria, England, Spain, Portugal and Singapore. It is set for a short road tour of Taiwan this year and a longer one in Europe next season.

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24th Season Schedule Out

The Artistic Director announces the 24th Season offerings of original works. These productions built on the IPAG dance-music theater style features collaborative works of IPAG artists using local creative resources. 

In MSU-IIT, IPAG performs new dance vignettes and merges this with pop in cooltura@pop to  premiere August 17 and 18 at the MSU-IIT gym. The innovative music-parody How the Women of Joaquin Met Lawanen goes onstage December 7 and 8. New experimental works featuring small-castdancers-actors-musicians premiere in Mumunting Espacio (Small Spaces) in February next year.

A Choreographers Workshop will be conducted October 22-27 to be capped by the production of new works.

The Tales From Mindanao saga continues on its nationwide campus tours. In the wings too are plans for a major celebration of IPAG's Silver Jubillee next year, its 25th Season.

IPAG Director in World Who's Who

The Who's Who in the 21st Century has announced the inclusion of IPAG Director Steven Fernandez in its first edition for the millenium. Biographies from all over the world are carefully screened for inclusion in this major reference published by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England. Editor-in-Chief Jon Gifford in his announcement writes: "It is difficult to select biographies whose achievements are among the most noteworthy in their field."  check out the Director's page. 

Dance Workshop conducted

Fifty two participants from all over Mindanao completed a week's intensive course on ethnic dances. Dance researchers facilitated instruction of dances from Central Mindanao and the Cordilleras. Augmenting the workshops were lectures by specialists in dance composition, ethics of ethnic dances, dance group organization and arts management. Guest resource persons included Ramon Obusan and his staff, Ruth Tilanduca who brought a Tala-andig contingent, and the IPAG facilitators. Steven Fernandez and Nolly Ceballos delivered the lectures.