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IPAG enraptures the
USA
15 standing ovations in 15
shows
29th Season: 'Kwits' explodes in fun
Bak2Bak plays in Davao
more exciting theatre from Southern
Philippines' best.
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IPAG
opens "Uwahig" in Iligan
ITI-UNESCO
festival entry in the MSU-IIT for 2007 National Arts Month
Fernandez wins 1st prize in
2006 Palanca
'Ming Ming' is best one-act play
RECENT STORIES
Seven standing ovations
in 7 shows
IPAG off to US Tour
29th Season underway
IPAG collaborates in 'Uwahig'
29th THEATRE SEASON
bookings particulars
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February
5
(time and venue to be later announced)
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OF COCKS
and ROCES
a humorous take on the short
stories of National Artist for Literature Alejandro Roces. The show will
be highlighted by a speech
of Roces in person. In celebration of the National Arts Month.
Direction&ScenarioSTEVEN
PATRICK C. FERNANDEZ
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2007
February
5, 7:30 p.m. Xavier U Little Theatre, Cgn de Oro
7, 8, 9, 10
15, 16, 17, 23, 24, 27, 28
7:30 p.m.
CASS Rooftop Theatre
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UWAHIG
A multi-media traipse through the elemental landscape of
postcolonial, postmodern, war-stricken environmentally ravaged Mindanao.
The collaborative piece has been produced by Mindulani, Inc., the
network of Mindanao theatre artists for the 31st UNESCO
International Theatre Festival. Front acting are new exciting dance
works by IPAG’s budding choreographers including OF COCKS AND
ROCES. To celebrate the National Arts Month.
Mise
en Scene & ScriptSTEVEN
PATRICK C. FERNANDEZ
ChoreographyFELIMON
BLANCO and IPAG
DesignsBOOTS
DUMLAO
MusicGEEJAY
ARIOLA and the MEBUYAN PEACE PROJECT |
February 21, 2007
Waterfront Insular Hotel, Davao City
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IPAG opens and celebrates the
Philippine-Australian community Assistance program anniversary.
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December 2006 -
February
2007 |
TALES FROM MINDANAO
the highly-acclaimed
international production recently returned from its US tour of 6 states
and 15 cities will continue to enthrall nationwide audiences.
Mise
en Scene, Music & DirectionSTEVEN
PATRICK C. FERNANDEZ
ChoreographyNOLLY
CEBALLOS and IPAG
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IPAG in US road show
blitz
American audiences have responded with 7
standing ovations for 7 shows of
Tales
From Mindanao in the IPAG's Hawaii island tour and in Olympia and
Seattle Cities in Washington State.
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IPAG off to 2006 US
tour
IPAG launches its road tours of the U.S. starting with performances of
Tales
From Mindanao in Hawaii in July 29. IPAG is featured
in the Philippine Centennial Celebrations.
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29th Season offers
more excitement
Two local in-base productions and several
international-national road tours of its well-acclaimed shows make exciting the
IPAG 29th Season for 2006-2007. |
IPAG
mounts 'Uwahig'
Steven P.C. Fernandez conceptualized, wrote, and directed the collaborative production
Uwahig, Mindanao's entry in the UNESCO-organized International Theatre
Institute (ITI) Philippine Theatre Festival. |
IPAG enraptures the U.S.
15 standing ovations in 15 shows
 For
10 weeks starting
last July 27, the Integrated Performing Arts Guild (IPAG)
jaunted to six
states and fifteen cities inviting goodwill and introducing the tri-people art
of Mindanao to over 60,000 audiences in Hawaii and the mainland U.S.
Two and a
half months, 15 full-feature, and 9 excerpted performances later, IPAG reveled
an audience as diverse as America. In its 15 full-feature performances, IPAG
received long standing ovations for all of them. The tour was appropriately
capped by a headline performance in the DC Dance Festival at the prestigious
Kennedy Center where, as the D.C. press reports, IPAG “easily stole the show.”
The IPAG
sojourn celebrated the Philippine Centenn ial
in America. The Hawaiian Filipino Centennial Commission,
the Washington D.C.-based Migrant Heritage Commission, the
Filipino American Community of South Puget Sound in Olympia, the
Philippine Heritage Foundation of North Carolina and various other American
institutions organized IPAG’s performances.
With the
performances came generous media exposure and goodwill. Rave reviews further
affirmed IPAG’s drawing power in the international stage.
After 5
full-feature shows in the islands of Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii (and a guest
appearance at the Lapu-Lapu Awards in downtown Waikiki), IPAG enthralled
audiences in Olympia, Seattle, Los Angeles, Arlington, Washington D.C., Virginia
Beach, Durham-Raleigh, and the Fayetteville International Arts Festival.
The fest in
Fayetteville (home to Fort Bragg) is attended annually by over 70,000 people
representing more than 30 countries. In this 28th outing, the festival - ranked
among the top 20 events in the southeastern U.S. – top-billed IPAG highlighting
the Philippines as this year’s featured country. A special performance was
organized to fete honored guest newly-appointed Philippine Ambassador Willy Gaa.
Visibly in
praise of the performances in various occasions were numerous dignitaries, among
them, Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle, Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann, Senators Ron
Menor and Daniel Akaka, Congressman Neil Abercrombie, Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa,
Kauai Mayor Bryan Baptiste, Carson City Mayor Jim Dear, Former Chief Justice
Hilarion Davide, Jr., members of the Philippine diplomatic corps, and Gaa who
watched the IPAG twice.
The 2006 US Tour Page
Earlier Stories:
Seven standing
ovations in seven shows
IPAG off to U.S. tour
related
essay
Dancing Goodwill without the 'tinikling'
Performance Table
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More events for 29th Season
After the hilarious success of
Kwits that twin-billed Patas by Steven P.C. Fernandez and New Yorker sa Tambacan,
an adaptation of the now-classic comedy by Marcelino Agana, New Yorker in
Tondo, IPAG continues its theatre events for its 29th Season.
 The acclaimed black comedies, Babuyan Island and Isa Pang Kawing
performed in Davao, Oct. 28 at the CAP Auditorium. Billed
Bak2Bak,
the plays essayed gender politics and the "clash" of the sexes.
Sponsor was LCB Performing
Arts.
Tales From Mindanao returns from its highly successful road show of the US
and will continue to tour Philippine schools and venues starting in November until
February 2007.
Completing the season is Uwahig, the multi-media production by Steven
P.C. Fernandez. New works by IPAGs choreographers pool front-act Uwahig.
IPAG also actively participates in the 2007 National Arts month in February
taking part in events that celebrate the country's arts fiesta.
Check the remaining shows in the
schedule above.
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IPAG opens 'Uwahig' in Iligan
 The
mullti-media
traipse through the elemental landscape of postcolonial, postmodern,
war-stricken environmentally ravaged Mindanao, 'Uwahig' is set for
performances at the MSU-IIT CASS Rooftop Theatre. This post modern play weaves folklore in New
Theatre based on the Mindanao Indarapatra epic. It deconstructs the story of two
brothers who
defend the land against darkness. Interspersed in the narrative are the flood
legends. Images of contemporary representations of darkness (war, hunger,
evacuation, and environmental destruction) are shaped through digital images,
puppetry, masks, music, chants, chorus, and poetry. The play had its World
Premiere as Philippine entry in the UNESCO-International Theatre Institute 31st
Theatre Olympics of the Nations in Manila.
Steven P.C. Fernandez conceptualized, wrote, and directed the collaborative production
With Fernandez was a team from the IPAG that joined Mindanao artists Felimon Blanco and Boots Dumlao in
mounting this theatre 'piece de resistance' .
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Check related articles:
Uncovering Uwahig
(also published in the June 19 issue of The Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Fernandez wins 2006 Palanca
IPAG Artistic Director Steven P.C. Fernandez won first place in this year's
Palanca Awards for Literature. Fernandez's entry 'Ming Ming' won in the One Act
Play (English) category. The play is also in the performing repertoire of the
IPAG. The Palanca is the country's most prestigious literary arts contest.
Fernandez received a medallion and a cash prize. Awarding took place at the
Makati Dusit Hotel last September 1.
2006
US-HAWAII TOUR
WORLD TOUR 2002
2002 REVIEWS
IPAG WORLD TOURS
TALES FROM MINDANAO
MORE REVIEWS
IPAG has performed in over 100
cities around the world, in the USA, Hawaii, Monaco, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, the
Netherlands, Austria, United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, .
It won the Grand Prize in the Concourse de
Chanson Internationaux
and was most awarded group of the 13th International Folklore Festival in
Port Sur Saone, France.
It performed for the Philippine Centennial Celebrations in
Hawaii and in 6 other States in the U.S. Mainland. |
photo credits: Arvin
Solis | Saki Binudin | IPAG | Robert Booc
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Taiwan | Ronald Salazar | Steven Fernandez
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