Mindanao tales fascinate Europe 
Long curtain calls punctuated the recent performance tours of the IPAG in Europe. The company represented the Philippines in various festivals and performance events in France, Spain and Portugal from August 5 to September 7. Bringing its signature ballet Mindanao dance idiom based on the pangalay, IPAG delighted critics and audiences with its dance-narratives collective titled "Tales From Mindanao." 

Festival organizers have signified their commitments to again invite the IPAG to tours iin their 1999 programs. 

related sites: 
World Tours page 
"Mindanao lore fascinates Europe" Inquirer reprint 
"Dulaan" on-line magazine 

IPAG cancels US-Canada tours 
The economic crises and the transition government effected IPAG'S  cancellation of its North American performances. With confirmed bookings in Winnipeg, Toronto, and the Ontario cities, and participation in the international Festival in Michigan, IPAG had to forego this first leg of its world tour prior to its commitments in Europe. Exacerbating the situation were the PAL strikes, imbroglio in government funding agencies, refusal of travel agencies to allow credit, and conflicts among the officials of the transition administration. 

The Europe leg continued with support from the Cultural Center of the Philippines. 

Season offerings for 1998 
Touring dance-music productions highlight the IPAG repertory season this year.  

The "Tales From Mindanao" saga sets for regional and international tours. This same production has represented the country in various performance events abroad. 

IPAG premieres its latest neo-ethnic dance-story from the Maranao epic Darangan, "The Abduction of  Princess Lawanen" in January 23, 1999.  

A remounting of the musicale "Datu Matu" is set in the middle of next year. 

Local and regional tours also present Centennial-related concerts.  

A recital of new dance works capped  the 1998 Summer Performing Arts workshops at the MSU-IIT last May. Kick-off performances for this year's international tours were held in the last week of May. A centennial production premiered at tthe Iligan City plaza during the Independence Day rites. 
 

Drama students hold art exhibits 
Stagecraft, Dramatics, and Humanities students capped their semester's course with an art installation exhibit entitled "Imbulog ng  Imahinasyon." It was night of creativity among the institute's young artists. "Imbulong" featured award-winning poets Ralph Semino Galan (artist of the IPAG and now literature teacher in the UST), Dr. Anthony Tan, and the works of German Gervacio. Highlights of the program were exhibits of stage miniatures, costumes, and a dance performance of the IPAG. 

Wilven Pinili, faculty adviser,  choreographed the dance segments. Dean of the College of Arts and Social Science is Prof. Evelyn Jamboy. 

"Imbulong" performed October 19, 6:00 p.m. in the CASS lawn. 
 

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A grant from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts support operations for production and  adminstrative of the IPAG in the company's efforts to develop its repertory capabilities and audiences.

The grant subsidizes support for the guild's repertory program through the build-up of its audience base. 

A production grant for the mounting of "The Abduction of Princess Lawanen" has also been approved by the NCCA. "Lawanen" will be part of the MINDULANI circuit tours next year. 

Caluen visits Iligan 
Founding member and IPAG Associate Artistic Director Ricardo Jorge S. Caluen returns to Iligan to visit after 6 years in Toronto, Canada. Ricky was Associate Artistic Director until his migration to North America in 1992. He has directed a number of hit plays in his long stint with the Guild. Ricky was also part of the management team in the institutionalization of the IPAG as a leading regional theater. 

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