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IPAG launches 2006 U.S. tour
IPAG featured in Hawaii Philippine Centennial
celebrations in July
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"Bak2Bak" tickles and
pains
New plays by German Gervacio and Steven Fernandez
essay gender politics
Tours
draw more kudos
"Tales
From Mindanao" and "Tatlo sa Isa" in Iloilo and Manila
IPAG joins collaborative play
Fernandez directs and writes new multi-media
production
CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE IPAG GRADUATES
Phoebe Jean Gayanelo, BS Bio,
Institute Performing Arts Awardee
Albert Manosa, AB Political Science, CASS Theater Arts Awardee
Ronald Josol, AB Filipino, Theater Arts Dept. Awardee
RECENT STORIES
Two comedies premiere in Iligan
Tokyo salutes
IPAG-Sovanna Phum production
IPAG hosts National
Choreographers Workshop
IPAG National Tours
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EVENTS
Workshops
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May 12 (Recital), 4pm.
MSU-IIT Mini-Theater, Iligan City
Summer Theater Arts Workshop
(produced by Jollibee Iligan)
April 17 - May 11
May 20 (Recital), 7 pm.
Ballet and Modern dance training conducted by Connie Lo-Noval and
Aerobics Jazz Fit Center, starts April 4 (Abalos Bldg., ILigan City) |
Bak2Bak
twin bill of plays
by Steven Fernandez and German Gervacio
check
web pages |
May 12
3 pm. and 7 pm.,
Grand Caprice
Cagayan de Oro City
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Uwahig
Collaborative Production
for the International Theater
Institute, Philippine Theater Festival
Manila |
May 17,
7:30 p.m. Preview
Rooftop Theater, MSU-IIT Iligan City
May 24, 9:00 p.m. World Premiere, Tanghalang Batute, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila |
Fiesta in the City
a treat of Philippine music and
dances
FREE ADMISSION |
May 18,
5:00 p.m.
SM City, Cagayan de Oro City |
2006 Hawaii-US
Tour
Tales From Mindanao
schedule |
Hawaii-USA, July 26 - Sept. 2006 |
ARCHIVES
Tokyo raves IPAG collaboration
Theater director and critic Kamaluddin Nilu of the
Dhaka-based Center for Asian Theater sums it up when he asserts that, “this is
the best Ramayana version I have seen.” |
IPAG hosts National Choreo Workshop
Twenty choreographers from various groups in
Mindanao joined dance professor and choreologist Esteban "Basilio" Villaruz. |
National tours thrill audiences
IPAG thrilled audiences
at the Enverga University in Lucena City, La Salle Greenhills, and in a performance at the Baywalk in
Roxas Blvd.
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IPAG makes PMA history
The Philippine Military Academy had a cultural 'encounter' last October 1 when
the IPAG performed for the academy |
IPAG launches
2006 U.S. tour
 Featured
in the 2006 Philippine Centennial Celebrations in Hawaii in July and August this
year, IPAG launches its performance tours in the U.S. mainland. Several States
and organizations have confirmed their intentions to host the IPAG performances.
Check the
updated schedules.
Hosting IPAG in the island tour are the Hawaii
Philippine Centennial Commission and the Conference of Visayan Organizations.
The Hawaii schedule follows:
July: 29, Kauai War Memorial
Convention Center; 30, Hawaii Theater Center (Honolulu)
August: 1, Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium
(Hilo); 3, Maui Arts and Cultural Center; 5, Leeward Community College Theater
(Oahu); 6, COVO Lapu-Lapu Awards.
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Schedule of U.S.-Hawaii Tour
Gender politics in
"Bak2Bak"
Bak2Bak, a twin bill of comedies
completed a 12-night run in the Rooftop Theater of the MSU-IIT College
of Arts and Social Sciences. Several nights of banner audiences enjoyed the plays
that displayed the
artificial relationships between couples. "Babuyan Island" by three-time Palanca-winner German Gervacio and "Isa Pang
Kawing" by Steven Patrick C. Fernandez have been scheduled for road tours this
29th Season.
Read the
review.
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check Bak2Bak web pages
National tours
receive more kudos
The acclaimed
Tales From Mindanao and its sequel
Tatlo Sa Isa performed in the Central Philippine University in Iloilo
City, Philamlife Auditorium and the Far Eastern University Theater in Manila to
cap its 28th Season tours. Full house attendances have continued to patronize
IPAG's most-performed dance-music production. The last touring leg sums over 50
performances of these productions to thousands of audiences in this season
alone.
Tales and Tatlo will continue to enthuse audiences as it continues
its tours this 29th Season.
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IPAG joins ITI collaboration in festival
Steven P.C. Fernandez has been invited to
conceptualize and direct the collaborative production of the Mindanao
representation to the forthcoming UNESCO-organized International Theatre
Institute (ITI) Philippine Theatre Festival slated in Manila late this May.
Fernandez joins two other Mindanao artists, Felimon Blanco and Boots Dumlao, in
mounting the theatre work that will
represent Mindanao under the Mindulani banner.
The artistic team formed early February has invited eight other artists from
various Mindanao-based groups who will meet in Cagayan de Oro in mid-April to
mount the play. IPAG is represented by dancer Leilani Monterola.
Coordinating the production is Mozart Pastrano. Cecille "Geejay" Ariola is
Overall Coordinator.
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IPAG
hosts National Choreographers Workshop
Twenty choreographers from various groups
in Mindanao joined dance professor and choreologist Esteban "Basilio" Villaruz
in a workshop last November 4 to 8 at the dance studio of Noemi Estrella-Casino
in Iligan City. The workshop is a flagship program of the National Commission
for Culture and the Arts Dance Committee to develop the dance creation
capabilities of regional artists. Working with IPAG was the Aerobics Jazz Fit
studio, Iligan Arts Council, and the Iligan City Government. The recital was
graced by Iligan City Mayor Lawrence Cruz and wife Gina. Dance teacher Conny Lo-Noval
was the workshop director.
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2006
US-HAWAII TOUR
WORLD TOUR 2002
2002 REVIEWS
IPAG WORLD TOURS
TALES FROM MINDANAO
MORE REVIEWS
IPAG has performed in over 80
cities around the world, in 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.
In July, it performs for the Philippine Centennial Celebrations in
Hawaii. |
photo credits: Saki Binudin/IPAG/Robert Booc/IOV
Taiwan/Ronald Salazar/Arvin Solis /Steven Fernandez
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