| May-June 1998 |
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| Dulaan On-line Mag |
| Updates |
| 1997 France Tour |
| Photo Gallery |
IPAG Home Page Nominated
The IPAG Web Page has been nominated in the 1998 Philippine Webby Awards under the Culture/Filipiniana category.
The Webby Awards are given to distinguished sites created by Filipinos worldwide. The winners will be announced later. Please check their sites for more information.
"Tales" 1998 tours kick-off in Iligan
The US-Canada performance tour kicks off with local performances
in Iligan at the MSU-IIT Gym May 29 and 30.
New story-ballets, vignettes, and a dance-drama from the Maranao darangen: the "Abduction of Princess Lawanen" make up the 1998 touring repertoire.
These additions pad the original international repertoire
that 
has
been extensively performed in Europe, Asia and the country.
IPAG opens its performances in Winnipeg June 14 (with a workshop in June 12) and moves on to the 1998 International Festival of the American Association of Community Theater in Michigan, USA, June 22 to 28, where it represents the Philippines. It then travels to Cananda for more performances before proceeding to Europe.
1998 Summer Recital
Ballet, theater arts, jazz, and production students of
the IPAG School of Performing Arts hold their culminating recital entitled
"Vignettes 3" in May 3, 6:30 p.m., at the MSU-IIT Gym.
New works by IPAG choreographers Nolly Ceballos and Melvin Pascubillo, and resident artist Arlem Abanes will be featured. The IPAG will also highlight the recital with numbers that will form part of their international repertoire in June.
The IPAG School of Performing Arts continuously produces recitals that culminate courses and provide opportunities for the community's youth in culture and the performing arts.
Classes began March 23.
CHECK OUT THE IPAG SPA
NCCA Grants IPAG Rep Development
Support
Nineteen ninety eight will be a good year for IPAG as
its operations for production and adminstrative have been subsidized
by a grant from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
The grant subsidizes support for the guild's repertory program through the build-up of its audience base in the community and outlying regions.
The grant should ensure four major productions for IPAG's 1998 season.
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 represents the country in various performance events abroad in June to September.
A recital of new dance works caps the 1998 Summer Performing Arts workshops at the MSU-IIT in May 3. The summer workshops start March 23.
A new small-cast play premieres at the MSU-IIT Mini Theater in week-end runs starting September 9 to 26.
Datu Matu" is the IPAG centennial offering which caps the 1998 IPAG Season and starts its national performance tours in November.
1998 World Tours
IPAG represents the country in performance events and
festivals in Canada, the U.S., and Europe. "Tales from 
Mindanao"
is the featured production. In Europe, IPAG will go by the name Ballet
de Mindanao.
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