OUTREACH AND TRAINING

IPAG is a nationally-acknowledged training institution. Intensive learning programs in the various aspects of the performing arts are conducted regularly: The Annual Seminar-Workshop on Theater Arts, The Annual Choreographers' Workshop, Workshops in Folk and Modern Dance, specialized training in Technical Theater, Production Design, Performance Studies, indigenous dance and music, and apprenticeship programs.

Thousands have availed of IPAG programs handled by its home-based artists and guest specialists that have included National Artist for Dance Lucresia Urtula, the training staff of the Bayanihan Dance Company including costume specialist Isabel Santos, the teaching staff of Ballet Philippines, theater directors Anton Juan, Tony Mabesa, Dennis Marasigan, and Tony Espejo, and dance researcher Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa, among many others.

The IPAG supervises its School of the Performing Arts, its dance studio and movements laboratory based at the MSU-IIT, which is its training arm for potential dance artists. Bi-annual recitals cap the completion of each season of the school.

IPAG maintains strict in-base training programs for its resident artists. With its linkages with the Cultural Center of the Phil ippines and various other cultural institutions, it has provided opportunities for further training and national and international exposures.

IPAG is also implementor of the City-Wide Theater Development Program that has developed a network of theater artists and groups in the region.