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STEVEN PRINCE "PATRICK" CASTILLO FERNANDEZ, DFA
(Tibo)

Birthdate. January 19, 1955    Birthplace. Manila

Mailing/Business Address

INTEGRATED PERFORMING ARTS GUILD (IPAG), MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology, Tibanga, 9200 Iligan City PHILIPPINES

telfax: (+63) 2232494     tel: 4922343     mobile: 0917-7161318 email: tibofernandez@yahoo.com.ph
 

Residence

0017 Dona Maria Feliciano Subd., Tipanoy, Iligan City PHILIPPINES
 

Occupations

Professor, College of Arts and Social Sciences (courses: Humanities, Stagecraft, Literature and English)

Executive/Artistic Director, Integrated Performing Arts Guild (IPAG)

Artist: Stage Director/Playwright/Performer

Music Composer/Arranger Artistic Consultant/Designer/Webmaster

Cultural Administrator, animateur, and writer

Past Positions

Founding Chairman and Member of the Board, ILIGAN ARTS COUNCIL

Vice Chairman for Mindanao, National Committee on Dramatic Arts, NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS, 1987-1998

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

Education.
Doctorate.
Doctor of Fine Arts (Creative Writing, playwriting), (2006), De La Salle University, Manila

Graduate. Master of Arts, Philippine Studies, major in the Humanities and minors in Anthropology and Comparative Literature (1985), University of the Philippines, Diliman, Q.C.

College.  A.B. English (1976), Mindanao State University, Marawi City

Fields of Specialization. Theater Arts, Playwriting, Cultural Research, Arts Administration, Humanities Education, Literature, and Music (Composition and Arrangement), Entertainment, Graphics and Web Page Designing

Relevant Work.
Arts Administration:
Producer and Animateur: international and national performances, forums, lecture, festivals, exhibits, workshops, and major cultural events, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP),  National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Iligan Arts Council, Mindulani, MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology, and various other institutions (1988 to-date).

Panel of Peers, 2003 and 2006 Philippine National Artist Awards 

Director and Chairman, various international and national cultural and art advocacy programs which work involves conceptualizing, organizing, and implementing in administrative and creative capacities 

Education: Writer, critic, and researcher. Works published in scholarly Journals and national periodicals. Subjects:  Theater Arts, Humanities, and Philippine Culture 

Resident Playwright, Iligan National Writers Workshop 

Panelist, lecturer, facilitator, and/or speaker in seminars, workshops, and other forums (national and international) 

Artistic: Director, Producer, Playwright, Scriptwriter, Music Director/Composer/Arranger, Technical Director, Designer, Performer, and One-Man Comic Artist of thousands of performances of over 50 full-feature productions presented all over the country and in over 100 cities worldwide. 

Band leader, composer/arranger, keyboards performer of various  bands in Manila and the provinces (1971-to date). Two original compositions have been recorded thru WEA Records.

Professional Affiliations. CIOFF, World Dance Alliance, U.P. Writer's Club, Philippine P.E.N. International, Ugnayang Pang-Aghamtao  (UGAT), U.P.  Folklorists, Inc., College English Teachers Association, U.P. Alumni Association


Major Awards, Fellowships, and Grants.

First Place, 2006 Palanca Awards for Literature, One-Act Play (English), Ming Ming

Pilak (Silver), Cultural Center of the Philippines, 2004 

“Defender of Our Heritage,” 2004 Philippine Yearbook (published by Fookien Times) 

Who's Who in the 21st Century, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge (1st edition, 2001)

2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge (1st edition, 2001)

Grand Prize, Concourse de Chanson Internationaux, 13th International Folkloric Festival, Port-Sur-Saone, France, 2003

Observation Trip of Young Theater Leaders, Japan, Japan Foundation, 1999 

International School of Theatre Anthropology, Lovanger/Umea, Vasterbotten, Sweden, 1995 

Group Study Exchange Scholar, Rotary International, Northern California and Nevada, USA, 1989 

Travel Grant, People's Republic of China, for mass-culture administrators, RP-PROC Cultural Exchange Program, 1988 

Local Fellow for Drama, U.P. Creative Writing Center, 1993-1994 

Outstanding Citizen Award for Culture and Arts, Iligan  Sinulog Jaycee Senate, 1993 

Community Leadership Award, Leadership in the Arts and Culture, Lanao Press and Radio-TV Club, 1993 

Philippine representative, various CIOFF and IOV folkloric festivals in Taiwan (2001) and South Korea (2002 World Cup),  Association Culturelle d’Echanges Internationaux in France, Spain, Belgium, and Portugal (1997-98, 2002), Holten International Folkloric Festival, The Netherlands (1996), Stockton International Festival, England, (1996), Singapore Festival of the Arts (1994), and First Place Winner, Concourse de Chanson Internationaux, 13th International Folklore Festival, Port Sur Saone, France 

Third Prize, U.P. LIKHAAN, awarded by the U.P. Creative Writing Center for the play Sarimanok 

Third Prize, 1985 CCP Playwriting Contest, Ranaw: Isang Alamat

Writing Fellow for Drama, 14th U.P. National Writers' Workshop, 1986. 

1984 Iligan City Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Humanities. 

Gold medal for scholastic performance (M.A. Phil. Studies),  U.P., 1986, College of Arts and Letters, April 1986. 

Theater-related grants awarded by the CCP and NCCA: Production for Sambayan (How the Women of Joaquin Met Lawanen, 2000), Performance tours (Ranaw,1987 and 1988), Production (Lawanen, 1998; Datu Matu, 1995; Sinulog, 1991;  Batang Pro, 1990; Sarimanok, 1988), and  Training (Dance, 1988 and 1990; Technical Direction, 1991) 

Numerous Certificates of Commendation and Appreciation for community development projects awarded by the international organizations, local government, Iligan Jaycees, Inc.  (1981, 1994) including nominations to the TOYM (1988, 1994), the  Rotary Club of Iligan (1979), and the MSU-IIT (1977-83) 

Travels Abroad. (North America) U.S.A., Hawaiian Islands, (ASIA) China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Middle East, and (EUROPE) Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Monaco, and Portugal.

Performances.

Foreign. (USA): Honolulu, Pearl City, Maui, Kauai, Hilo, Hawaii (USA Mainland): Washington, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Virginia, North Carolina (Europe): The Netherlands, Austria, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Monaco, (Asia): South Korea, Tokyo, Taiwan, Singapore, Qatar (UAE). National Tours.  Metro Manila, Iligan, Davao, Dumaguete, Bacolod, Los Banos, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo, Butuan, Marawi, Lanao Norte, Laoag, Cabanatuan, Bukidnon, Dipolog, Leyte, Gen. Santos, Baguio, Angeles, Pangasinan, Olongapo, Bataan, Tarlac, Makiling, Misamis Oriental,  Surigao,  Pagadian, Ozamis, Zamboanga. TV. LA18 (USA), VOA TV (WashDC), CTV (Taiwan), TVE (Spain), Concert at the Park (GTV 4), Vilma (GMA 7), Business and Leisure (ABS-CBN 2), For Arts' Sake, Sining Gising (GTV 4), Good Morning Asia (GMA 7), Unang Hirit (GMA 7), and ISLA Channel feature.

Original.
Full-feature
.

Uwahig
, World Premiere, UNESCO ITI Festival, CCP, 2006

Ming Ming
, National premier, CCP, 2004

Reviving Subalternity,
Tokyo, Japan, and Taipei, Taiwan, 2004-2005

How the Women of Joaquin Met Lawanen
, NCCA Sambayan Awardee, national tours, 2000


Tales From Mindanao
,
International and national tours, composed of over 20 dance narratives, 2006 [Hawaii-USA], 1991-2002. [Netherlands, Austria, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Monaco, Philippines], originally: Buhay, Pag-ibig, at Kamatayan: Mga Kwentong Mindanao [on a national Philippine tour, 1991-to date].
 

Ranaw: Isang Alamat (Ranaw: A Legend), on national tours, 1985-90.

Sarimanok
, on national tours, 1981-89.

Barangay Bara-Bara (Bara-Bara Village), 1992. 

Makina, 1979. 

One-Act.
Of Cocks and Roces,
2006
Isa Pang Kawing
,
2006
Tezcatlipoca,
2002
Badung
, 2001
Lawanen,
1998
Kawing
, 1988.
Patas
, 1986.
Ang Mundo ni Tao
, 1984.
A Star is Born (Scenario for Dance)
, 1978.

Full-length Comic Stand-Up Concerts.
Couple’s Choice
, 1994.
Heart Attack
, 1992.
Deliriously Serious
, 1989.
You Are Serious, Steven P.
¸1988.
Are You Serious?
, 1987.
 

Variety-Musical Revue
cooltura@pop
, 2001
Ugoy ng Duyan,
1999
Titser Na, Artista Pa (Kuno)
, 1994.

Hearbeat (Doctors in Vaudeville), 1993.
IPAG-Saulog series, 1983-88.
 

Commissioned.
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MIDWIVES
“Kandungan” (Filipiniana), 1999
“Tanging Hangarin, the Concert,” 1999 

TATLO SA ISA (“Pasundayag sa Lanao Norte”), 2003
Visit Philippines 2003, Intramuros, Manila
For the province of Lanao Norte

MS. ILIGAN 2001 

NESTLE PHILIPPINES.
“POGS Goes Broadway at 50,” 1996

Convention National Productions of the Integrated Midwives Association of the Philippines, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996. 1997

Mid-Year Convention, Phil. Pediatrics’ Society, 1994

NESTLE Awarding Ceremonies, 1993/1992 

PFIZER.
Theme Launching “Shock Attack” (multi-media), 1994 

NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION.
“Dula-dula,” 1991
“Handog,” 1987
Cultural Show for Foreign Consultants, 1985

MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY

“Malayang Kaisipan,” (for the President’s Investiture), 1986 

Non-original Plays Produced, Directed, and other Productions Scripted. 

Plays.
Datu Matu
, 1995-96
Batang Pro
, 1988, 1990
Dalawa
, 1989
Kasalan sa Likod ng Simbahan
, 1985
Ang Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio
, 1983, 1989
May Isang Sundalo
, 1983
Paraisong Parisukat
, 1983
New Yorker in Tondo
, 1983
Bayan-Bayanan
, 1982
The Lovers
, 1982
Ang Hawla
, 1979
Kastilyo ni Kardo
, 1979
The Apollo of Bellac
, 1978

Film
The Silver Lining in Philippine Arts: The CCP Pilak Story
, CCP, 2005

Dialogue
(commissioned by the Alsons Cement Corporation), 2000

Clean and Green (commissioned by the Provincial government of Lanao Norte), 2000 

Concerts.
13th International Folkloric Festival
, Port Sur Saone, France, 2002

Philippine Promotions, Taiwan, 2002

Various : Manila, Iligan, Davao

Viktoria: Fascination, 1991.

Fad Jazz, 1979.

Iligan Preludes series, 1980-84

Boy Camara, Mindanao Tour, 1974.

Intermezzo, 1974 

Puppet and Experimental showcases.
Sining Papet series
, 1981-85

Bunga’g Singot series, 1980-84 

PUBLISHED WORKS.
Monograph.

The San Miguel Fiesta Rituals of Iligan City: A Study of From, Function, and Value. 1983 

“The San Miguel Komedya,” annotation and ed., with Nicanor Tiongson in Komedya. U.P. Press, 1999 

Plays.
 “
Buhay, Pag-ibig at Kamatayan: Mga Kwentong Mindanao,” Unang Tagpo (Anthology of Plays of the First National Theater Festival), CCP, 1993
 

Patas” Mindanao Harvest 2, 1995. (also published in Mithi 15, 1986). 

Kawing” Ani (Mindanao Issue), CCP Anthology,1995 

Papers.
“From Source to Show: Appropriating and Transcreating Indigenous Culture for Theatre,” Appropriating Indigenous Cultures in the Philippines: Festivals and Other Spectacles,” U.P., Quezon City, Oct. 19, 2006. 

“From Source to Show: Transcreating Indigenous Materials to the Stage,” Mindanao Music Ensembles, Dances, and Drama, Liceo University, Cagayan de Oro, February 2006

“Cultural Schizophrenia and Iligan in the Times of Cloning,” Forum on Local History and Culture, MSU-IIT, Iligan City, Sept., 2005. 

“Reading Mindanao Drama,” Iligan National Writers’ Workshop and Literature Teachers Conference, April, 1999. 

“The Artistic Cultures of Mindanao,” Iligan National Writers’ Workshop, 1997 

“Playwriting in Mindanao,” National Playwrights’ Conference, February 1997. 


 “
Image is Not Only A Drama Metaphor,” National Conference on Sustainable Arts and Culture, January 1997.
 

“Questions to Question in Learning to Learn,” a critique on Eugenio Barba’s Anthropology of Theatre, Technician, 1995 

“Criss-crossing Cultures: Contemporary Theater in Mindanao,” Likhaan, U.P. Creative Writing Center, 1996 (also published as a separate paper in Lectern, MSU-IIT, Iligan City, 1995)-  Paper presented as Fellow for Drama, 1993.


Art Festivals in the Philippines: A Tradition of Celebration,” (1995), paper presented as member of the panel, 1994 Association for theater in Higher Education conference on “Art Festivals in Asia,” Chicago, U.S.A.
 

“Theater in the Regions: A Southern Philippine Perspective,” National Conference on Art, PCCA, (also published in The Technician, 1989) 

“From Traditional Dance to Contemporary Theater: A Southern Philippine Experience,” 4th Hong Kong International Dance Festival, July 1989. 

Iligan: The City of Waterfalls and Celebrations,” a slide-lecture presentation for Kalilang Mindanao, 1985 

Articles/Essays.
“Uncovering Uwahig,” The Philippine Daily Inquirer, 2006

“All the World’s a Stage,” CCP Pilak Anniversary Anthology, 2005 

“Asian Theater Rising,” The Philippine Daily Inquirer, 2005 

“All the World’s a Stage,” Introduction to Drama, textbook, MSU-IIT, 2005. 

“Iligan’s ‘thriving’ Theater Industry,” The Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1999 

“The IPAG Story: Growing With Iligan,” ANI Performing Arts issue (CCP-NCCA), 1997. 

“Iligan Bids For Cultural Prominence,” Iligan Souvenir Program, 1993. 

“The Changing Face of the Sinulog in Iligan,” Iligan Souvenir Program, 1992 

The Integrated Performing Arts Guild: Towards a Filipino National Theater, 1982/ 1987-89. 

Lunsay Notation in Pangalay: Traditional Dance and Related Folk Artistic Expressions, 1983. 

“The Sinulog: An Iliganun Art,” The Technician, 1982

 Others: Numerous Essays, critiques, articles on the theater, Humanities, and Philippine Studies in national and regional publications, including recorded and performed pop music compositions and arrangements.

Completed Researches.
Iliganiana: Diandi (1983), Higa-unun Dance and Music (1984), San Miguel Comedia (1987). 

Dissertation. “Sanib at Samuk sa Tagpo at Tiempo: Mindanao sa Tatlong Dula,” (Concord and Conflict in Place and Time: Mindanao in Three Plays), De La Salle University, Manila, 2006.

Masteral Thesis.
“The San Miguel Fiesta Rituals of Iligan: Correlations of Form, function, and Value,” UP Diliman, 1985. 

Seminars, Festivals, Conferences, and Workshops.
Philippine Delegate, Resource Person, Facilitator, and/or Speaker, international and national fora, workshops, seminars, and festivals (1978 – present), Philippines, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, United States of America 

Participating Director, performer, and Philippine Representative, (over 100 cities around the world), among these: 2006 DC Dance Festival, Washington DC, 2006 Fayetteville International Arts Festival, USA, 2005 Asia Meets Asia Festival, Tokyo, Japan, 2001 Changhua International Festival and International Hand Drum Concert, Taiwan, 1997-98 performance festivals in France, Spain and Portugal, 1996 Holten International Folkloric Festival (The Netherlands), 1996 Stockton International Festival (U.K.), 1994 Singapore Festival of the Arts, among many others

 

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