| | Neo-Ethnic and Folk Dance Stories Program |
| Company Call
 | The company prepares for performance. Performers warm up and outdo each other as in a Prologue. Script: Steven P.C. Fernandez. Choreography: IPAG Creative Collective
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| Lawanen
(singkil)
 | presents the colorful Maranao culture in lore, music and dance. This is the story of Princess Lawanen from the epic Darangen. Prince Bantugan and his archenemy Salindagaw rival over the Princess. The story is featured around the singkil – the skillful interplay of the rhythm of clicking bamboo poles and the ubiquitous, versatile malong (rectangular woven costume). The dama (lady attendants) manipulate the malong and the apir (fans) as backdrops while the male warriors provide the rhythms with the poles and their kampilans (swords). Scenario by Steven P.C. Fernandez, inspired by the Darangen. Music adapted from Maranao music. Choreography adapted from traditional Maranao “singkil” and “panggapir” by Nolly Ceballos and the IPAG Creative Collective. Informants: Jallaludin Casnor, Helen Tejero
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| Tale of the Bird and Fish
| Once upon a time, a bird made friends with a fish. Their friends in the forest were happy too. Despite their being different animals, they adjusted to the ways of each other’s lifestyles. But Man came along and altered their homes. Adapted from the Maranao “The Story of the Shrimp and Sparrow” by Steven P.C. Fernandez as retold by Nagasura Madale. Choreography by IPAG Creative Collective with music by Fernandez
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| Earth, Wind, Fire, & Water
| The elements of Life merge with Man. This neo-ethnic piece beats with the earthly gestures of Mindanao rhythms and movements. Choreographed by Nolly Ceballos from the IPAG Creative Collective. Scenario and music by Steven P.C. Fernandez
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| The Legend of Maria Cristina Falls
| A legend of the Maria Cristina Falls, Mindanao’s most famous waterfalls in Iligan City. This dance narrative tells us of a Rajah’s unbridled lust for one woman. Principal choreography by Nolly Ceballos from the IPAG Creative Collective. Adapted from a poem by Christine Godinez-Ortega based on an Iligan legend. Script and Music by Steven P.C. Fernandez
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| Ungguyan
(Monkey Business)
| The trickster tale is popular in Filipino folklore. Here, this tale is given a new twist by a trickster, a wise monkey, who outwits them all. Well, not really everyone .... Script: Steven P.C. Fernandez developed from improvisations. Choreography: IPAG Creative Collective
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| | Indigenous program |
| Kaliga
 | The Bukidnon Tala-andig celebrates, and among them, they mimic war (saut), offer praise to the supreme Deity Magbabaya (dugso), copy the hawk’s flight (binanog), and entertain (pinintuk). Choreography: IPAG Creative Collective from Ruth Laylo and the Tala-andig women from a scenario by Steven P.C. Fernandez
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| Kalilang
| The Maranaos (people of the lake) celebrate. A kanduri (thanksgiving) presents entertainment, music and games, jousts, the dances of war, courtship and manners. Choreography: Nolly Ceballos and the IPAG Creative Collective based on traditional Maranao music and dances. Scenario: Steven P.C. Fernandez. Informants: Jallaludin Casnor, Helen Tejero, and Sining Pananadem
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| Tatlo sa Isa
(The Mindanao tri-people story) | Three people, one island. The Mindanao spirit captured. Christian settlers, Muslim Maranaos, and the indigenous peoples live in harmony sharing the land’s resources. Choreography: NOLLY CEBALLOS |
| Kawing
(A Maranao Wedding)  | Mamayug Aken A Maranao man addresses his lady lover who replies in verse in the traditional bayok
Traditional Maranao song From courtship to the grand wedding, a Maranao couple’s wedding are as intricate as the cultural procedures this communal event goes through. In the heart of the Maranao wedding lies embedded the soul of the Maranao community and the identity this culture so proudly keeps. Choreography: NOLLY CEBALLOS, from the dances of the Maranao. Informants: Noraidah Baragona, Amro Baragona, Caironisa Dimatalang
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| Kap’malong(Maranao)
 | The malong is the tubular cloth worn by the Maranaos. This suite portrays the versatility of this ubiquitous costume that weaves life’s vignettes: it is bed, extra clothing, blanket, shelter, and many other uses. Scenario by Steven P.C. Fernandez. Choreography by IPAG Creative Collective from traditional Maranao dances
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| Maguindanon Adat
| Adat is offering. The Maguindanon of the Pulangi in Central Mindanao celebrate in dance and music occasions that portray her long and proud heritage. In this suite are the Maguindanon’s more popular dances and music: Silung sa Ganding, kapmalong, and the sagayan. Scenario by Steven P.C. Fernandez. Facilitation by Nolly Ceballos from the choreography of the IPAG Creative Collective based on traditional Maguindanon dances and music
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| Sinulog Suite
| The peoples of Central Mindanao, the lumad, Muslim, and lowland Christian settlers celebrate life, assure life’s vitality, and assert their identity. Scenario and Music by Steven P.C. Fernandez, from the traditional Sinulog. Choreography by IPAG Creative Collective
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| Madal Suite
 | The female birds watch over their community. The “tahaws” (birds) mince and prance around. The Madal (dance) Suite opens with an interpretation of the dance of the birds among the T’bolis of South Cotabato that prologues their dances of harvest, defense, and celebration. Choreography by Wilven Pinili from the T’boli community. Enhanced by the IPAG Creative Collective
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| Pangalay
 | Stillness in motion. The body and the hands capture the graceful undulations of the sea. The dancer seems frozen in a still pose and a mask-like expression. The movements capture the qualities of the sea that is the life of a community. This is the Philippines’ closest claim to classical dancing. Choreography by Nolly Ceballos and the IPAG Creative Collective based on the works of Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa
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| Pigagawan
 | The women outwit each other for the attention of a man. Adapted from the Tala-andig courtship. Choreography by Nolly Ceballos from Ramon Obusan
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| | Folk Program |
| Tinultugan  | During harvest time, farmers celebrate bounty. They pound short bamboo poles on the ground to produce music and signify the rhythms of the earth. This dance originates from Panay in the Visayas. Choreography: Cayetano H. Leal and re-blocked by SP Fernandez
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| Aray
 | A dance that greets guests to take part in the celebrations. The fan is an articulate medium to beckon the guests. Choreography: Nolly Ceballos
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| Lapay Bantigue | in the island of Bantigue, Masbate, the folk and lapay (seagulls) await the fishermen who arrive from sea with boats of fish. Choreography: Nolly Ceballos |
