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Apr 29, 2024 · The Philippine Performing Arts Company (PPAC) is a renowned not-for-profit organization dedicated to showcasing the vibrant Filipino performing arts. Through captivating performances in dance, music, costume, and art, PPAC brings the rich culture of the Philippines to life on stage. Under the visionary direction of Joey Omila, a former member ...
Mar 11, 2024 · The tinikling, a traditional Philippine folk dance with sticks or bamboo, is probably the most recognizable in this list. Dancers showcase slick footwork and perfect timing to avoid clashes with the bamboo sticks. The rhythmic pattern of the poles echoes the playful origin of the dance, inspired by the movements of the tikling bird.
Aug 27, 2021 · We joyfully encourage and celebrate the use of our magnificent language and its transcendence to the theater arts. Mabuhay ang Teatrong Pilipino at Maligayang Buwan ng Wika from Samsung Performing Arts Theater! For more information, contact inquire.cpat@ayalaland.com.ph or call via (+63917) 804.9336.
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Nine young, aspiring artists have been named as the fifth batch of scholars of the Original Pilipino Performing Arts (OPPA) Foundation. The nine students receiving full scholarships for their…. Full Story. August 1, 2018. OPPA welcomes its biggest, most diverse batch of scholars. After five days of screenings in the rehearsal room of Resorts ...
- Philippine Theater Returns to The Physical Stage
- Art Fair Philippines Adapts to Pandemic-Era Exhibition
- Over 100 Artists Come Together in A Fundraising Exhibit
- Samsung Performing Arts Theater Opens in Makati
- National Museum Opens New Ethnographic Stoneware Resource Center
- Cultural Center of The Philippines Unveils New Black Box Theater
- Metropolitan Museum of Manila Reveals New Outpost in BGC
- National Artist Alice Reyes Establishes A New Dance Company
- Rachelle Ann Go Reprises Her Role in U.K. Tour of Les Misérables
- Newly Renovated Ayala Museum Launches Permanent Exhibitions
For two years, local plays and musicals had to be streamed online amid the closure of Philippine theaters, meaning theater artists, directors, and producers were forced to adapt their works to the screen. While this paved the way for innovation, nothing beats the exchange of energy between actors onstage and the audience. So when the Cultural Cente...
For the first time since its inception in 2013, Art Fair Philippines 2022 had a hybrid set-up from March 23 to April 1. Virtual shows were available through their website, but special exhibitions were held at the Ayala Triangle Gardens—about 500 meters away from ArtFairPH's annual venue, The Link. This outdoor venue in the middle of the bustling Ma...
On a rare occasion, more than 100 artists agreed to participate in a fundraising exhibit to support the presidential campaign of former Vice President Leni Robredo. Mas Radikal ang Magmahalopened online on February 14, and featured National Artist Benedicto Cabrera, Roberto Alejandro, Jomike Tejido, Elmer Borlongan, and many more. The event was ins...
Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Circuit Makati officially opened its doors—or should we say raised its curtains—on July 14. It later hosted Pat Valera and William Elvin's Mula sa Buwan, an all-original Filipino musical; and Ben Elton's We Will Rock You, a rock musical based on the songs of Queen. The 1,500-seater theater boasts a world-class sou...
The National Museum of Anthropology got an upgrade on June 11 following the opening of the Elizabeth Y. Gokongwei Ethnographic Stoneware Resource Centeron the fifth floor of the museum's East Wing. The first of its kind in the Philippines, the new center showcases the National Museum's varied collection of 291 stoneware pieces, which are mostly hig...
Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez (a.k.a. new Black Box Theater) is the Cultural Center of the Philippines' newest venue for the performing arts. Highly flexible, it can accommodate theater-in-the-round productions with bleachers on the sides and a portable dance floor in the middle. It even has a removable trap door, which some performances may require; ...
Back in November, the Metropolitan Museum of Manila moved from its original site within the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Complex to the MK Tan Centre in Bonifacio Global City. It has so far hosted by-appointment previews of Quick Turn on Hyper Highways by Ronald Ventura at the Groundspace and Art Alley, and The Hat of the Matterat the third-floor No...
Alice Reyes Dance Philippineswas launched in Dapitan in July. The company has since performed a series of live dance performances at the CCP Main Theater, including a collaboration between two National Artists for Dance Alice Reyes and Agnes Locsin. Reyes is also the founder of 53-year-old Ballet Philippines, which is currently under the artistic d...
Filipina actress Rachelle Ann Go reprised her role as Fantine in the West End production of Les Misérables. She joined the cast on May 16 when the production moved from The Lowry in Salford to the Milton Keynes Theater. Go first played the role of the hardworking unwed mother in the 30th-anniversary staging of the musical at the Queen's Theatre—now...
Following over two years of closure, Ayala Museum and Filipinas Heritage Library in Makati finally reopened on December 4, 2021. The museum went on hiatus in June 2019 for what was supposed to be only a one-year closure for renovations. The museum’s permanent exhibitions on the fourth floor were still closed off from the public during its soft open...
Technical data. The Vibrante Filipinas: The Filipino Performing Arts and Metonymic Entertainment Complex will redefine the meaning of entertainment complex and theme parks are not just for attractions and rides, it will be a source of cultural novelty in bringing the Filipino entertainment in the international arena, an educative environment ...
Performing Arts. Find out where to best witness the flourishing performing arts in the Philippines. We give you monthly lists of plays and musicals to watch.
