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Philippine ballet’s finest from here and abroad take centerstage in rare one-night gala

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LISA Macuja-Elizalde’s Ballet Manila is featured in the one-night gala gathering
the best Filipino dance talents.

Prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde is a firm believer that local audiences should be exposed not just to the wealth of ballet talents here, but also those abroad.

Posted: May 20th, 2013 in Arts and Books,Editor's Pick,Headlines,Photos & Videos | Read More »

NCCA’s Likha Asya: Community theater and creative industries boost tourism

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AGUNG Gunawan

Asian countries with active community-based theater groups exchanged ideas on how to utilize the performing arts in boosting tourism and the creative industries during the first Likha Asya conference recently in Bohol.

Posted: April 15th, 2013 in Arts and Books,Headlines | Read More »

‘Istilo’ surveys Philippine architectural styles

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ARCHITECTURE students and guests take a look at “Istilo” exhibit during its opening on Feb. 19 at the Negros Museum in Bacolod City.

The beauty, functionality and diversity of Philippine architecture were in full play during several conferences and forums in connection with the Philippine Arts Festival and National Arts Month recently.

Posted: April 8th, 2013 in Arts and Books,Headlines,Photos & Videos | Read More »

NCCA’s Cinema Rehiyon notes dynamic growth of regional films

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THE DELEGATES of this year’s Cinema Rehiyon with NCCA executive director Emelita Almosara; National Committee on Cinema head Mike
Rapatan; UPLB chancellor Rex Victor Cruz; NCCA executive Adelina Suemith; festival director Katrina Ross Tan; curators Teddy Co, Gabby
Fernandez and Teng Mangansakan

The increasing regionalization of Philippine cinema is reflected in the annual Cinema Rehiyon of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

Posted: February 25th, 2013 in Arts and Books,Headlines | Read More »

Philippine Arts Festival-National Arts Month kicks off at Marikina River Banks

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THEHALILI-CRUZ Dance Company (foreground)with the heads or representatives of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ Subcommission on the Arts: Gerard Lico (architecture and allied arts); Joey Tañedo (visual arts); Mike Rapatan (cinema); NCCA Chair Felipe de Leon Jr. (music); Shirley Halili-Cruz (dance); Lutgardo Labay (dramatic arts); and Priscilla Macansantos (literary arts), during the press conference launching the Philippine Arts Festival last Jan. 16

The Philippine Arts Festival (PAF), the largest showcase of Philippine arts and culture, in connection with National Arts Month, will formally open on Feb. 6, 5 p.m., on the Marikina River Banks.   Earlier on Sunday, Sayaw Pinoy, the dance component of PAF, formally opened at the Luneta.   The perennial theme of PAF is [...]

Posted: February 4th, 2013 in Arts and Books,Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Philippine Arts Festival highlights Islamic mosques and Pinoy landscapes; Visayan literary arts

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Book exhibit and sale during the 2012 Taboan literary writers fest.

The architectural designs of Islamic mosques and non-Catholic Christian churches, particularly of the Iglesia ni Cristo, will be the focus of this year’s Archi[types/text] 2013, the flagship project of the National Committee on Architecture and Allied Arts (NCAAA) for the Philippine Arts Festival (PAF) organized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

Posted: January 28th, 2013 in Arts and Books,Editor's Pick,Headlines,Photos & Videos | Read More »

‘Life of Pi’ achieves magical transition

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Life-of-Pi

What will you do if you are stuck in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, battling for survival, along with a Bengal tiger?

Posted: January 13th, 2013 in Arts and Books,Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Philippine Arts Festival to spotlight regional and campus theater groups, regional cinema

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CINEMA Rehiyon will feature regional filmmakers. It will be hosted by the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna.

Regional theater organizations and university drama groups will be the highlight of this year’s Tanghal Theater Festival, the flagship project of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ (NCCA) National Committee on Dramatic Arts (NCDA).

Posted: January 13th, 2013 in Arts and Books,Editor's Pick,Headlines,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Dayaw festival fosters indigenous sense of pride

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Students of Bulacan participate in the making of Christmas décor of the Tagalogs

The 21 cultural masters of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) from its School of Living Traditions (SLT) were recognized during Dayaw, the largest celebration of indigenous cultures in the Philippines, at Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan.

Posted: December 23rd, 2012 in Arts and Books,Editor's Pick,Headlines,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Visually stimulating hi-tech gadgets light up Christmas

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SONY’S Christmas for You campaign runs until Jan. 20, 2013.

Make this coming Christmas season extra special by spending it with your family in the comforts of your home.

Posted: December 10th, 2012 in Arts and Books,Headlines | Read More »

Dayaw festival celebrates indigenous people’s cultures

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EDWIN Antonio, secretary of the National Committee on Northern Cultural Communities; Al-Anwar Anzar, head of the National Committee on Southern
Cultural Communities; Sonny Cristobal, festival director; NCCA commissioner Joycie Dorado-Alegre; Maria Venus Raj, Dayaw ambassador; NCCA chair Felipe M. de Leon Jr.; NCCA planning head Marichu Tellano; Antonio Cayyog, NCNCC vice head; Reden Ulo, NCSCC secretary

Dayaw, the biggest celebration of indigenous Filipino culture, is not only a meeting of different traditions but a reflection of Filipino identity, organizers said during a press conference held at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts lobby last Oct. 24.

Posted: November 4th, 2012 in Arts and Books,Editor's Pick,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Photos & Videos | Read More »

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