‘Massacre of memories’: What Dulaang UP lost to the flames
And how it plans to rebuild and rise again on its 40th year
And how it plans to rebuild and rise again on its 40th year
From the Filipino artistry to credibility, Apec remains a showcase.
It wouldn’t come as a surprise if many of this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) delegates, after participating in daily mind-numbing marathon meetings, would hardly remember anything by 2016—except for the welcome parties they attended.
With Filipino indigenous culture as their “peg,” directors Floy Quintos and Alex Cortez, under the supervision of Nes Jardin, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2015’s creative director, staged “Fused,” a 40-minute after-dinner extravaganza Saturday night that showed delegates in Cebu City the best of Filipino music, dance and fashion.
Taking off from the rousing success of its 1980s-theme Boracay beach party in May for delegates of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) 2015, the Philippines once more proved at another
ENCHANTING tales of love, fantasy and adventure topbill “From Page to Stage,” Ballet Manila’s (BM) 20th performance season. Celebrating literature and its larger-than-life characters, the BM will stage dance productions
The pillars of Philippine theater are few and precious—at least, the ones from the classically trained generation of pioneers who paved the way for today’s rich Philippine theater scene.
In early 2000, big luck came my way in the person of Ben Chan, of the retail giant Bench. I had never met Mr. Chan, or so I thought. One day, out of the blue, he asked his advertising promotions director, Jojo Llamzon, to phone me about doing a book for him.
A portion of Frances Makil-Ignacio’s dining table is covered in a psychedelic pool of loom bands, some near-spilling from what was supposed to be a cupcake stand.
Dulaang UP’s latest offering, “Ang Huling Lagda ni Apolinario Mabini,” is a one-act reimagining of the titular national hero’s final days in exile in Guam and his conditional return to Manila, with book and lyrics by Floy Quintos and original music by Krina Cayabyab.
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