2011’s amazing senior citizens in the performing arts
Since I turned 63 last Dec. 30, I thought that my year-ender (or what passes for it) should pay tribute to those amazing senior citizen in the arts.
January 9, 2012
Since I turned 63 last Dec. 30, I thought that my year-ender (or what passes for it) should pay tribute to those amazing senior citizen in the arts.
Think of it as traveling without moving while being generous and having yet another reason why “it’s more fun in the Philippines” when you watch Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila on Jan. 17 and 18 at 8 p.m.
Artists usually are not practical or business-minded. They don’t invest their money—most of the time they don’t have much money anyway—or have health or any kind of insurance,” says actor Fernando “Nanding” Josef, artistic director of Tanghalang Pilipino.
Chair Maria Serena Diokno of the National Historical Commission received last Jan. 6 the descendants of a man who, although of neutral nationality, freely chose to take part in the Philippine fight for freedom against the occupying Japanese.
The University of Santo Tomas will mount a mammoth photo exhibit starting Jan. 20 showcasing 400 pictures depicting various events related to the 400th anniversary of Asia’s oldest university.
“Case reopened…” Those two tantalizing words at the close of 2009’s “Sherlock Holmes” promised audiences that more adventures lie ahead. Now Warner Bros.’ “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” fulfills that promise, bringing the legendary detective back to the big screen in a new action-packed mystery that celebrates the genius of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes.
Alice slid down a rabbit hole into Wonderland, into a long hallway with doors of different sizes which led her to amazing adventures in the Lewis Carroll book.
For most of us, palaspas is an ordinary adornment made of palm fronds used during Palm Sunday, but what we do not know is that such an ordinary adornment is an intricate weaving of a way of life, an indigenous aesthetics and even a philosophy. Elmer Nocheseda, in his book “Palaspas: An Appreciation of Palm Leaf Art in the Philippines,” talks about palaspas that has figured in our early history and culture, in various religious, social and economic practices all over the country.
An eye being fish-hooked out of its socket before a live audience may not be your usual theater fare to begin the year. But true to its mission of developing young playwrights by including original Filipino plays in each theater season, Tanghalang Pilipino brings back possibly the most engaging original Filipino masterpiece for the stage in the past decade: “Doc Resureccion: Gagamutin ang Bayan,” a one-act play by Layeta Bucoy, directed by Tuxqs Rutaquio.
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