by Ace Miel | Oct 11, 2024 | Press Release
For most audiences, the magic happens on the stage with performers dancing and singing amid the beautiful set, light design, and sound orchestration. Onstage, excitement is palpable. But the real action happens backstage. Amid the chaos, someone steps up to...
by Ace Miel | Oct 8, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
With candor and excitement, Joey Ayala kept audiences laughing while reminiscing the colorful and meaningful moments he and his group Ang Bagong Lumad experienced in the CCP’s Outreach and Exchange Program along with other unforgettable experiences he was...
by Ace Miel | Oct 4, 2024 | Press Release
It was a triumphant celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Sining Kambayoka Ensemble (SKE) of the Mindanao State University Marawi City with performances of three of its landmark plays – Pilandok, Sulambi and Si Nonoy at Si Inday at the CCP Tanghalang...
by Ace Miel | Oct 2, 2024 | Press Release
For 55 years, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) has emphasized the importance of supporting and recognizing Filipino talents while providing them with platforms to pursue excellence in their respective art forms. Since its inauguration in 1969, the CCP has...
by Ace Miel | Oct 1, 2024 | Press Release
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and ARTHALAND renew their partnership and continue their collaboration and commitment to promote Philippine arts and culture with a MOA signing recently at the Arthaland Century Pacific Tower. Present at the signing were...
by Ace Miel | Oct 1, 2024 | Press Release
“In Situ, Performance as Exhibition, The Philippine Edition” brings the power of performance to a transformative exhibition format, using the body as the primary medium to present art in the public space. This initiative focuses on the shared presence of...
by Ace Miel | Sep 27, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
Marilyn “Lyn” B. Gamboa was initially befuddled when the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) named her as one of the recipients of the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining Award. For her, it didn’t make sense to be commended for simply doing what she loved: instilling...
by Ace Miel | Sep 27, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
When news about him being one of the recipients of the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining 2024, the institution’s highest recognition given to individuals and organizations, dance master and educator Generoso “Gener” Caringal likened it to picking a ripe fruit. “Bago mo pitasin...
by Ace Miel | Sep 25, 2024 | Post Release, Press Release
Bringing the best of filmmaking closer to every Filipino, the Cultural Center of the Philippines-Film, Broadcast, and New Media Division (CCP-FBNMD) screened Dekada ‘70 for free on September 19, 2024, at the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Theatre. This...
by Ace Miel | Sep 25, 2024 | Press Release
Manila, Philippines – PROGETTO PUCCINI 2024 (October 1-4) takes center stage at The Metropolitan Theater, featuring a series of transformative opera masterclasses and culminating in a concert celebrating the beloved Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. This four-day...
by Ace Miel | Sep 25, 2024 | Press Release
True to its mission of reintroducing indigenous lullabies to contemporary audiences and developing nurturers that are grounded in our Philippine songs and hele, the Cultural Center of the Philippines recently concluded its regional launch of the Himig Himbing project...
by Ace Miel | Sep 24, 2024 | Press Release
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) celebrates the 50th founding anniversary of the Sining Kambayoka Ensemble with a series of outreach performances from September 25 to 26 at the Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez (CCP Blackbox Theater), and on September 27 to 28 in...