by Ace Miel | Sep 6, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
Julie Lluch, a renowned terracotta sculptor who was first captivated by watching a potter on television, is one of the recipients of the 2024 Gawad CCP Para Sa Sining Awards. Her works, crafted from terracotta, stone, ceramic, and bronze, explore themes of femininity...
by Ace Miel | Aug 16, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
The shoes that late Zenaida “Nedy” Tantoco wore were too big to fill, especially with her contributions and support to Philippine arts and culture. Her support had profoundly impacted the growth and support of the arts and cultural activities in the...
by Ace Miel | Aug 7, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
In 2005, the Philippine film industry seemed to be on a decline. The cost of producing films was too high, while digital technology and new methods of filmmaking were on the rise. The Philippine cinema could not keep up with the changing times. Stories that were not...
by Ace Miel | Jul 11, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
Falling in love with music wasn’t a watershed moment for 24-year-old violin prodigy Adrian Ong. His affection for the art gradually blossomed after watching a televised violin performance when he was 4 years old. Immediately enamored, Ong’s journey began simply: he...
by Ace Miel | Jun 21, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
CREATING art is a collaborative process. One cannot create a theater production, a dance recital, or a music concert without a community, with various stakeholders, to back you up. Linkages and connections are as important as the artmaking processes. Three cultural...
by Ace Miel | Jun 5, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
Where do stories come from? And how do you start to tell the story? What do you do to transform these compelling stories from a mere idea and morph it into something? The Virgin Labfest Writing Fellowship Program (VLF WFP) provides a place for playwrights to learn and...
by Ace Miel | May 31, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
Award-winning filmmaker Carlos Siguion-Reyna looks forward to revitalizing the country’s independent film industry as the new Competition and Monitoring Committee chairman. He assumed the position vacated by director Jose Javier Reyes, who is now serving as the new...
by Ace Miel | May 30, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
“Sana there will be some who will develop their own Filipino movements using our history and our culture.” National Artist for Dance Agnes Locsin is full of hope that her neo-ethnic dance will provide dancers with impetus and an opportunity to begin their artistic...
by Ace Miel | May 28, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
If you missed last year’s theater festival or want to re-watch some of your favorite VLF plays, the Virgin Labfest 19: PINTOG revisits three of its featured works: Andrew Estacio’s ANG AWIT NG DALAGANG MARMOL, Dingdong Novenario’s DOMINADOR GONZALES: NATIONAL ARTIST,...
by Ace Miel | May 21, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
VLF 19: PINTOG Set B, composed of Herlyn Alegre’s SENTENARYO, Dip Mariposque’s DIVINE FAMILY and Jhudiel Clare Sosa’s IDENTITÉ, confronts confounding family expectations. Dubbed BINGIT, this set will have audiences at the edge of their seats with its storytelling and...
by Ace Miel | May 16, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
Challenge your beliefs on religion, sexuality, and marriage in Set D of Virgin Labfest 19: PINTOG, the theater festival of untried, untested, and unstaged one-act plays, slated on June 12 to 30, 2024, at the Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez (CCP Blackbox Theater)....
by Ace Miel | May 14, 2024 | Feature Release, Press Release
Three virgin playwrights undermine the intentions of decisions made, and reflect on how each arrives at choices in Virgin Labfest (VLF) 19: PINTOG. SET A. Dilemma, presents Hans Pieter Arao’s VENGEANCE OF THE GODS, Rick Patriarca’s LOVE ON THE BRAIN, and Lino...
