KALUMON PERFORMING ENSEMBLE(Davao)
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MEBUYAN PEACE PROJECT
(Davao City)
http://www.mebuyanpeaceproject.ph
Mebuyan Peace Project (MPP) is perhaps the only all-women storytelling group in the Philippines which utilizes music, theatre and dance for peace and healing work. The storytellers are based in Davao City, in Mindanao where peace is a perennial search. The group is composed of 16 women music, theatre, and dance artists. They can be found doing peaceweaving workshops, conducting rituals for special events, and performing once every six weeks at Taboan, Matina Town Square.
While still a fledgling group, members of MPP each have had many years in music and theatre work. Members come from Mindanao's leading theatre and music groups: Kaliwat Theatre Collective, Kulturang Atin Foundation, Inc., Kathara Dance Theater Collective, Sining Kambayoka Ensemble, EDCADS, Sining Kabpapagariya Ensemble, Kariala Etniko, and Seventh Heaven.
reference: http://www.oovrag.com/scenes/scenes.shtml
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INTEGRATED PERFORMING ARTS GUILD (IPAG)
(MSU-Iligan)
http://www.msuiit.edu.ph/ipag/
Founded in 1978 by Steven P.C. Fernandez and Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa, IPAG is the resident company of the MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology. Its signature dance theater form is based on the pangalay, a Tausug dance. Through the years, it has expanded its artistic tradition to include the dance forms of the Higaonon, particularly, the dugso.
Founded in 1978 by Steven P.C. Fernandez and Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa, IPAG is the resident company of the MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology. Its signature dance theater form is based on the pangalay, a Tausug dance. Through the years, it has expanded its artistic tradition to include the dance forms of the Higaonon, particularly, the dugso.
reference:http://www.oovrag.com/scenes/scenes.shtml
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KALIWAT THEATRE COLLECTIVE
(Davao City)
Kaliwat Theatre Collective is one of the Philippines' leading theater institutions. Based in Davao City, Kaliwat was founded in 1988 by five members of the Mindanao Community Theatre Network (MCTN) led by Mindanao theater guru Nestor Horfilla. Since then, Kaliwat has become a training ground for Mindanao theatre artists.
Kaliwat creates original plays and other performances based on Mindanaoan people's stories and cultural traditions. The heart of its existence, however, lies in its extensive cultural action work in grassroots communities. Its work includes: cultural research, natural resource management, environmental awareness programs, advocacy campaigns, tours and productions, gender in development programs, stress de-briefing for "children of war," and children's creativity and rights programs.
Its most notable productions are: Lemafeu sa Habagatan 1992, Siak sa Duha ka Damgo 1992, Ground Up 1993, Oya Arakan 1994, and Mindasilang 1999.
reference: http://www.oovrag.com/scenes/scenes.shtml
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DRAG ARTIST DAVAO
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