Integrated Performing Arts Guild

Flying past the 3-year pandemic transition, the 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐃 (𝐈𝐏𝐀𝐆) soars with renewed energy for its 𝟒𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧.

Known for its signature form, IPAG has claimed its position in the performing arts scene expanding outside its home base to wider involvements in the national community.

From 5-star hotel ballrooms, to jampacked amphitheaters, to traditional enthronements and intimate audiences, to communal spaces, IPAG’s presence has positioned it an iconic marker in Philippine Performance.

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Reaching over 30,000 audiences, IPAG marked three more major recognitions: the ASEAN PANJI performances, the establishment of HULMA Creatives, and the establishment of IPAG-Studies Center where its already-established workshops and courses continue.

IPAG returned from acclaimed performances in five Indonesian Cities representing the country joining 8 other national troupes in the milestone ASEAN Panji Festival. Celebrating UNESCO’s Memory of the World Heritage, the Panji Festival wove our ASEAN kinships threaded by a shared narrative.

It maintains its claim as the country’s most-traveled repertory company.

Binding artists of our communities into one strong collective is the CenterPoint of HULMA, a direction in establishing Iligan City as a UNESCO Creative City in the Performing Arts.

Spreading out the IPAG Pedagogy and its Creative Methods further enhanced the talents of our collectives to create, perform, and innovate in the Institute of Performance and Art Genre Studies (IPAG S), the pioneering performance arts learning center in our parts.

Besides new productions (𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙬 𝙒𝙖𝙞𝙜) and the continuing road shows of the country’s most-traveled 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙤, apprenticing directors and playwrights mounted new productions¬―these through the 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙄𝙋𝙏Program and the institutionalized 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬.

Our𝐇𝐮𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧 Program has trained artists garnering major awards, among these the NCCA Writers Prize for Playwriting awarded to IPAG Executive Director Neil Arkhe Azcuna, and his selection to the CCP Virgin Lab Fest, adding up to his growing list of recognitions including last year’s Best Film Award for Pelikulove.

Collaborations continue: Asia Pacific Bond of Theatre Schools (APB), the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the Cultural Center of the Philippines and its Kaisa sa Sining network, the Dept. of Trade and Industry, Dept. Of Foreign Affairs, Iligan City Government, and various public and private initiatives.

IPAG acknowledges the invaluable support of the MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology that provided the nurturing spaces for the Guild to grow in the last 45 years. Even as we expand our reach further, IPAG acknowledges its roots from where lies our anchored origins.

In 2020, the CCP recognized IPAG with the highest award for a Philippine performing company―the 𝐆𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐝 𝐂𝐂𝐏 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.

On to our 47th to soar higher. A full calendar will be released with the start of the next Season in June until May 2025.

𝐈𝐏𝐀𝐆 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐔𝐋𝐌𝐀-𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄, 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐈𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐇𝐮𝐛 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬.

𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫.𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐂. 𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐙 | 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫.𝐍𝐄𝐈𝐋 𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐙𝐂𝐔𝐍𝐀 | 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬.𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐃 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐋𝐄𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐈 𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐙 | 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬.𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐎 𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐕𝐀 | 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬.𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐖 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐙𝐀𝐑 | 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐬.𝐋𝐄𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐈 𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐙 | 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜.𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐀𝐍 | 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐕𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐒𝐀 𝐏𝐀𝐔𝐋 𝐅𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐀 | 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭.𝐉𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐎 𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐒

#inspiring47th#inspiringIPAG#ipag

The IPAG 46th Season marked milestones in international and national performances, most notably as Philippine representative in the ASEAN Panji Festival where IPAG drew raves and in the national Haraya Festival. Besides these, IPAG has had a string of milestone performances and programs collaborating with the prestigious Fulbright-Hayes Program midyear during the season.

Add to this the 46 Seasons that have marked IPAG as the most-traveled repertory company with multiple awards including the CCP Gawad, the highest distinction for a cultural company.

Our 47th Season begins in August while IPAG completes more road shows including our representation of the country in Europe’s biggest Festival, the Du Sud.

Join integrity and distinction and the chance to nurture your creative skills in one of the country’s most significant performing companies. JOIN IPAG!

(DIRECTOR’S NOTES: Other organizations are recruiting claiming to be IPAG; questions you should ask: Who is the Artistic Director? Who are its artists? What is its track record, if any? Or a better evidence: Are its organizers members of IPAG? There is only ONE IPAG nurtured by the hundreds who have contributed to what IPAG is now. These respected persons are in their places respected by their communities. The world knows all about this.)

STEVEN PATRICK C. FERNANDEZ, DFA
Artistic Director

#inspiringIPAG #inspiring46 #ipag

The 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐃 (IPAG) celebrates 2024 FEBRUARY ARTS MONTH with performances in Iligan and a roadshow of Metro Manila schools.

IPAG opens with two transcreated poems in SugaTula (Crossing Poetry) as special features in the Performance Art presentation of Japanese snare drummer 𝐑𝐘𝐎𝐒𝐔𝐊𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐘𝐀𝐒𝐔. Kiyasu has performed worldwide and makes his first visit to Iligan City through his collaboration with HULMA CREATIVES COLLECTIVE.)

IPAG, affiliated with HULMA, transcreates the poems of laureates German V. Gervacio (“Paano Maging Makata”) and Marge Evasco (“Origami”)

The company then travels to Meriam College in Quezon City and De La Salle Santiago Zobel in Alabang for 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐨, the world-acclaimed production that has captivated thousands in over 100 cities worldwide as it continues to captivate national audiences.

In their opening salvo for the Arts Month, IPAG artists joined the HULMA-produced concert of music and poetry Enchanting Voices last Feb. 10 and 11 at the Iliganon Café and Bar.

ARTS MONTH Performance Schedule:

Feb. 20 | 6 pm., Iligan City Ethnic Center (Buhanginan Hills)

Feb 22, 2024 | 1:30 pm., Miriam College Auditorium, Quezon City

Feb 23, 2024 | 10:00 am., De La Salle Santiago Zobel Sports Pavilion
Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa

Year of the Niaga (Dragon). Our Year

A few more steps and we’re there, Godwilling — a Professional Performing Arts Company

We took tortuous paths to reach Our Vision. It’s like walking through a long dark tunnel of obstacles, moving through dead ends, impediments, where shadows thrown on the cave walls turn out to be false images, deceits (Plato’s cave). But we sight the proverbial light, now glowing closer, bigger. More freedom!

We keep our commitments as only true artists should! As mirrors of our Humanity, we act so that freedom, human rights, social equity, and our dreams are protected. We cannot be conventional. The stage is our means to re-order.

IPAG welcomes the NIAGA (DRAGON) INSPIRED NEW YEAR. Breathing fire, burning our inspirations all over!

#inspiring46#inspiringIPAG#ipag#integratedperformingartsguild

FUSION OF CREATIVITY UNLEASHED

The INTEGRATED PERFORMING ARTS GUILD (IPAG) exploded a startling flash of creativity in 2023 surpassing successes in the post-pandemic transition of 2022 (which included the highest award for a Philippine performing company―the Gawad CCP).

Beyond displaying its signature form, IPAG soared higher as an institution of the arts-and-culture. From 5-star hotel ballrooms, to jampacked amphitheaters, to traditional enthronements and intimate audiences, to communal spaces, IPAG’s presence has become more conspicuous.

Reaching an estimated 50,000 audiences in 2023, IPAG marked three major accomplishments: the ASEAN PANJI performances, the organizing of HULMA Creatives, and the establishment of the IPAG-Studies Academy.

IPAG returned from acclaimed performances in five Indonesian Cities representing the country joining 8 other national troupes in the milestone ASEAN Panji Festival. Celebrating UNESCO’s Memory of the World Heritage, the Panji Festival wove our ASEAN kinships threaded by a shared narrative. The festival will soon be an annual event with each ASEAN nation taking turns hosting.

Binding artists of our communities into one strong collective is the center point of HULMA, a direction in establishing Iligan City as a UNESCO Creative City in the Performing Arts.

Spreading out the IPAG Pedagogy and its Creative Methods, the Guild further enhanced the talents of our artists to create, perform, and innovate. The Institute of Performance and Art Genre Studies (IPAG S) set the Vision of the pioneering performance arts academy in our parts.

Besides new productions (Hapoy daw Waig) and the continuing road shows of the country’s most-travelled Tales From Mindanao, apprenticing directors and playwrights mounted new productions­―these through the tranSCRIPT Program and the institutionalized Basic Workshop in the Performing Arts.

The Tales repertoire reached over 20,000 audiences in national tours including its featured presence in the Fulbright-Hayes Dunong at Kalinangan hosted by the University of Hawaii at the De La Salle Dasmarinas campus.

Artist-leaders have been trained through our Hulmahan Program, a number garnering recognition in major awards. The most recent was the prestigious NCCA Writers Prize for Playwriting awarded to our Executive Director Neil Arkhe Azcuna adding up to his growing list of recognitions including writing fellowships, awards, and last year’s Best Film Award for Pelikulove.

Our collaborations have become more active. Besides the distinguished Asia Pacific Bond of Theatre Schools (APB), IPAG continues to work with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the Cultural Center of the Philippines and its Kaisa sa Sining network, the Dept. of Trade and Industry, Dept. Of Foreign Affairs, Iligan City Government, and various public and private initiatives.

IPAG acknowledges their invaluable support.

We distinguish the MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) that for 46 years has been our womb, host, and Mother providing us the nurturing spaces where our craft and knowledge grew, developing the IPAG to be a major force in Philippine Performing Arts and Studies. Even as we expand our reach further, we acknowledge our roots from where lies our anchored origins.

2024 opens with IPAG setting its sights to continue showcasing Philippine Culture in Europe’s biggest festival, the Festival du Sud.

ArtisticDirector.STEVEN PATRICK C. FERNANDEZ | ExecutiveDirector.NEIL ARKHE AZCUNA | AssociateArtisticDirectors.ARCHIBALD PACANA   LEILANI FERNANDEZ   |   Marketing&Sales.ARLEM M. ABANES   |   Finance.HERNENIGILDO DICO     |   HumanResources.LAURO VILLANUEVA   |   Technicals.ANDREW SALAZAR     |   Costumes.LEILANI FERNANDEZ   |   Music.VICTOR ARLAN   |    Properties.MARTIN SALVADOSA   PAUL FRUTA   |   Secretariat.JEANNIE DARANTINAO   JANE ALLYSON DANTES

“𝐓𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐈𝐬𝐚” (𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝)
Dept. of Trade and Industry, FIESTA HARAYA, One Ayala Mall, Makati
December 13, 2023

𝒟𝒯𝐼 𝟣𝟢 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐻𝒰𝐿𝑀𝒜 𝐼𝐿𝐼𝒢𝒜𝒩 𝒞𝑅𝐸𝒜𝒯𝐼𝒱𝐸 𝒞𝒪𝐿𝐿𝐸𝒞𝒯𝐼𝒱𝐸
𝐼𝒩𝒯𝐸𝒢𝑅𝒜𝒯𝐸𝒟 𝒫𝐸𝑅𝐹𝒪𝑅𝑀𝐼𝒩𝒢 𝒜𝑅𝒯𝒮 𝒢𝒰𝐼𝐿𝒟 (𝐼𝒫𝒜𝒢), 𝒫𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒾𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓈
STEVEN P.C. FERNANDEZ, Artistic Director

The protagonists clash, jump, roll in duel, their “kampilans” clanging. War screams, then silence. (A Moment.) All eyes are glued front as only the loud cracks of clicking bamboo poles break the silence. M’ranao heroes Bantugan and Salindagaw battle for Arkat-a-Lawanen who positions herself between them.

Then one slash of the kampilan tears the other. Enthusiastic applause breaks the silence. Curtains.

Another IPAG performance throws off the audiences from their present moments. The aura embraces empathy and a communal feel of victory.

Script&Direction.STEVEN P.C. FERNANDEZ | Choreography.NOLLY CEBALLOS and the IPAG CREATIVE COLLECTIVE

MALIGAYANG PASKO!

The Philippines and Mindanao in the Integrated Performing Arts Guild, captivating Europe, soaring higher in 2024!

TALES FROM MINDANAO, the country’s most-traveled dance-music production, continues on its wide road shows. “Tales” will enthrall audiences in these cities:

Santa Rosa Sports Complex, Laguna, November 26-27, 2023
St. Scholastica College, Manila, November 28, 2 pm. / 6 pm.

TICKETS: https://ticket2me.net/e/38959

IPAG PHILIPPINES in the forefront of the ASEAN Panji collaboration. International recognitions continue to swell in as IPAG reboots its presence in the post-COVID era.

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