Over 50 full-feature productions performed in over a hundred cities worldwide stamp IPAG’s storied reputation as a major performing company. IPAG has enthralled thousands in North America, the Hawaiian Islands, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea (for the 2002 World Cup), Japan, Vietnam, China, Thailand, India, Indonesia, and Monaco (presenting a Command performance for Prince Albert).

Major festivals in India and Thailand, including the 2018 India-ASEAN Summit and the holiest Dipotsava in SriRama’s birthplace, featured IPAG performances that received wide acclaim.

Founded in 1978 by STEVEN PATRICK C. FERNANDEZ (Artistic Director) and LIGAYA FERNANDO-AMILBANGSA (Founding Chairperson, Advisory Council), IPAG is widely acknowledged for its contributions to Philippine Performing Arts and Letters. IPAG has evolved its signature performance form from the pangalay, indigenous to the Sulu Archipelago in the Southern Philippines. Perhaps the Philippines’ closest claim to classical dance, the performer, like the sea, seems to glide through space, its pedagogy established by the guru Amilbangsa herself.

IPAG’s engagements are perhaps the most extensive for any repertory company in the Philippines. The Guild is a center for training, Performance Studies, and the precursor of the pioneering Culture and Arts Studies Program in the MSU-IIT.

IPAG productions integrate the dance, music, literary, and art expressions of the Southern Philippines where it is based. Its distinct Theater is characterized by local color, poetry, rhythm, and an engrossing presence with that universal appeal that has captivated the world.

IPAG, well-featured in media and in numerous anthologies, continues to represent the country in international festivals.