FEBRUARY 2012 Calendar of Events

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PASINAYA 2012: THE CCP OPEN HOUSE FESTIVAL
Category: multi-arts

The Pasinaya Open House Festival is the CCP’s closing event to the February Arts Month. This festival has become the CCP’s most popular multi-arts festival that draws record numbers of audiences to numerous performances in all of its venues. It showcases mainly the CCP’s Resident Companies – Ballet Philippines, Bayanihan, NAMCYA, Philippine Ballet Theatre, Madrigal Singer, Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra,Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group, Tanghalang Pilipino, and UST Symphony Orchestra. A number of regional cultural groups all over the country also participates. For the first time this 2012, Pasinaya shall highlight regional culture – specifically Ilonggo Culture with Dinagyang as its main feature, and the whole spectrum of Ilonggo culture – music, culinary, film, and dance.

Time: 8:00am to 8:00pm
Venue: All CCP indoor venues and selected outdoor venues

Tickets: SEE ALL YOU CAN (Php20)

Performances

1, 8, 15, 22 & 29
FILIPINIANA SUNSETS AT THE CCP
Category: folk dance

Set against the backdrop of the Manila Bay sunset, cultural presentations showcase the rich heritage and traditions of the Philippines in folkloric dance and music by folk dance groups from schools, communities and nearby municipalities.

Time: 6-7pm
Venue: CCP North Promenade

FREE

1-19
MAMMA MIA!
Category: Broadway Musical

A mother, a daughter, three possible dads, and a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! Over 50 million people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story and the music that make MAMMA MIA! the ultimate feel-good show! Writer Catherine Johnson’s sunny, funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, and every night everyone’s having the time of their lives!

Date: 1-5 February 2012
Time: 8pm

Date: 4-5 February 2012
Time: 3pm

Venue: Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)

Tickets:
Saturdays & Sundays; 3pm: Php7,000 | Php6,000 | Php5,000 | Php3,500 | Php2,000 | Php1,000
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Sundays; 8pm Php6,000 | Php5,000 | Php4,000 | Php3,000 | Php1,500 | Php750
Fridays & Saturdays; 8pm: Php7,000 | Php6,000 | Php5,000 | Php3,500 | Php2,000 | Php1,000

3-5, 10-12
Tanghalang Pilipino
EYEBALL: Selected Plays from the Virgin Labfest
Category: theater

A selection of the best plays from the Virgin Labfest: The hilarious Bakit Wala Nang Nagtatagpo sa Philcoa Oberpas by Carlo Pacolor Garcia (directed by Riki Benedicto) tells the story of a man and a woman who decide to meet at the Philcoa Overpass after months of flirting online; In Doc Resureccion, Gagamutin ang Bayan by Layeta Bucoy (directed by Tuxqs Rutaqio), a well-meaning doctor runs for Mayor only to find out that the community he so wanted to help desires a different path for itself; Ondoy by Remi Velasco (directed by Ed Lacson, Jr) is the riotous story of a wimp husband and his nagging wife trapped on their rooftop in the middle of the tragic typhoon Ondoy; Discover the question confronted by a mother in Reuel Molina Aguila’s bittersweet Maliw (directed by Chris Millado); Nick Pichay’s Isang Araw sa Karnabal (directed by Chris Millado) is about two former activists, both with missing loved ones, meeting again after a long time and attempting to mend broken ties.

Date: 3, 4, 10, 11 February 2012
Time: 8pm

Date: 4, 5, 11, 12 February 2012
Time: 3pm

Venue: Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater)

Tickets: Php800 (regular) | Php400 (student)

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Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra
PPO CONCERT SEASON CONCERT V: JAMES JUDD AND THE ITALIAN SYMPHONY
Category: music, classical

James Judd, conductor
Vesa Matti Leppanen, violin

Program:
Bernstein - Overture to Candide
Beethoven - Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 “Italian”

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, under conductor Olivier Ochanine, continue their voyage across uncharted territories with Denmark’s most prominent composer, Carl Nielsen, and his ‘Inextinguishable’ Symphony No. 4. A huge feat for any orchestra, the symphony expands limits of orchestration and of symphonic form. Along with this exhilarating work are the colorful Czech Suite of Antonin Dvorak, most prominent in his homeland, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s charming Trombone Concerto, featuring Trombone virtuoso Takahiro Ono.

Time: 8pm
Venue: Philamlife Theater

Tickets: Php1,000 | Php800 | Php500 | Php350 | Php200

17-19
Ballet Philippines
PUSONG WAGAS
Category: dance, ballet, contemporary

Pusong Wagas is a full-length work by resident choreographer Alden Lugnasin with original music by independent music icon, Cynthia Alexander. Based on a libretto by Nicolas B. Pichay, this production is inspired by the legend of Mandaluyong. Set in pre-colonial Manila, the story highlights the exemplary love of Luyong, a gifted carpenter and Manda a tribal princess and their sacrifice in the face of the coming foreign invaders. This work is co-produced in cooperation with the City of Mandaluyong.

Date: 17-18 February 2012
Time: 3pm & 8pm

Date: 19 February 2012
Time: 10am & 3pm

Venue: Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater)

Tickets: Php1,000 | Php600

21-23
BATTALIA ROYALE
Category: theater

1 high school class, 42 students kidnapped, armed and placed in an island. In 3 days, only one person should survive. Battalia Real is devised by Sipat Lawin Ensemble in collaboration with Australian playwright David Finnigan, inspired by Koushun Takami’s Japanese cult movie masterpiece Battle Royale. Featuring the Sipat Lawin Ensemble and 12 university theater companies.

Time: 7:30pm
Venue: CCP Promenade

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Clarion Chamber Ensemble
CHAMBER MUSIC IN PROGRESS
Category: music

The 11 core instrumentalists of the Clarion Chamber Ensemble together with guest soprano Joanna Go and seven presenters from Radio Station DZFE, open “Windows in Time” that take the concert-goers on an entertaining, illuminating and informative excursion into the world of Chamber music. From this unique vantage point, the music of composers Bach and Rimsky- Korsakov begins Clarion’s departure and become its termination points in an historical travelogue that also includes the music of Schubert, Argento and the Philippines’ own Antonio Molina.

A 30-minute pre-concert performance will take place at the CCP Little Theater Lobby at 7:15pm.
Time: 8pm
Venue: Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater)

Ticket Price: Php700

For tickets and inquiries, please contact: CCP Box Office (632)832-3704, (632)832-1125 loc. 1409 & 1406; Ticketworld (632)891-9999

Visual Arts

CHABET’S TO BE CONTINUED
Categry: visual arts, exhibit

until 31 March
Bulwagang Carlos Francisco (CCP Little Theater Lobby), Pasilyo V. Manansala, Pasilyo G. Tolentino and Pasilyo V. Edades (Second Floor Hallway, Third Floor Hallway and Fourth Floor Hallways)

Workshops

4, 11, 18 & 25
BASIC ETCHING WORKSHOP
Category: workshop

Etching is a printmaking technique in visual arts practice where the image ceated by the artist id etched on a metal plate through a process of biting using acid. The plate is inked, then excess ink is wiped off to print only areas that has been etched. Printing is done with the use of an etching press. Multiple originals may then be produced by repeating the process.

Every Saturdays (6 sesions)
Time: 1pm to 5pm

Venue: Philippine Association of Printmakers (PAP) Workshop behind the Folk Arts Theater

Workshop fee: Php6,000 (including materials)
For inquiries, e-mail pinoyprintmakers@gmail.com