Cultural Center of the Philippines – Events for the Month of June

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June 01
SI ELLA AT ANG PRINSIPE
(Perry Sevidal Ballet) Si Ella at ang Prinsipe features students of the Perry Sevidal Ballet in a dance celebration highlighting their achievements in both classical and more contemporary forms. It also pays tribute to the well-loved music of the legendary musicians of our times, The Beatles. 6:30PM
Venue: Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)
Tickets and Info: CCP Box Office 8323704/8321125 loc 1409 &1406 and TicketWorld 8919999.
Category: dance, recital

ITALIAN MUSIC AND DANCE CLINIC
(Eugenio Bennato and the Taranta Power) The CCP Music Division, in cooperation with the Italian Embassy, is holding a lecture-demonstration by Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist Eugenio Bennato, on Italian folk music and dance, particularly the different types of tarantella rhythms on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 2:00 PM at the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Little Theater.Mr. Bennato is the founder of the movement called TARANTA POWER, a movement dedicated to the revival of the tarantella, the thousand year old ritual dance from the South of Italy, currently enjoying great success among the young people in Italy. 2:00PM
Venue: Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino(CCP Little Theater)
Free Admission


June 03
HANSEL & GRETEL and OTHER DANCES
(Claravall School Of Dance) Presenting the full-length of “Hansel & Gretel and other dances” choreographed by four (4) outstanding Filipino choreographers. 6:00 PM
Venue: Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)
Tickets and Info: CCP Box Office 8323704/8321125 loc 1409 &1406 and TicketWorld 8919999.
Category: dance, recital


June 04
“THE VIENNESE SYMPHONIC TRADITION: A GUSTAV MAHLER CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION”
(Manila Symphony Orchestra)
Manila Symphony Orchestra, Prof. Arturo Molina, conductor
Wilfredo Pasamba, soloist
Programme:
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto no. 2 in D Major
Gustav Mahler
Symphony no. 5
The Manila Symphony Orchestra opens its 2011 concert season with "The Viennese Symphonic Tradition: A Gustav Mahler Centennial Celebration". The concert features a highly challenging repertoire of Mahler's Symphony no. 5 and Franz Joseph Haydn's Cello Concerto no. 2 in D Major, with one of the best Filipino cellists, the US-based Wilfredo Pasamba, as soloist and Prof. Arturo Molina as conductor. The concert traces the beginnings of the symphonic tradition with Haydn, the Father of the Symphony and ends with Mahler, who is considered as one of the last great composers under the Viennese symphonic tradition. The concert is part of Symphonie, The Guest Orchestra series of the CCP. 8:00pm
Venue: Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)
Ticket Prices: PhP 1,000 (OC) / 800 (OS) / 500 (B1) / 250 (B2)
Tickets and Info: CCP Box Office 8323704/8321125 loc 1409 &1406 and TicketWorld 8919999.
Category: music, classical symphony

June 14 - 17
RIZAL 150th BIRTHDAYIn commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of the Philippines’ national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, various activities will be presented at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) from June 14-17, 2011.

June 21
REYNALDO REYES CONCERT

Pianist Reynaldo Reyes performs in the first of a three-concert series featuring an all-Beethoven program at the CCP. For this first concert, he will play Sonata in F minor, opus 2, no.1 (1795), Sonata, quasi una fantasia in E flat Major, opus 27, no.1 (1800-01), Sonata in F # Major,

opus 78 (1809) and Sonata in C Major opus 53 (Waldstein), (1803-04). 7:30pm
Venue: Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino(CCP Little Theater)
Tickets and Info: CCP Box Office 8323704/8321125 loc 1409 &1406 .
Category: music, classical symphony

June 24 - 30
THE MUSIC OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
(Lunchbox Theatrical Productions) A new theatrical event featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most timeless songs performed by the current stars of Australian musical theatre…Blake Bowden. Alinta Chidzey, Andrew Conaghan, Michael Cormick, Trisha Crowe, Delia Hannah, Kirsten Hobbs, AShaun Rennie. Directed by Stuart Maunder. Musical Supervision by Guy Noble. June 24-26; 28-30 / July 01-03 at 8:00 PM
June 25-26 / July 02-03 at 3: 00 PM
Venue: Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)
Tickets and Info: CCP Box Office 8323704/8321125 loc 1409 &1406 and TicketWorld 8919999.
Category: music, musical theater review

June 28
VIRGIN LABFEST 7 The Virgin Labfest is a festival of untried, untested and unstaged plays. Hosted by the Cultural Center of the Philippines in cooperation with Tanghalang Pilipino and the Writers Bloc, this year marks the 7th of the festival. Nine new one act plays will be featured together with one full-length work, three restagings from the Virgin Labfest 6 and readings. June 28 to July 10, 2011
Venue: Tanghalang Huseng Batute (CCP Studio Theater)
Tickets and Info: CCP Box Office 8323704/8321125 loc 1409 &1406 and TicketWorld 8919999.
Category: theater

CCP CHOREOGRAPHER’S CUP

The Cultural Center of the Philippines and Ballet Philippines is proud to announce the CCP Choreographer’s Cup for neo-classical choreography scheduled on July 8-10, 2011 at the CCP Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (Little Theater).

Theme : “The Ideal Woman

Categories: Junior Category – 23 years old and below Senior Category - 24 to 45 years old

Competition Piece: 3 to 6 minutes ( for solo, duet, trio or quartet)
Residency: Two weeks residency at the CCP working with dancers of Ballet Philippines, Philippine Ballet Theater and Ballet Manila. Finalists will receive allowances during their residency. Regional finalists will be provided with free accommodation.

Prizes: Senior Category 1st Prize 20,000 plus Choreographer’s “CUP”; 2nd Prize 15,000 plus Plaque ;3rd Prize 10,000 plus Plaque
Junior Category 1st Prize 15,000 plus Choreographer’s “CUP”; 2nd Prize 10,000 plus Plaque; 3rd Prize 5,000 plus Plaque

Selected winning pieces will be showcased in major productions at the CCP. Champion Choreographers get the chance to be recommended to International Dance Festivals and Competitions.

Deadline for submission of entries is June 15, 2011.

For guidelines and other information, visit the following website www.balletphilippines.org. or contact Ballet Philippines - 8323689, 821-1125 loc. 1622 CCP Dance Division – 832-1125 loc. 1602 / 1603

Exhibits

Until June 26
LUAL solo exhibit by Rita Badilla-Gudino. Lual is about transforming the firing process of ceramics into an art form embodying the relationship between birthing and firing. The exhibit is collateral to the artist’s performative presentation of the same project to be launched at the University of the Philippines, Diliman and will be feature the works and the photo and video documentation of the process involved. Rita Badilla-Gudino is a faculty member of the Visual Communication Department of UP College of Fine Arts in Diliman is the faculty coordinator of its ceramics studio. Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo (CCP Small Gallery)
Free Admission

Opening 19 June until 21 August 2011
REVO group exhibition on Jose Rizal, is a deconstruction of the official commemorative. Presented on the occasion of the National Hero’s 150th birthday, portrayals and recollections of Rizal as revolutionary will be explored through traditional mediums and multimedia installations by selected alumni of the University or Santo Tomas College of Fine Arts and Architecture. J. Pacena II, recipient of the recent Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS) program for young curators funded by the Japan, convenes and heads the curatorial team of this collaboration project. Bulwagang Juan Luna (CCP Main Gallery)
Free Admission

Opening 19 June until 21 August 2011
MANHID first solo exhibition by Ronald Jeresano, delves into that fragile space between holding back and losing control of one’s emotion: one that he defines as numbness. For Jeresano, numbness could be the fleeting prelude to depression or breakdown, but it is still a precious and reflective moment where a sense of beauty, strength and order could nonetheless be grasped and understood. Jeresano’s works are distinguished by the play of solidity and fluidity in figuration, more recently expressed through the rendition of bubbles which take the form of various image and text to propel the artist’s social commentary. Among his many awards and recognitions, Jeresano is a Grand Prize winner of both the Metrobank MADE in 2008 and the ArtPetron competition in 2007 and 2008. This exhibition is presented in cooperation with Nineveh Artspace. Pasilyo Guillermo Tolentino (CCP Third Hallway)
Free Admission

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