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Keo Woolford’s I Land in Manila!

January 20th, 2009

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“I Land” has landed in Manila! I Land is a one-man off-Broadway show featuring acclaimed actor and hula dancer Keo Woolford. (Yes, you read that right, he is a hula dancer.)

So what is “I Land” and why is there so much buzz about it? “I Land” is Keo Woolford’s moving search for the meaning of heritage in a post-modern world weaving together traditional Hawaiian hula, Hip-Hop, Hawaiian talk story and spoken word.

This show is loosely based on Woolford’s life from searching for his heritage to his first exposure to the hula and how he came under the instruction of his Kumu master (hula teacher). The show also describes his fleeting brush with fame as a member of the almost-famous Hawaiian boyband Brownskin. “I Land” also exposes his subsequent descent into a world of drugs and partying and his rising up from those by rediscovering the dance that connects him both to his culture and to himself.

I got the chance to do an interview with him and boy was it a fun learning experience. Contrary to popular belief and stereotypes, men do hula too! In fact, as Keo shares in the interview below, pre-colonial Hawaii had a lot of male hula dancers.
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CCP TURNS 40 in 2009!

January 14th, 2009
CCP at 40

 

As they say, “Life begins at 40”, but for the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) , life does not simply begin…it ‘begins anew’.

This year, the CCP will its 40th anniversary with a year-round celebration that will feature special performances and events clustered around the themes of Excellence of Filipino Artists; Brave New Works:  Original Filipino Creations; and Cultural Empowerment:  Flourishing of the Arts in the Regions.

This 9-month-long celebration will focus on its major achievements throughout its 40-year existence: helping discover, support, train and encourage Filipino artists; spurring the creation of a body of original works that help us Filipinos define ourselves as a people and a nation; seeking to democratize the arts in terms of access to the arts; and being the leading artistic institution in the country in utilizing the power of arts for social transformation.  

The CCP has been the catalyst for the creation of cutting edge works by young artists. 

All these are great reasons for the CCP to celebrate and they will!  (View full schedules HERE. Also in PDF Format, Excel Format)

Events from February to March will focus on the Excellence of Filipino Artists. 

One of the shows that we here at Bakla Ako, May Reklamo? are looking forward to is » Read more: CCP TURNS 40 in 2009!

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Pa-VIRGIN Ka Naman!

June 25th, 2008

Ah!  Virgin, Virgin, where art thou?

It’s Virgin Labfest time again!  And this time, it’s bigger, brighter, and well, even brighter!  What is Virgin Labfest?

“The Virgin Labfest is a venue for playwrights, directors and actors to bring to life ’untried, untested, unpublished and unstaged’ one-act plays,” explains festival founder Rody Vera.1

The Labfest begins today, June 25, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.  There are many reasons why catching this theater festival of sorts is more than worth it:

  1. Stairwell to HellGibbs Cadiz is giving away free tickets to the Virgin Labfest.
  2. You get to see the talents of our own theater groups and theater performers.
  3. There are three gay-themed plays in the Labfest.
  4. You get the chance of winning a prize (just by blogging about the plays you’ve seen) courtesy of the organizers.
  5. The Labfest ticket price for the main exhibition sets is only P200, and that gives you entry to three plays already.
  6. (Other ticket prizes are P100 for the symposium and “Pay What You Can” for play readings.)
  7. You can now tell your ka-eyeball that you are a person who has culture and breeding because you watch plays.
  8. You will have fun!

So what are you waiting for? Check out the plays and their schedules here! Pa-Virgin ka na!

Zemanta Pixie
  1. Walter Ang, Philippine Daily Inquirer ↩
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