La Revolucion Filipina Set to Open Ballet Philippines’45th Anniversary – The Sapphire Season on July 25

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Ballet Philippines, the country’s classical and contemporary company in cooperation with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines proudly announces the return of Agnes Locsin’s La Revolucion Filipina to kick off the company’s 45th Anniversary – The Sapphire Season.

The sublime paralytic Apolinario Mabini and the story of his role in the Philippine Revolution are brought into the limelight once again, just in time for the hero’s sesquicentennial birth anniversary.

Named Outstanding Dance Production and winner of Outstanding Choreography for Agnes Locsin at the 2008 Gawad Buhay! Awards, La Revolucion Filipina features original music by Ryan Cayabyab and libretto by Dennis Marasigan.

Choreographer Agnes Locsin was a former artistic director and resident choreographer of Ballet Philippines. She was the Gawad CCP awardee for Dance in 2012.

This fourth restaging of the modern dance masterpiece is led by three members of La Revolucion Filipina’s original cast, Annette Cruz-Mariano, Judell de Guzman-Sicam, and Alden Lugnasin.

Student Media Congress 2014 at DLSU: Empowering Media Catalysts

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Fresh from its success last year, the DLSU Student Media Office will once again host the Student Media Congress 2014 with the theme "Empowering Media Catalysts" on July 25-26, 2014 at De La Salle University-Manila. It is a two-day event that includes workshops and talks from influential and credible speakers in the field of media. Expected number of participants is around 1,100 coming from different universities and colleges around the Philippines.

Student Media Congress believes that media is one of the largest industries of today--with different fields that could and should be dealt with. So this year's Student Media Congress is offering a variety of competing and non competing workshops that tackles with different practices of media, hosted by it's prime practitioners.

Now's the chance to learn and hone your skills from top media personalities! Catch Howie Severino, Rico Hizon, Mick Atienza, Carlos Mori Rodriguez, Santiago Elizalde and many more at this year's Student Media Congress from July 25 to 26 at De La Salle University-Manila.

Rabbit Hole Launches Red Turnip Theater’s Second Season

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In the span of a year, Red Turnip Theater has made its mark in the Philippine theater scene. The band of five actors that make up Red Turnip (Ana Abad Santos, Topper Fabregas, Jenny Jamora, Cris Villonco and Rem Zamora) wanted to come up with a maiden season that would re-introduce Philippine audiences to the straight play while putting their own stamp on the theatrical experience. Their first production, “Closer”, was a bruising and honest take on modern day relationships and their follow-up, “Cock”, was a biting comedy about sexual identity. Both productions went on to acclaim with critics and audiences alike.

The five are back with their second season and are excited to kickstart it with the 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner, “Rabbit Hole”. Written by David Lindsay-Abaire, “Rabbit Hole” was a Broadway hit that garnered several Tony nominations and a win for its lead actress, Cynthia Nixon. It was then adapted into a critically-acclaimed film with Nicole Kidman in 2010 and earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

The story revolves around Becca and Howie, a couple who lose their four year old son to a car accident, and the grief that slowly threatens to tear them apart. Shifting between humour and heartbreak, “Rabbit Hole” explores the way people deal with loss and how this affects those closest to them; their families. Variety calls it “an intensely emotional examination of grief, laced with wit, insightfulness, compassion, and searing honesty”.