October 2008: Happy elsewhere

One whole week with my sister and three nieces! I think I did more eating and shopping (alright, my sister shopped, I walked with her) in that one week than I did in the previous six months. I loved baby-sitting the girls so my sister could spend some undisturbed time with family and friends. I hope they can come back next year, and for a longer period!

Before they arrived, I squeezed in five performances in three weekends. Hubby-dear had to watch more. Much more.

La Bohème
Philippine Opera Company
http://www.philippineoperacompany.com
Music by Giacomo Puccini • Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Helen Quach • Directed by Floy Quintos

Disney's Mulan Jr.
Repertory Philippines
http://www.repertory-philippines.com
Directed by Joy Virata • Choreographed by Denisa Reyes

Piaf: Love Conquers All
MusicArtes
Written by Roger Peace • Director, Designer, Actor: Naomi Emmerson • Piano Accompaniment by Carmela Buencamino-Sinco

New Beginnings
Ballet Philippines
http://www.balletphilippines.org
Night Creature
Choreography by Alvin Ailey • Restaged by Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish • Music by Duke Ellington
The Hurt We Embrace
Choreography by Max Luna III • Music by Jan Ap Kaczmarek
Mga Awit
Choreography by Max Luna III • Music by Michael Dadap • Lyrics by Nelson Navarro
Thresholds II
Choreography by Alan Hineline • Music by Jerome Begin

Master Class
Philippine Opera Company
http://www.philippineoperacompany.com
Written by Terrence McNally • Directed by Michael Williams

September 2008: Happy elsewhere

My very late chronicle of what I watched in September.

West Side Story
Stages Production
Book by Arthur Laurents • Music by Leonard Bernstein • Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim • Stage Direction by Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo • Musical Direction by Gerard Salonga

Isang Panaginip na Fili
Dulaang U.P.
http://www.upd.edu.ph/~dup
Written & Directed by Floy Quintos • Music by CJ Javier • Choreographed by Van Manalo
Photograph by Joel Reyes

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute
Philippine Opera Company
http://www.philippineoperacompany.com
Directed by Kokoy Jimenez

La Revolucion Filipina
Ballet Philippines
http://www.balletphilippines.org
Music by Ryan Cayabyab • Choreographed by Agnes Locsin
Photograph by Victor Ursabia

September is also when I met with blogger friends Cheyenne and Christine. Chey came to Manila for a week and we met for lunch at the People's Palace restaurant, where we had a Thai curry overload. It was great meeting you, girls!

Also during this month, I learned a lot about the inner workings of online and cellphone payments—much, much more than I ever wanted to know.

August 2008: Happy elsewhere

Noli at Fili: Dekada 2000 (Dos Mil)
Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA)
http://www.petatheater.com
Written by Nicanor G. Tiongson • Directed by Soxie Topacio

Otelo: Ang Moro ng Venecia
Tanghalang Ateneo
http://www.tanghalangateneo.org
Written by William Shakespeare • Translated by Rogelio Sicat and Luna Sicat-Cleto • Directed by Dr. Ricardo G. Abad

The Golden Child
Tanghalang Pilipino
http://www.tanghalangpilipino.com
Written by David Henry Hwang • Directed by Loy Arcenas

August was also the month we spent a long weekend in Baguio City, which calls itself the Philippines' summer capital because of its cooler climate. I posted some pictures in my other blog and if you'd care to see them, click here.

March 2008: Happy elsewhere

What with performance groups winding down their season for the summer (and preparing for their summer workshops), everything shutting down for Holy Week, hubby busily grading papers because it's the end of the semester, and so many things going on at the home front, we didn't get to go out much in March. But we still managed to visit an outdoor exhibit and watch two performances.

This is my third such entry for the year—an entire quarter has come and gone. Where did all that time go?

Interactive: 12 Human Senses
An interactive art installation by Impy Pilapil
http://www.impypilapil.com
At the Ateneo de Manila University
Photo of "Music Chamber" by Teya


Latin Heat
Ballet Philippines
http://www.ballet.com.ph


Slipped Disc - A Study of the Upright Walk
Goethe-Institut in the Philippines
http://www.goethe.de/ins/ph/map/enindex.htm
Written by Ingrid Lausund • Directed by Lito Casaje

February 2008: Happy elsewhere

An embarrassing richness of plays this month, aside from one ballet and the Japanese drummers. Two of the plays were by university theater groups, and I have to say that the best of the year so far was by one of them: Dulaang U.P.'s "Orosman at Zafira." Awesome!

Skin Deep
PETA: Philippine Educational Theater Association
http://www.petatheater.com
Written by Vincent de Jesus • Directed by Nor Domingo • Music by Lucien Letaba and Arranged by Melvin Corpin • Choreographed by Christine Crame-Santillan



Hakbang sa Hakbang
William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure"
Tanghalang Ateneo • Ateneo de Manila University
http://tanghalangateneo.multiply.com
Translated and Directed by Ronan Capinding • Choreographed by Ina Luna



Hamlet
Repertory Philippines
http://www.repertory-philippines.com
Written by William Shakespeare • Directed by Ana Abad Santos-Bitong



Le Corsaire
Ballet Manila
http://balletmanila.ph



EJ: Ang Pinagdaanang Buhay nina Evelio Javier at Edgar Jopson
Tanghalang Pilipino
http://www.tanghalangpilipino.com
Written by Ed Maranan • Directed by Chris Millado • Music by The Dawn



Wadaiko: The Drums of Japan
Ryo Shiobara and Daida
Ryo Shiobara: http://www.dondoko.com/prof.html



Orosman at Zafira
Dulaang U.P. • University of the Philippines - Diliman
http://orosmanatzafira.multiply.com and http://www.upd.edu.ph/~dup
Written by Francisco Baltazar • Directed and Choreographed by Dexter Santos • Music composed by Carol Bello

January 2008: Happy elsewhere

Aside from my job, shopping, errands, and eating out with family and friends, these are what took me out of the house in January 2008:

Kudeta
Tanghalang Pilipino
http://www.tanghalangpilipino.com/
Written by Mustapha Matura • Translated by George de Jesus III • Directed by Floy Quintos



If It Ain’t Baroque, Don’t Fix It: The Bach Family Business
Clarion Chamber Ensemble
http://www.clarionensemble.com/
Johann Sebastian Bach • Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach • Johann Christian Bach • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart



Johnny Alegre Affinity
http://affinityjazz.multiply.com/
Johnny Alegre, Guitar • Colby dela Calzada, Bass • Ricky Posadas, Drums



Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
http://www.sweeneytoddmovie.com/
Directed by Tim Burton