Japanese and Filipino puppet and mask artists perform at the CCP

February 12, 2013, 3:00 PM

Tanghalang Huseng Batute (CCP Studio Theater)

CCP Complex

Pasay, Metro Manila

A puppet and mask show featuring Japanese and Filipino artists will be held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Huseng Batute (CCP Studio Theater) on February 12, 2013 at 3:00 PM as part of the Papet at Maskara series of events.

The show features Naoshima Onna Bunraku, an all-women community puppetry troupe from the southern Japanese island of Naoshima performing Bunraku pieces Dango Uri (The Dumpling Peddlers) and Keisei Awa no Naruto Junreika no Dan (The Song of a Pilgrim scene from The Courtesan at Awa), the UP Center for International Studies Bunraku Ensemble presenting Ebisu Mai (The Dance of Ebisu), and the UPCIS Noh Theatre Ensemble II restaging Lapeña-Bonifacio’s prize-winning play Ang Paglalakbay ni Sisa, Isang Noh sa Laguna, as a Shinsaku (newly-created) Noh complete with dances, chants, drums with vocal music, costumes and a mask.

Dango Uri

Papet at Maskara is a series of cultural dialogue activities happening this February 10-17, between UPCIS performance groups and visiting Japanese artists commemorating the 40^th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan relations. Japanese puppet and mask artists will interact with UP University Professor Emeritus Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio of Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas, the UPCIS Bunraku Ensemble and other puppet troupes in activities such as a workshop, lecture-demonstration and public performances in UP Diliman and Los Baños, CCP, and Maestranza Park in Intramuros, Manila.

Keisei Awa no Naruto

Papet at Maskara is presented by the UPCIS in cooperation with Embassy of Japan, Japan Foundation Manila, Department of Tourism’s Intramuros Administration, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Ticket price:

P400

For inquiries:

CCP Performing Arts Division 832-1125 local 1607