by Geejay Arriola
Waway Linsahay Saway (Christian name: Rodelio), is a byword among contemporary artists and indigenous communities in Mindanao. A teacher at the Talaandig School of Living Traditions in the highlands of Sungko, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Waway lives on his tribe’s music and art.
Waway belting out a song in his mountain home
Son of ...
by Geejay Arriola
Sining Kabayoka’s Pilandok
When I first saw the play “Halik sa Kampilan” by Sining Kambayoka in 1983, I was enthralled and inspired. I knew for sure that “Halik” was a landmark in Philippine Theatre History. And it was.
More than a decade later, I saw two other productions of Sining Kambayoka—”Pilandok” in ...
By Jeffrey Langlois
Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro is certainly an incredible masterpiece. It one of three great Italian comedy operas that Mozart and his friend Italian librettist friend, Lorenzo DaPonte wrote together, the other two being Cosi Fan Tutti, and Don Giovanni. Perhaps there is no ...
by Geejay Arriola
— rehashed article from August 2004.
l-r: Eric Gancio and Gary Granada
Last night, musician-composers Gary Granada and Eric Gancio, playwright and recent Palanca Awardee Arnel Mardoquio, theatre artist and development worker Lyndee Prieto, and myself spent hours discussing physics, politics, business, theatre, education, and life at Eric’s house. I ...
by Geejay Arriola
Artists of Kaliwat Theatre Collective and Mebuyan Peace Project arrived in Pagalungan at 9 am on June 24, 2003. A number of Moro women approached us, asking where we came from and thanked us for coming to join them. It was literally the hottest performance we ever had—we sang ...
