PHILIPPINES-JAPAN FRIENDSHIP DAY

DATE: July 23, 2006

A special event in celebration of Philippines-Japan Friendship Day featuring a performance of the Okina by Filipino dancers and the play, "Unravel Noh" by Noh master Naohiko Umewaka.

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Philippines-Japan World Heritage Sites Exhibit

DATE: May 22 ~ June 30
VENUE: NCCA Galleries, 633 General Luna Street, Intramuros, Manila

A month-long display of photographs of the Philippines and Japan's World Heritage Sites at the National Commission for Culture and Arts in celebration of Heritage Month and Philippines-Japan Friendship Year. View the glorious expressions of Filipino culture in the Banaue Rice Terraces, the Baroque churches, and the Tubbataha Reef. Get transported to a graceful Japanese era and trail along the Shirakami-sanchi Mount Range in Northern Japan to the Gusuku Site and related properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu in the south through photographer Kazuyoshi Miyoshi's eyes.

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Yamato - The Drummers of Japan

DATE: June 20, 2006
TIME: 8:00 pm
VENUE: CCP Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

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Condors' Conquest of the Galaxy : Jupiter

DATE: June 23, 2006
TIME: 8:00 pm
VENUE: CCP Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo

Condors, an all-male Japanese contemporary dance group, brings to Philippine shores an amazing fast-paced spectacle blending elements of dance, film, live music, puppet show and drama. "Conquest of the Galaxy: Jupiter" features energetic, goofy skits, interspersed with short films, and dance production numbers appealing to the MTV-generation.

Lecture-workshops will be held in cooperation with the UP Dance Company/ Contemporary Dance Map and the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Condors' Conquest of the Galaxy: Jupiter is an entry to the International Theater Festival 2006.

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For more info, please contact The Japan Foundation.