Assistant Professor and Theater Director from University of the Philippines Los Banos will hold a three-day intensive acting workshop for Lipa Actors Company in Lipa City. 

DENNIS GUPA, a graduate of MA Theater Arts from Diliman and also Director-in-Resident at Ma-Yi Theatre Company in New York, will share an acting & performance technique from French actor, mime and acting instructor JACQUES LECOQ that is based on physical work, mainly on improvisations.  The workshop entitled “ENSEMBLE DEVISING VIA LEQOC TECHNIQUE FOR FILIPINO ACTORS” will be shared to Lipa Actors Company for the first time. According to Mr. Gupa, “I have not shared it outside UPLB, since the time i got the training in NYC…” 

This workshop is part of a month long arts festival dubbed as SINING TAG-ARAW SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL sponsored by Lipa Actors Company. It will be held on May 15-17, 2013 at Museo De Lipa. Also, this project is part of LAC Actors Development Program with the support of the NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE & ARTS through its Speakers Bureau / Outreach Programs.

Sining Tag-araw is presented to you by Lipa Actors Company, Lipa City Culture and Arts Council together with partners LTN Events, Lipa Ballet School, Art-Cool-It your one-stop DIY shop, http://www.batangashub.com and the National Commission for Culture and Arts. LAC has reserved three-slots for non-LAC members. For those interested, just send your letter of intent to lipaactorscompany@gmail.com with contact numbers 0928-7269345 / 0906-2503033.