What is Filipino version of chamber theatre?

In the 3rd explanation published online, the chamber theatre is a method of adapting literary works to the stage using a maximal amount of the work's original text and often minimal and suggestive settings. The narration is included in the performed text and the narrator might be played by multiple actors. Further, Professor Robert S. Breen (1909-1991) introduced "Chamber Theater" to his Oral Interpretation Classes at Northwestern University in 1947. Northwestern’s Professor of Performance Studies Frank Galati, who studied Chamber Theater with Dr. Breen, has directed highly acclaimed Chamber Theater Productions for the Goodman Theater and Steppenwolf Theater Companies in Chicago. Galati’s Chamber Theater adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath won two Tony Awards on Broadway. One of the most famous and elaborate examples of chamber theatre is David Edgar's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, in which Charles Dickens' characters narrate themselves in third person.

Here are the samples of full and semi versions of Filipino Chamber Theatre that really give emphasis to the importance of a genre and a literary chic used as a theatrical approach to performing narrative literature.  The 4th year students of Professional Academy of the Philippines (PAP) in Cebu have rendered fully the Filipino version of Chamber Theatre based on adapting literary works to the stage using a maximal amount of the work's original text and often minimal and suggestive settings. Observe how they categorically interpret and perform on stage. Enjoy and watch the sui generis Chamber Theatre.

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School Paper Blog: Exclusive Blog for Students and Teachers

I would like to share with you my blog entitled "School Paper Blog: Exclusive Blog for Students and Teachers." This blog is purely intended for students and teachers who have the passion for writing various articles or any school-related newspaper stories, such as editorial, feature, news, sports, entertainment, poetry, prose or creative writing, home reading report, campus buzz, including photo essays...locally contributed or written by the students, teachers and school paper advisers who are the main contributors of Guindaruhan Tribune, The Paragon-College, The Access and other campus publications here in the Philippines.




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L’éducation aux Philippines est différente de l’éducation en France

Ce voyage a été possible grâce à l’accord entre l’ambassade de France aux Philippines et le Department of Education (DepEd). Mon séjour a eu lieu du 20 octobre au 20 novembre 2012 à Tours, dans le centre de la France.

J’ai vécu dans une famille d’accueil, près de l’Institut de Touraine où j’ai suivi une formation en français.

Pour moi, tous les cours proposés étaient intéressants et les professeurs excellents ! L’échange avec les professeurs était agréable et je les ai beaucoup appréciés, même si nous étions en total désaccord sur presque tous les sujets ! Selon moi, l’éducation aux Philippines est différente de l’éducation en France. Chaque classe est étroitement surveillée par le professeur ! Les professeurs nous ont donné une grande quantité d’exercices et un programme très chargé pour progresser rapidement en un mois. Le programme proposé était varié : ateliers d’écriture, cours de grammaire, de phonétique, compréhension orale, etc.

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Filipino Customs and Traditions

All of these nations contributed a lot to what the Philippines now is all about. Our nation is very well-known for its connotative name as Pearl of the Orient Seas, along with its rich marine resources and lush vegetation. The Philippines is the only Christian country in Asia; thus we should be proud for the traditions and rich history of our country. That’s the reason why the Filipinos have amalgamated cultures in consequence of occupation and it made our country very famous a long time ago after all the invading nations had returned homes to reassess Philippine history and traditions. In Tagaloglang.com information, it said that Spanish rule of the Philippines began soon after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan discovered the islands in 1521. Magellan had been searching for a shorter route to Moluccas, the Spice Islands. Admiral Ruy Lopez de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Filipinas after King Philip II of Spain, and in 1565 helped build the first Spanish settlement on the main island of Luzon. It said also that the Spanish conquistadores reigned for nearly 400 years until 1898 when the United States defeated Spain in the Spanish-American War. As a result of the Treaty of Paris, Spain surrendered the Philippines, marking the end of Spanish colonial rule and the beginning of American control. In 1901, future U.S. president William Howard Taft became the first civilian governor of the islands. 

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Philippines is now facing financial crises

I am living on my parent’s minimum wage. Critical situations sometimes happen to our living due to the minimum amount of wages that my parents receive every month. There are some instances wherein our family is striving more with some difficulties about money. Fortunately, we overcome our serious problems by degrees. Pursuing oneself to gain something with a greater amount of wages, one must obtain the four D’s: 1) determination to fulfill one's dream to have a better life, to gain such a greater amount of income in day-to-day life subsistence, and to work hard which is the counterpart of determination; 2) dedication to a certain job which you have been singled out for a living, and you don’t abandon it for the sake of finding a job which is not easy; 3) one must have a disciplinary character to possess and to be concerned with; and 4) you must have the diligence in handling the task and performing the job honestly without biases or prejudices against the others.

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