St. Paul University Dumaguete (SPUD) Administration headed by its University President, Sister Nintha Lucilla Baldado, SPC has accepted the offer of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts to be one of the primary venues of the Taboan: The Philippine Writers Festival slated on February 7-9, 2013 in Dumaguete and Negros Oriental, a project of the National Committee on Literary Arts, and the Sayaw Pinoy of the National Committee on Dance scheduled on February 16, 2013.
The Taboan will bring in 100 writer-delegates from all over the country and a few from foreign countries. Lectures and forums will be offered to students and teachers from the various educational institutions in the city and province for free, and will also provide them the opportunity to be exposed to Philippine Literature, and interact with the writers behind the bylines of poetry, fiction and drama published in textbooks and other publications. The event is an annual project and forms part of the Philippine International Arts Festival.
Meanwhile, the Sayaw Pinoy is a touring dance performance which features the different dance forms — folkdance, traditional dance, ballet, neo-classical, modern & contemporary and hiphop dance participated by top dance companies in the country with the local dance troupes in the city and province.
The Sayaw Pinoy program aims to make quality dance performances accessible to the different audience in the different parts of the country, and will provide opportunity for emerging dance groups to showcase their talents. (Raffy Arbon Duhaylungsod/SPUD – External Affairs)
