Cultural Center of the Philippines

The CCP provides performance and exhibition venues for various local and international productions at the 62-hectare (150-acre) Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex located in the cities of Pasay and Manila. Its artistic programs include the production of performances, festivals, exhibitions, cultural research, outreach, preservation, and publication of materials on Philippine art and culture. It holds its headquarters at the Tanghalang Pambansa (English: National Theater), a structure designed by National Artist for Architecture, Leandro V. Locsin. Locsin would later design many of the other buildings in the CCP Complex.

The scope of activities the center engages in include architecture, film and broadcast arts, dance, literature, music, new media, theatre and visual arts. Aside from the its promotion of local and indigenous artists, it has played host to numerous prominent and international artists like Van Cliburn, Plácido Domingo, Marcel Marceau, the Bolshoi Ballet, the Kirov Ballet, the Royal Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet, the New York Philharmonic, and the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra among many others.

VENUES

Theaters

• Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater)
• Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (Little Theater)
• Tanghalang Huseng Batute (Studio Theater)
• Tanghalang Manuel Conde (Dream Theater)
• Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas (Folk Arts Theater)

Museo

• Museo ng Kalinangang Pilipino (CCP Museum)

Exhibition Halls

• Bulwagang Fernando Amorsolo,
• Bulwagang Juan Luna,
• Pasilyo Vincente Manansala,
• Pasilyo Guillermo Tolentino,
• Pasilyo Victorio Edades,
• Bulwagang Carlos V. Francisco.

Other Venues

• Venues at the National Arts Center