Ness Roque
Ness Roque (b. 1991, Angeles City, Philippines), is a theater and film actor, performance dramaturg, and educator based in Metro Manila.
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Recent touring productions include "Traveling Tongues" (Kyoto Experiment, Taipei Arts Festival; 2024-Present), Toshiki Okada's "The Window of Spaceship 'In-Between'" (Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brussels 2024, Festival d'Automne Paris 2024, Toyooka Int'l Theater Festival 2025).
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She is part of Salikhain Kolektib, an interdisciplinary collective integrating participatory art and research practices, community engagement, and education into various projects in the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific Region.
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Leading performances for film include Raya Martin's How to Disappear Completely (Museum of Modern Art - MoMA 2017, Locarno 2013) and Now Showing (Cannes Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2008).
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CV
Education
2022 - Present / Tokyo University of the Arts (PhD)
2020 - 2022 / Tokyo University of the Arts (MA)
2007 - 2011 / Ateneo de Manila University (BA)
2003 - 2007 / Philippine High School for the Arts
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Grants & Awards
2025 / Ikuo Hirayama Award for Culture and the Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2022 / Best MA Thesis Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2021 / Muto Mai Research Grant
2019 - 2025 / MEXT Scholarship
2018 / LMDA Honourable Mention
(Award for Outstanding Dramaturgy)
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Exhibitions & Festivals
2025 - Camping Asia
2025 - east east tokyo art fair
2025 - Autumn Meteorite Festival Tokyo
2025 - Kyoto Experiment
2024 - Taipei Arts Festival
2022 - documenta fifteen
2021 - Asian Performing Arts Farm - Exhibition
2020 - Asian Performing Arts Farm - Lab
2019 - Bangkok Intl Performing Arts Meeting
2017 - Karnabal Festival
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Publications
2025 - GA Journal
2023 - Asian Dramaturgs' Network Book
2022 - bauhaus dessau e-journal
2021 - FREE-Lances Volume 1