Section 5Sec./Art. 5

The Selection Committee. -There is hereby established a Selection Committee for the National Performing Arts Companies composed of fifteen (15) members, who shall be chosen from a panel, of experts knowledgeable in the artistic and technical aspects of the performing arts, to be designated by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the CCP. The members of the Selection Committee shall elect a Chairperson from among themselves.

The Selection Committee shall draw up the appropriate guidelines for the selection process of the National Performing Arts Companies. It shall adopt the following procedures:

(a) Call for applications to different performing arts companies based on the guidelines set by the Selection Committee;

(b) Conduct a first screening as an assessment by the Secretariat of the applications received based on a preselection criteria stated in the guidelines set by the Selection Committee;

(c) Conduct a second screening as further evaluation by the Selection Committee of the applications received based on the criteria set in Section 6 hereof;

(d) Conduct a final selection of the qualified National Performing Arts Companies consisting of:

(1) One (1) qualified applicant for ballet and contemporary dance;

(2) One (1) qualified applicant for theater;

(3) One (1) qualified applicant for orchestral music;

(4) One (1) qualified applicant for choral music; and

(5) One (1) qualified applicant for indigenous performing ensemble: and

(e) Select an additional fifteen (15), or three (3) from each of the next most qualified applicants of the aforementioned performing arts companies, that shall be the beneficiaries of a separate subsidy program.

The results of the final selection shall be ratified jointly by the NCCA Board of Commissioners and the CCP Board of Trustees.