The Cultural Center of the Philippines complex on the Manila Bay reclamation area is the country's main venue for performing arts — ballet, opera, theater, and classical music — and also houses galleries of contemporary Filipino art. The main building, designed by Leandro Locsin in 1969, is one of the finest examples of Filipino modernist architecture: a monolithic mass raised on columns above the bay, with clean lines and good views of the water.
The main theater stages productions by national companies including the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Ballet Philippines, and the Tanghalang Pilipino theater company. A schedule of current productions is available on the CCP website. The complex is also the site of the Manila Film Center nearby, a more complicated monument to Marcos-era ambition, and the Folk Arts Theater.