Ballet Manila Archives

Feb 27

Feb 27 This Month in BM History: February 2007

Sergey Vikulov’s three-act Romeo & Juliet which Ballet Manila restaged in February 2007 at Star Theater is Lisa Macuja Elizalde’s favorite among all the versions she had danced of the ballet.

Feb 24

Feb 24 From friends to ‘fifis’: Ballet Manila couple Sean Pelegrin and Pearl Dames ready for more years of love, laughter and dancing

Ballet Manila Archives

Interviews

Recently engaged principal dancer Jessica Pearl Dames and soloist Sean Pelegrin had been girlfriend and boyfriend even before they joined Ballet Manila in 2015.

Feb 23

Feb 23 Ballet Manila’s ‘Ibong Adarna’ flexes its wings in Dumaguete

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Features

After winning raves for the purely classical Swan Lake last year, Ballet Manila is all set to return to Dumaguete with its award-winning blockbuster ballet – Ibong Adarna.

Feb 20

Feb 20 Ballet Manila dances with The Dawn

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Features

The Dawn of Ballet is a special edition of Ballet Manila’s long-running Ballet & Ballads series, a brainchild of Manila Broadcasting Company chairman Fred J. Elizalde.

Feb 19

Feb 19 Philippine-based for 40 years, Lisa Macuja Elizalde celebrates with ‘Prima’ season for Ballet Manila

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Interviews

Looking back now, Macuja Elizalde believes everything that has happened in her career was destiny, particularly the detour in 1986 which brought her back to the land where was born and raised – and got her first taste of ballet.

Feb 18

Feb 18 Dance partners for life

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Videos

In this video, we celebrate Valentines’ month featuring four pairs of BM dancers with relationships that began as partners in dance.

Feb 17

Feb 17 Galloping into the Year of the Horse

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Features

As we gallop into the Year of the Horse, we revisit a trio of Ballet Manila productions that have featured the equine image and the role it played in each story.

Feb 14

Feb 14 Ballet Manila in Full Color: Red-letter days

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Features

Ballet Manila is sultry in red.

Feb 12

Feb 12 How company artist Idelle Buhia finally fell in love with ballet

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Interviews

This ballerina officially joined Ballet Manila as a company artist when they were in the middle of their preparations for Swan Lake in Dumaguete tour.

Feb 9

Feb 9 Talk About Dance: Zeynep Okcu

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Talk About Dance

Birds use their wings to fly, because they do not know how to dance.

Feb 3

Feb 3 Putting on weight is soloist Rodney Catubay’s biggest challenge

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Keeping Fit

Rodney reminds himself that it’s okay to rest and enjoy doing other things.

Jan 31

Jan 31 This Month in BM History: January 2009

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This Month In BM History

“It was one of our most ambitious projects and we are glad that the gamble paid off,” enthused Ballet Manila artistic director and then principal dancer Lisa Macuja Elizalde.

Jan 24

Jan 24 Soundbites: ‘Excellence in dance demands discipline, resilience and an unyielding passion for the art’

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Soundbites

“Ballet Manila has proven time and again that excellence in dance requires more than just talent.”

Jan 22

Jan 22 Ballet Manila in Full Color: Totally teal

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Features

Ballet Manila is tantalizing in teal.

Jan 19

Jan 19 Talk About Dance: Ann Daly

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Talk About Dance

A dance legacy must be performed in order to be preserved.

Jan 16

Jan 16 We dance for laughter

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Videos

We dance for laughter.

Jan 8

Jan 8 Ballet Manila in Full Color: Into the clouds

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Features

Ballet Manila is into the clouds.

Jan 5

Jan 5 Ballet Manila’s memorable moments in 2025

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Features

As the company gears for another busy and prolific season, we look back on some highlights of 2025 for that extra boost of inspiration.

Dec 31

Dec 31 Talk About Dance: Amélie Nothomb

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Talk About Dance

No one occupies the totality of his body as great dancers do.

Dec 26

Dec 26 Snow White state of mind: Abigail Oliveiro and Mark Sumaylo

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Features

Here, husband-and-wife principal dancers Mark Sumaylo and Abigail Oliveiro share the question they’d most like to ask the all-knowing mirror – and what their idea of “happily ever after” is.

Categories

Feb 27 This Month in BM History: February 2007

Feb 24 From friends to ‘fifis’: Ballet Manila couple Sean Pelegrin and Pearl Dames ready for more years of love, laughter and dancing

Feb 23 Ballet Manila’s ‘Ibong Adarna’ flexes its wings in Dumaguete

Feb 20 Ballet Manila dances with The Dawn

Feb 19 Philippine-based for 40 years, Lisa Macuja Elizalde celebrates with ‘Prima’ season for Ballet Manila

Feb 18 Dance partners for life

Feb 17 Galloping into the Year of the Horse

Feb 14 Ballet Manila in Full Color: Red-letter days

Feb 12 How company artist Idelle Buhia finally fell in love with ballet

Feb 9 Talk About Dance: Zeynep Okcu

Feb 3 Putting on weight is soloist Rodney Catubay’s biggest challenge

Jan 31 This Month in BM History: January 2009

Jan 24 Soundbites: ‘Excellence in dance demands discipline, resilience and an unyielding passion for the art’

Jan 22 Ballet Manila in Full Color: Totally teal

Jan 19 Talk About Dance: Ann Daly

Jan 16 We dance for laughter

Jan 8 Ballet Manila in Full Color: Into the clouds

Jan 5 Ballet Manila’s memorable moments in 2025

Dec 31 Talk About Dance: Amélie Nothomb

Dec 26 Snow White state of mind: Abigail Oliveiro and Mark Sumaylo

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