Ballet Manila Archives

Apr 11

Apr 11 Quarantine creativity: How making coffee became a lesson in videography for Sean Pelegrin

For Ballet Manila company artist Sean Pelegrin, having to stay indoors for hours on end has meant getting the chance to improve his skills in videography and photography – two hobbies that he wants to pursue more seriously.

Apr 10

Apr 10 Quarantine creativity: Eduardson Evangelio and his personal tribute to frontliners

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Using his white Prisma colored pencils, he drew a health professional wearing a mask on a small sheet of black cartolina,

Apr 3

Apr 3 After a rollercoaster season, Ballet Manila gears up for Year 25

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Expect the unexpected. If there’s anything that Ballet Manila artistic directors Lisa Macuja-Elizalde and Osias “Shaz” Barroso have learned from its just-concluded 24th season, it is this.

Jan 1

Jan 1 Ballet Manila’s memorable moments in 2019

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Ballet Manila will remember 2019 as the year it was thrown its biggest curve ball yet.

Dec 25

Dec 25 Christmas in their hearts

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For Ballet Manila’s dancers who come from other countries, memories of holidays past with family and friends sustain them through this season while based in the Philippines.

Dec 16

Dec 16 Nutcracker-Sleeping Beauty mash-up in mall show

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In an early holiday treat, Ballet Manila performed excerpts from the Christmas favorite, The Nutcracker, and from Lisa Macuja-Elizalde’s Sleeping Beauty in a free show at S Maison.

Dec 11

Dec 11 Glimpses of winter wonders

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Last November 13, Ballet Manila and singer Tippy Dos Santos were the featured performers at the grand Christmas tree-lighting of the mall located in Cagayan de Oro.

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Nov 29

Nov 29 A cool Christmas in Frozen-inspired showcase

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Echoing the winter theme of Frozen, Ballet Manila co-artistic director Osias “Shaz” Barroso put together a choreography that would rightfully complement the dazzle and shine of the festivities.

Nov 25

Nov 25 That ‘Nutcracker’ time of the year

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Ballet Manila soloist Joshua Enciso and company artist Shaira Comeros were charming as the Prince and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker Pas de Deux.

Oct 30

Oct 30 How to dance like a wili: Ballerinas share their spirited ‘Giselle’ experience

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In ballet lore, the wilis of the classic Giselle are in an exalted spot when it comes to otherworldly beings. The spirits of women jilted by their lovers, they exact revenge on disloyal men by forcing them to dance until they die of exhaustion.

Oct 17

Oct 17 Reflections on Giselle

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Giselle is one of the most dramatic ballets that a ballerina can be privileged enough to dance in, and also one of the most exhausting roles. It’s a story of love so strong that it causes a girl to go mad and dies of a broken heart. It also causes her to rise from the grave and save the same man who wronged her.

Oct 9

Oct 9 5 reasons to watch Ballet Manila’s ‘Giselle’

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Giselle will be on stage for one night on October 17, Thursday at 8 p.m., at the CCP Main Theater.

Oct 8

Oct 8 For Ballet Manila, the show will go on – thanks to the overwhelming support of family and friends

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Begin again. For Ballet Manila artistic director Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, it’s the prevailing thought amid an incomprehensible loss that she is still grappling to make sense of.

Sep 25

Sep 25 10 things you may not know about ‘Giselle’

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Another inspiration for Giselle was reportedly French novelist Victor Hugo’s poem Fantomes, featured in the anthology Les Orientales (1829)

Sep 3

Sep 3 ‘Snow White’ the second time around

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Ballet Manila artistic director Lisa Macuja-Elizalde is eager to bring back her interpretation of Snow White as the company’s 24th season-opener.

Aug 28

Aug 28 5 reasons to watch Lisa Macuja-Elizalde’s ‘Snow White’

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Snow White will return to the stage as the initial offering of Ballet Manila’s 24th season, On Pointe, to captivate audiences once more.

Aug 16

Aug 16 Three ballerinas on the joys of dancing Snow White

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For its 24th season-opener, Ballet Manila brings back an iconic female protagonist with skin as white as snow and whose kindness earns her the trust of forest animals and seven dwarfs.

Jun 16

Jun 16 Paying tribute to Dad

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With the celebration of Father’s Day today, seven Ballet Manila artists take a breather from their classes and rehearsals to talk about that one man who has played such a huge part in their lives.

May 12

May 12 The Lisa Macuja-Elizalde I know

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Most people know Lisa Macuja-Elizalde as the prima ballerina. But for me she is, quite simply, “Mama.”

Apr 29

Apr 29 Ballet Manila artists: Then and now

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Second of a series: Inspired by the 10-year challenge, the Ballet Manila Archives searched for images featuring some of the company’s artists during their earlier dancing days and more recent ones showing what they look like today.

Categories

Apr 11 Quarantine creativity: How making coffee became a lesson in videography for Sean Pelegrin

Apr 10 Quarantine creativity: Eduardson Evangelio and his personal tribute to frontliners

Apr 3 After a rollercoaster season, Ballet Manila gears up for Year 25

Jan 1 Ballet Manila’s memorable moments in 2019

Dec 25 Christmas in their hearts

Dec 16 Nutcracker-Sleeping Beauty mash-up in mall show

Dec 11 Glimpses of winter wonders

Nov 29 A cool Christmas in Frozen-inspired showcase

Nov 25 That ‘Nutcracker’ time of the year

Oct 30 How to dance like a wili: Ballerinas share their spirited ‘Giselle’ experience

Oct 17 Reflections on Giselle

Oct 9 5 reasons to watch Ballet Manila’s ‘Giselle’

Oct 8 For Ballet Manila, the show will go on – thanks to the overwhelming support of family and friends

Sep 25 10 things you may not know about ‘Giselle’

Sep 3 ‘Snow White’ the second time around

Aug 28 5 reasons to watch Lisa Macuja-Elizalde’s ‘Snow White’

Aug 16 Three ballerinas on the joys of dancing Snow White

Jun 16 Paying tribute to Dad

May 12 The Lisa Macuja-Elizalde I know

Apr 29 Ballet Manila artists: Then and now

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