Ballet Manila Archives

Jan 11

Jan 11 Four dancers get surprise promotions as ‘Cinderella’ run wraps up

A dancer’s advancement in the company is based on an evaluation factoring in a range of qualities such as technique, artistry, maturity, track record, work ethic and attitude.

Dec 23

Dec 23 Ballet Manila scholars, dancer bring home bronze medals from Asian Grand Prix

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Two Ballet Manila scholars and a company artist – representing the Lisa Macuja School of Ballet (LMSB) – scored bronze medals from the Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition (AGP) held December 12 to 17 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Dec 13

Dec 13 Ballet Manila celebrates spirit of Filipino Christmas in Star City show

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Ballet Manila brings back a pre-pandemic holiday tradition to Star City as it stages a new Christmas show dubbed Tala.

Dec 10

Dec 10 BM artists join dance-for-a-cause in Iloilo

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Ballet Manila principal dancer Gerardo Francisco Jr. and soloists Joshua Enciso and Shaira Comeros were among the artists who participated in Restless Heart.

Oct 13

Oct 13 Ballet Manila scholars and dancers, LMSB students named finalists in Asian Grand Prix

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Dancers representing the Lisa Macuja School of Ballet (LMSB) – among them scholars, apprentices and company artists of Ballet Manila – have been named finalists in the Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition (AGP) to be held in December in Bangkok, Thailand.

Oct 1

Oct 1 Ballet Manila begins new era with orchestra-backed and live singing-packed ‘Rise!’

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Ballet Manila emerges from a nearly three-year drought of live performances on stage with a grand comeback that also marks a sentimental return to their restored home, Aliw Theater.

Aug 17

Aug 17 ‘Leaner but stronger’ Ballet Manila returns to ‘harder-working’ Aliw Theater complex

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The prima ballerina, together with husband, Manila Broadcasting Company chairman Fred J. Elizalde, earlier cut the ribbon formally opening what she described as a “harder-working complex with three distinct facilities that can hold different types of events.”

Aug 1

Aug 1 BM scholar Juan Angelo De Leon leaps to London for Royal Ballet School summer program

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One and a half years after winning the silver at the Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition, ballet scholar Juan Angelo “Gelo” De Leon is in London to join The Royal Ballet School’s two-week summer intensive program which was part of his prize in 2020.

Jun 17

Jun 17 Ballet Manila salutes new National Artists

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Ballet Manila is one with the arts community in welcoming the news about the eight newly proclaimed National Artists – including two personalities that it has had the privilege of having creative collaborations with in its company productions.

Jun 14

Jun 14 ‘Cinderella’ enchants Star City audience

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In thirty minutes, this favorite children’s story was told in dance by Ballet Manila in a packed Star City last June 5.

Jun 3

Jun 3 Ballet Manila stays on its toes for 4th Dance Day Live!

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The 40-minute show, like its three forerunners, was streamed live from Ballet Manila’s Studio 1 in its Pasay headquarters and aired on the company’s social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok.

Feb 25

Feb 25 Ballet Manila returns to Star City with program echoing hope

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Ballet Manila will perform at the Activity Center of the refurbished Star City starting February 26, Saturday, and February 27, Sunday.

Feb 19

Feb 19 Classical and contemporary fare in Ballet Manila’s February ‘Dance Day Live!’

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After the success of its first Dance Day Live! last January 30, Ballet Manila is gearing up for the second show of its planned monthly series.

Jan 29

Jan 29 Ballet Manila holds first ‘Dance Day Live!’

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Dubbed as Ballet Manila Dance Day Live!, the 30-minute show – which is being eyed as a monthly event – will be streamed from the company’s studio on January 30, Sunday, at 5 p.m. through its social media channels.

Dec 30

Dec 30 BM dancers take group gold, scholar wins silver in Asian Grand Prix

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Following up on their victory at the Asian Grand Prix (AGP) Manila Regionals, eleven Ballet Manila junior company dancers and a teen scholar bagged medals in the international ballet event’s Finals held through a video competition.

Dec 7

Dec 7 Ballet Manila dancers, scholar win gold in AGP Manila Regionals

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“It is always a joy to have such positive results from these competitions and certainly very encouraging for all of us in the Lisa Macuja School of Ballet.”

Sep 4

Sep 4 Ballet Manila aims to inspire with ‘Ballet Minis’ short film series

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The company has launched its latest project, Ballet Minis: Passages On Pointe, a series of short dance films taking off from some of its most loved performance pieces – all reimagined for digital media.

Aug 14

Aug 14 Ballet Manila's next-generation dancers win at Asian Ballet Competition

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Despite their training being conducted mostly via Zoom, four students of the Lisa Macuja School of Ballet showed talent and hard work can yield rewarding results with their victory in the recently concluded Asian Ballet Competition.

Aug 4

Aug 4 Ballet Manila receives CCP innovation grant

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The company is one of seven arts and cultural organizations to get a grant to be used to create and produce new works in various art disciplines and distribute new content on the arts using online technology, or blended or hybrid technologies.

Apr 30

Apr 30 Ballet Manila joins Sayaw Pinoy virtual dance celebration

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This year however, due to the pandemic, organizers had to adapt, coming up with Sayaw Pinoy Goes Virtual, a first for the festival.

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Jan 11 Four dancers get surprise promotions as ‘Cinderella’ run wraps up

Dec 23 Ballet Manila scholars, dancer bring home bronze medals from Asian Grand Prix

Dec 13 Ballet Manila celebrates spirit of Filipino Christmas in Star City show

Dec 10 BM artists join dance-for-a-cause in Iloilo

Oct 13 Ballet Manila scholars and dancers, LMSB students named finalists in Asian Grand Prix

Oct 1 Ballet Manila begins new era with orchestra-backed and live singing-packed ‘Rise!’

Aug 17 ‘Leaner but stronger’ Ballet Manila returns to ‘harder-working’ Aliw Theater complex

Aug 1 BM scholar Juan Angelo De Leon leaps to London for Royal Ballet School summer program

Jun 17 Ballet Manila salutes new National Artists

Jun 14 ‘Cinderella’ enchants Star City audience

Jun 3 Ballet Manila stays on its toes for 4th Dance Day Live!

Feb 25 Ballet Manila returns to Star City with program echoing hope

Feb 19 Classical and contemporary fare in Ballet Manila’s February ‘Dance Day Live!’

Jan 29 Ballet Manila holds first ‘Dance Day Live!’

Dec 30 BM dancers take group gold, scholar wins silver in Asian Grand Prix

Dec 7 Ballet Manila dancers, scholar win gold in AGP Manila Regionals

Sep 4 Ballet Manila aims to inspire with ‘Ballet Minis’ short film series

Aug 14 Ballet Manila's next-generation dancers win at Asian Ballet Competition

Aug 4 Ballet Manila receives CCP innovation grant

Apr 30 Ballet Manila joins Sayaw Pinoy virtual dance celebration

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