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Combining romance, humor and magic in one thrilling package, Cinderella returns to Aliw Theater on December 25 to 30, with daily shows starting at 4 p.m.
Ballet Manila scholar Juan Angelo De Leon scooped the Youth Grand Prix Award at the Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition (AGP) that concluded Saturday evening in Hong Kong.
In what is touted as one of the biggest gatherings of its kind, the dance community will come together to honor the life and work of dancer, choreographer and teacher Osias “Shaz” Barroso Jr.
Following up on their successful participation in last July’s International Ballet Grand Prix, Ballet Manila scholars Angelo De Leon and John Stanley Alamer bagged new honors at the Asian Grand Prix Global Regional Competition.
After being sidelined by the pandemic, Gerardo Francisco Jr.’s Ibong Adarna finally returns to the stage on August 19 and 20 at Aliw Theater.
Displaying their Vaganova training, two Ballet Manila scholars and eight other students of the Lisa Macuja School of Ballet garnered awards and scholarships at the recently concluded International Ballet Grand Prix.
As it marks its 28th anniversary in February, Ballet Manila finally gets to stage its 25th performance season live – long delayed by pandemic lockdowns and restrictions – at its newly renovated home of Aliw Theater in Pasay City.
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.
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.
Ballet Manila brings back a pre-pandemic holiday tradition to Star City as it stages a new Christmas show dubbed Tala.
Ballet Manila principal dancer Gerardo Francisco Jr. and soloists Joshua Enciso and Shaira Comeros were among the artists who participated in Restless Heart.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
In thirty minutes, this favorite children’s story was told in dance by Ballet Manila in a packed Star City last June 5.
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.
Ballet Manila will perform at the Activity Center of the refurbished Star City starting February 26, Saturday, and February 27, Sunday.
