The Ballet Manila Archives is the repository of documents, print, photographic, audio and video materials and memorabilia relating to the history of Ballet Manila and the life and career of its founder, prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde. This site is powered by Ms. Elizalde and Project Art, Inc.
Hands down, the 2000 American teen flick Center Stage – set in a fictitious ballet school and starring real-life dancers – is Abigail Oliveiro’s favorite dance movie.
This is OFW which stands for “overseas Filipino worker” by Ballet Manila's prolific in-house choreographer and principal artist Gerardo Francisco.
Twice a week this summer, on Wednesdays and Fridays, the Ballet Manila studio in Pasay City is alive with the sounds of Bollywood as students learn this dance style from visiting teacher Deepika Ravindran.
From Cory's signature yellow to Imelda's iconic terno, bold colors and designs play a huge part in breathing life into Ballet Manila's latest production, Rebel.
The year was 1996. It was Ballet Manila’s first anniversary concert. Principal danseur Osias Barroso was nursing a 40-degree fever. But like the trooper that he was, it never occurred to him to forego the night’s performance. The show just had to go on.
