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This Month In BM History

Living up to its foundation as a touring company, Ballet Manila managed to hold two performance tours to Mindanao in its first year.

Sep 6

Sep 6 Under the Ibong Adarna's spell

After the last applause, final cheer, and ultimate curtain call, Ballet Manila brings to a close its first offering for the 22nd performance season, Gerardo Francisco's Ibong Adarna.

Sep 4

Sep 4 Ballet Dictionary: Grand Jeté

Ballet Dictionary

The word “Grand” means big and “Jeté” is to throw.

Sep 1

Sep 1 Gia Macuja-Atchison flies home for ‘Ibong Adarna’ and for her family

No matter how many times she’s done it, stepping on stage still brings jitters to Gia Macuja-Atchison.

Aug 31

Aug 31 This Month in BM History: August 1997

This Month In BM History

Just two years old, Ballet Manila decided to field seven soloists to the 6th Asian Pacific International Ballet Competition held from August 13 to 17, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan.

Aug 30

Aug 30 Capturing Adarna

We rediscover this beloved Filipino classic tale in this excerpt featuring that memorable scene with principal dancer Rudy De Dios as Don Juan attempting to capture soloist Abigail Oliveiro as Ibong Adarna

Aug 29

Aug 29 From hip-hop to ballet: Elmoe Dictado’s call to dance

More known by his nickname “Elmoe,” this ever-smiling Ballet Manila soloist performs so effortlessly that one would think that he’s been dancing ballet all his life. But the truth is the subject only entered ballet when he was 18.

Aug 24

Aug 24 G-nie Arambulo re-imagines Ballet Manila dancers in photography exhibition

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Top advertising photographer G-nie Arambulo celebrates her 25th anniversary as a force behind the lens via the exhibit Alchemy en Pointe: A Dance of the Elements, which opens at 2 p.m. on August 26, Saturday, at the foyer of Aliw Theater, CCP Complex, Pasay City.

Aug 23

Aug 23 Elpidio Magat: More highs than lows in ballet

There is something so intriguing about Elpidio Magat.

Aug 22

Aug 22 Diwa de Leon makes the Adarna sing and fills its world with music

Features

Diwa de Leon only has vague memories of the Ibong Adarna, recalling the storybooks he had read about this mythical bird when he was a child.

Aug 18

Aug 18 Ballet Dictionary: Développé à la Seconde en Relevé

Ballet Dictionary

This step in classical ballet means to Develop in Second Position on a Rise.

Aug 17

Aug 17 Winged ballets: Sari’t Bahag

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Sari’t Bahag is not quite a winged ballet, but it seems apt to include it in this series as one of its pivotal characters is a bird.

Aug 16

Aug 16 Rudolph Capongcol: Prince of tights

How does a child who's interested in basketball and drums end up in professional ballet? Ballet Manila soloist Rudolph Capongcol says that it first had to do with peer pressure.

Aug 14

Aug 14 Ballet Manila dancer takes the silver in 2017 Asian Grand Prix

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Brian Ramos Sevilla won the silver medal in the Junior B category of the 2017 Asian Grand Prix held in Hong Kong.

Aug 10

Aug 10 Grace and strength: Katherine Barkman as Ibong Adarna

the Adarna bird is a powerful creature - one that can give life or take it away.

Aug 9

Aug 9 The balancing act of Brian Ramos Sevilla

2015 marked a turning point in the very young life of Ballet Manila (BM) trainee Brian Ramos Sevilla.

Aug 8

Aug 8 Winged ballets: The Dying Swan

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The Dying Swan lasts only three minutes, but it can rightly be described as one of the most hauntingly beautiful ballet pieces ever created.

Aug 7

Aug 7 The princes of ‘Ibong Adarna’: Brothers through twinkle toes and woes

Ultimately, Ibong Adarna is about the three Berbanian princes – brothers who are only able to settle their differences after many chapters of rivalry and adventure.

Aug 4

Aug 4 Finale: Gerardo Francisco completes the choreography of Ibong Adarna