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Revisit this breath-taking classic in this montage of photographs featuring the highlights of the last two weekends.

Oct 13

Oct 13 Ballet Dictionary: Soubresaut

Ballet Dictionary

Whilst used commonly in class, it is also seen during many Male variations as a preparation step before a Tour en L’air.

Oct 12

Oct 12 How to be Prince Siegfried

With the dual role of Odette and Odile taking the centerstage, the role of Prince Siegfried in the classic ballet, Swan Lake, is often overlooked.

Oct 10

Oct 10 Swan couture

Costumes are an essential ingredient to the beauty of classical ballet.

Oct 6

Oct 6 Black and white, Odile and Odette

I think the best way to sum up the dual ballerina role of the White Swan Queen Odette and her black counterpart Odile in one phrase would be: The worst case of schizophrenia for a classical ballerina

Oct 4

Oct 4 Guest dancer Joseph Phillips on Prince Siegfried, winning and Philippine ballet

Interviews

After dancing about 30 full-length Swan Lake productions, American dancer and Ballet Manila guest artist Joseph Phillips is still being called to the “Lake of Tears.”

Oct 2

Oct 2 The Swan Queen Diaries: Three dancers on making their debut in ballet's iconic dual role

Interviews

As the show dates come closer, the pressure these ballerinas are going through just keeps becoming more pronounced, but these Swan Queens are ready.

Sep 29

Sep 29 Ballet Dictionary: Retiré Passe Devant

Ballet Dictionary

Retiré Passe describes a position where the working leg is bent and turned out with the knee facing to the side.

Sep 28

Sep 28 The Swan, The Prince and Ballet Manila: Staging ‘Swan Lake’ over the years

To say that the world’s most romantic ballet classic has become a company staple is an understatement. After all, Ballet Manila has performed Swan Lake as part of its repertoire in eleven of its 22 seasons so far.

Sep 27

Sep 27 The swan turners: How Eileen Lopez and Jonathan Janolo are restaging a beloved classic

Interviews

With Ballet Manila’s numerous engagements leading up to its Swan Lake show dates, it’s easy to picture Jonathan Janolo and Eileen Lopez fidgeting around, wondering how they would be able to put together all the elements of this ever-demanding ballet classic. But such is not the case!

Sep 25

Sep 25 Lisa Macuja leads Philippine artistic delegation to Russia

It will be a sentimental return to Russia for Lisa Macuja-Elizalde as she heads the Philippine delegation participating in Days of Philippine Culture in Russia, with shows being held at Theater Russkaya Pesnya Moscow State Folklore Theater in Moscow on September 27 and at Kolizey Theatre in St. Petersburg on September 29.

Sep 23

Sep 23 Ballet Manila bags silver and best dance artist awards from Vietnam festival

Ballet Manila received a silver prize for Gerardo Francisco’s Muro-Ami and the Best Dance Artist award for Nicole Barroso in the International Dance Festival 2017 held in Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam.

Sep 22

Sep 22 A peek into ‘Swan Lake’s’ past

Swan Lake “bombed” when it was first presented at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow on March 4, 1877.

Sep 21

Sep 21 The first Swan of Ballet Manila

It was a role she was repeatedly told was not meant for her. But like her entire career, prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde proved the ballet world wrong.

Sep 20

Sep 20 Choreography in Focus: Muro-Ami by Gerardo Francisco

Choreography In Focus

The Filipino film Muro-Ami made a big impression on Gerardo Francisco when he saw it on the big screen in 1999.

Sep 19

Sep 19 Ballet Manila brings back ‘Swan Lake’

Ballet Manila brings back one of the world’s most enduring classical tales, the four-act Swan Lake, as the second offering in its 22nd performance season dubbed Flights of Fantasy.

Sep 15

Sep 15 Ballet Dictionary: Sissonne fermée de côté

Ballet Dictionary

The word “sissonne” describes a scissor-like movement.

Sep 13

Sep 13 Winged ballets: Swan Lake

When Ballet Manila first performed the classical warhorse that is Swan Lake, it had to “import” a Russian company to make a full cast.

Sep 11

Sep 11 Ballet Manila goes to Vietnam