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In this episode, we talked to soloist Alvin Santos last February about his shoes, planting kangkong in Pangasinan, and returning to the happiest place on earth.
While it's enough for most parents to assure that their sons and daughters make it to their dance training, there are those who choose to do more to support their children's dreams.
An Arabesque describes the position where the dancer has one leg stretched directly behind them.
That Alvin Dictado was born for the stage is the first thing that comes to mind when you meet this teenage danseur.
So the darkness shall be light, and the stillness the dancing.
In March 2008, National Artist for Music Lucrecia “Tita King” Kasilag – already blind and weakened by age – would present what was to be her last major opus.
Gian Nathalie C. Francisco may not remember the very first ballet she'd seen, but she sure recalls what she felt when the performance ended: that she wanted to be a ballerina herself.
One of Osias Barroso’s earliest assignments as a choreographer was also among the most challenging.
Pas de Chat is a classical ballet term meaning “Step of a Cat” as the step resembles a cat-like jump.
Coming from a neighborhood that has produced a lot of talented danseurs, Sixto didn’t hesitate about auditioning for the Project Ballet Futures (PBF) scholarship program.
Two years ago, Shaira Comeros was named the Most Promising Female Dancer at the Asian Grand Prix (AGP) International Ballet Competition.
For the first time, two teenage Filipino dancers have been accepted as competitors in the junior division of the prestigious USA International Ballet Competition (USA IBC) to be held in Jackson, Mississippi in June.
Little girls and boys with ballerina and danseur dreams can start pursuing their goals at The Lisa Macuja School of Ballet Manila as it presents its Summer Intensive 2018.
Blessed with a dancer’s build, long artistic lines and a vivacious presence, Brian Sevilla – whose ballet resumé shows that he’s been collecting awards and scholarships locally and internationally since 2015 – seems to have it easy unlike other teenage danseurs.
Learning ballet is wonderful for children even if they never become dancers. It is wonderful because it teaches discipline, grace, and manners.
A Temps Levé is a type of jump from one foot, landing on the same foot while the other leg is raised in a position in the air.
Days after the surprise revelation, Romeo Peralta, Elpidio Magat and Joan Emery Sia still can’t believe that it had actually happened.
Ballet Manila co-artistic director Osias Barroso recently conducted classes at the Zhongli Youth Ballet in Taiwan, signaling the start of a possible series of collaborations between the two institutions.
Alvin is the young teenager who never danced, but upon entering BM, wondrously transformed his life and became an accomplished danseur.
