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This Month In BM History

Lisa Macuja-Elizalde’s “Russian connection” was in full focus when Ballet Manila presented the world premiere of its Romeo and Juliet in 2001.

Sep 26

Sep 26 Ballet Dictionary: Second Arabesque

An Arabesque describes the position where the dancer has one leg stretched directly behind them.

Sep 25

Sep 25 10 things you may not know about ‘Giselle’

Another inspiration for Giselle was reportedly French novelist Victor Hugo’s poem Fantomes, featured in the anthology Les Orientales (1829)

Sep 20

Sep 20 25 Life Lessons I Learned from Ballet - #21

25 Life Lessons

Practice by repetition. It really helps!

Sep 18

Sep 18 Snow White revisited

Videos

An original choreography by prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde opened Ballet Manila’s 24th season.

Sep 16

Sep 16 Ballet Manila debuts in Malaysia

Ballet Manila makes its debut in Malaysia this month, with two performances scheduled in the national capital, Kuala Lumpur.

Sep 9

Sep 9 Talk about dance: Christopher Morley

Talk About Dance

Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it’s the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it.

Sep 5

Sep 5 Ballet Dictionary: Fish dive

A fish dive is a partnered lift where the male dancer supports the female dancer in a retiré position with her upper body held low to the ground.

Sep 3

Sep 3 ‘Snow White’ the second time around

Ballet Manila artistic director Lisa Macuja-Elizalde is eager to bring back her interpretation of Snow White as the company’s 24th season-opener.

Aug 30

Aug 30 This Month in BM History: August 2017

This Month In BM History

Ibong Adarna, the Filipino literary classic about a bird whose singing has healing powers, was transformed into a full-length ballet production that was Ballet Manila’s 22nd season-opener in August 2017.

Aug 28

Aug 28 5 reasons to watch Lisa Macuja-Elizalde’s ‘Snow White’

Snow White will return to the stage as the initial offering of Ballet Manila’s 24th season, On Pointe, to captivate audiences once more.

Aug 23

Aug 23 Talk about dance: Aishabella Sheikh

Talk About Dance

The moon rose above the canopy and a dreamy mist swirled around our knees as we danced, fingers entwined and hearts in sync with the universe; just a prince and his princess, a boy and a girl, learning to love in a beautiful world.

Aug 21

Aug 21 Ballet Dictionary: Story Ballet

A story ballet is a type of ballet that has a plot and characters.

Aug 20

Aug 20 Ballet Manila performs in Taiwan

The Ballet Manila group is led by co-artistic director Osias Barroso who first conducted a workshop for the school in 2018.

Aug 18

Aug 18 Ballet Manila scholar wins bronze medal in Asian Grand Prix

Dancing the Blue Bird Variation from The Sleeping Beauty, 11-year-old Juan Angelo De Leon – representing The Lisa Macuja School of Ballet Manila – soared to a bronze finish in the Pre-Competitive B Division of the Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition in Hong Kong.

Aug 16

Aug 16 Three ballerinas on the joys of dancing Snow White

For its 24th season-opener, Ballet Manila brings back an iconic female protagonist with skin as white as snow and whose kindness earns her the trust of forest animals and seven dwarfs.

Aug 15

Aug 15 Ballet Dictionary: Piqué Attitude Derrière

The term “Piqué” means to prick which describes the precision of this movement.

Aug 14

Aug 14 Ballet Manila dancers competing in Asian Grand Prix