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“It was very fulfilling because it showed off Ballet Manila and the teaching we can offer.”
A staple in the arsenal of Ballet Manila's classical repertoire, the company has been performing Giselle since its inception in 1995
Giselle will be on stage for one night on October 17, Thursday at 8 p.m., at the CCP Main Theater.
Begin again. For Ballet Manila artistic director Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, it’s the prevailing thought amid an incomprehensible loss that she is still grappling to make sense of.
Lisa Macuja-Elizalde’s “Russian connection” was in full focus when Ballet Manila presented the world premiere of its Romeo and Juliet in 2001.
An Arabesque describes the position where the dancer has one leg stretched directly behind them.
Another inspiration for Giselle was reportedly French novelist Victor Hugo’s poem Fantomes, featured in the anthology Les Orientales (1829)
An original choreography by prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde opened Ballet Manila’s 24th season.
Ballet Manila makes its debut in Malaysia this month, with two performances scheduled in the national capital, Kuala Lumpur.
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.
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.
Ballet Manila artistic director Lisa Macuja-Elizalde is eager to bring back her interpretation of Snow White as the company’s 24th season-opener.
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.
Snow White will return to the stage as the initial offering of Ballet Manila’s 24th season, On Pointe, to captivate audiences once more.
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.
A story ballet is a type of ballet that has a plot and characters.
The Ballet Manila group is led by co-artistic director Osias Barroso who first conducted a workshop for the school in 2018.
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.
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.
