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After her successful Princess Trilogies, Ballet Manila artistic director Lisa Macuja-Elizalde shifts her focus from fairytales to tragedy.
Tackling the piece and giving Ballet Manila its own version of Carmina Burana is a dream come true for the young choreographer who has been praying for this opportunity since he first heard the music decades ago.
A ballet bun is the traditional hairstyle worn by female dancers.
Ballet Manila artistic director Lisa Macuja-Elizalde makes an abrupt turn as she tackles the tragic tale of La Traviata in her follow-up choreography.
The Swan, the Fairy and the Princess was a fitting finale to Ballet Manila’s 13th season and a grand tribute to the man whose ballet music will live forever.
The former principal dancer of Ballet Manila has given the dramatic music of Carl Orff a new interpretation by fusing his classical training with contemporary movements.
A Dance Belt is an essential piece of a male dancer’s apparel that is worn at all times of dancing
Dubbed as the ‘Ballerina’s Prince’, he shares his wealth of wisdom gathered from his many colorful experiences on and off the stage.
Set in the glamorous 1800s Paris, Ballet Manila’s La Traviata is an adaptation of Guiseppe Verdi’s opera.
While I dance, I can not judge, I can not hate, I can not separate myself from life. I can only be joyful and whole. This is why I dance.
The piece will close Ballet Manila’s 24th season, On Pointe, and is presented as a twin bill with Rudy De Dios’ Carmina Burana.
Though Rudy De Dios, one of Ballet Manila’s longtime principal danseurs, has been doing choreography work since his days at the Philippine High School for the Arts, it’s only now that he is creating a full-length ballet – his own version of Carmina Burana, which premieres in March.
Ballet Manila fuses opera and classical music with ballet in Carmina Burana & La Traviata (A Double Bill), the final offering in its 24th season dubbed On Pointe.
Carmina Burana and La Traviata (A Double Bill) will be staged on March 7, 2020 (6 p.m.) and March 8, 2020 (3 p.m.) at the Samsung Hall in SM Aura.
“Mahirap po talaga ‘yung partnering kasi kailangan mong alalayan para safe yung ballerina.”
The term “ballon” means to bounce and it is used to describe the quality of a jump in terms of its lightness and ease
Zhongli Youth Ballet will again send students to Ballet Manila’s Summer Intensive in April and May,
Ballet Manila’s debut performance in Antique in January 1996 was a dual homecoming for two of its leaders, the late artistic director Eric V. Cruz and artistic associate/ principal ballerina Lisa Macuja.
Ballet Manila has become her second home and the dancers like her own family.
