Ballet Manila Archives

Aug 14

Aug 14 Ballet Manila's next-generation dancers win at Asian Ballet Competition

Despite their training being conducted mostly via Zoom, four students of the Lisa Macuja School of Ballet showed talent and hard work can yield rewarding results with their victory in the recently concluded Asian Ballet Competition.

Aug 13

Aug 13 This Month in BM History: August 2008

Ballet Manila Archives

This Month In BM History

Just like the popular Filipino shaved-ice dessert it was named after, Ballet Manila’s Halo-Halo Supreme in August 2008 proved to be a delectable treat.

Aug 12

Aug 12 Ballet Manila in full color: Purple power

Ballet Manila Archives

Features

Ballet Manila sparkles in purple.

Aug 9

Aug 9 Don Quixote: The dreamy trio of Dulcinea, Amour and the Queen of the Dryads

Ballet Manila Archives

Spotlight On The Classics

All three characters figure prominently in the second act where, after attacking windmills that he mistakes for various monsters, a wounded Don Quixote falls asleep and dreams of his beloved Dulcinea.

Aug 7

Aug 7 Soloist Shaira Comeros chooses to stitch a brighter future

Ballet Manila Archives

Interviews

Shaira always sports a smile that we couldn't help but ask if she's ever weighed down by the uncertainty of the pandemic.

Aug 4

Aug 4 Ballet Manila receives CCP innovation grant

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News

The company is one of seven arts and cultural organizations to get a grant to be used to create and produce new works in various art disciplines and distribute new content on the arts using online technology, or blended or hybrid technologies.

Aug 2

Aug 2 Talk about dance: Malcolm Monserrate

Ballet Manila Archives

Talk About Dance

From dancing in the rain to crying silently in the rain we all grew up.

Jul 30

Jul 30 Principal dancer Mark Sumaylo: Ballet is in the heart

Ballet Manila Archives

Interviews

The principal dancer says that engaging in other activities such as redecorating their living space, playing games on an old PS4, and taking on photography assignments helped him deal with pandemic pressures so much better.

Jul 28

Jul 28 Ballet Manila Moments: Building bridges on pointe

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Ballet Manila Moments

In an extraordinary collaboration with five dancers from two prestigious American ballet companies, Ballet Manila strengthened the ties between two cultures through a fund-raising show back in 2018.

Jul 23

Jul 23 Ballet Manila in full color: Slices of orange

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Features

Ballet Manila dazzles in orange.

Jul 22

Jul 22 Talk about dance: Xiaolu Guo

Ballet Manila Archives

Talk About Dance

It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.

Jul 20

Jul 20 ‘Lola Basyang’ from book to ballet

Ballet Manila Archives

Features

As National Children’s Book Day is celebrated today, July 20, we look back to that Filipino ballet classic’s beginnings in 2008.

Jul 19

Jul 19 Talk about dance: Emma Goldman

Ballet Manila Archives

Talk About Dance

If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.

Jul 16

Jul 16 From the Mailbox: Preserving Filipino heritage through dance

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From the Mailbox

At its first stop in Ohio, Ballet Manila received citations from local officials, notably the state governor and the city mayor.

Jul 14

Jul 14 Ballet Manila Moments: Remaking a pirate ballet

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Ballet Manila Moments

Not only did Marius Petipa revise the swashbuckling adventure’s key dances but also introduced two new dance numbers.

Jul 13

Jul 13 Don Quixote: Mercedes and Espada take centerstage

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Spotlight On The Classics

Of the many minor characters in the lengthy roster of Don Quixote the ballet, no one heats up the dance floor like Mercedes and Espada do.

Jul 9

Jul 9 Ballet Manila in full color: Pretty in pink

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Features

Ballet Manila blushes in pink.

Jul 7

Jul 7 From the Mailbox: ‘Thru dance, how you honor the Creator!’

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From the Mailbox

The transcription below is of a thank-you letter from Sr. Violeta, FdCC, of the Canossian Sisters, addressed to Ballet Manila artistic director Lisa Macuja-Elizalde.

Jul 5

Jul 5 Don Quixote: Titular character in the shadows

Ballet Manila Archives

Spotlight On The Classics

A noble man from La Mancha is the unlikely hero in renowned Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes’ masterpiece, The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha.

Jul 2

Jul 2 This Month in BM History: July 1998

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This Month In BM History

Touted as the “most popular ballet roadshow ever,” Ballet & Ballads headed for Northern Luzon in July 1998 for a show at the Don Alipio Fernandez Astrodome in Dagupan City, Pangasinan.

Categories

Aug 14 Ballet Manila's next-generation dancers win at Asian Ballet Competition

Aug 13 This Month in BM History: August 2008

Aug 12 Ballet Manila in full color: Purple power

Aug 9 Don Quixote: The dreamy trio of Dulcinea, Amour and the Queen of the Dryads

Aug 7 Soloist Shaira Comeros chooses to stitch a brighter future

Aug 4 Ballet Manila receives CCP innovation grant

Aug 2 Talk about dance: Malcolm Monserrate

Jul 30 Principal dancer Mark Sumaylo: Ballet is in the heart

Jul 28 Ballet Manila Moments: Building bridges on pointe

Jul 23 Ballet Manila in full color: Slices of orange

Jul 22 Talk about dance: Xiaolu Guo

Jul 20 ‘Lola Basyang’ from book to ballet

Jul 19 Talk about dance: Emma Goldman

Jul 16 From the Mailbox: Preserving Filipino heritage through dance

Jul 14 Ballet Manila Moments: Remaking a pirate ballet

Jul 13 Don Quixote: Mercedes and Espada take centerstage

Jul 9 Ballet Manila in full color: Pretty in pink

Jul 7 From the Mailbox: ‘Thru dance, how you honor the Creator!’

Jul 5 Don Quixote: Titular character in the shadows

Jul 2 This Month in BM History: July 1998

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