The Ballet Manila Archives is the repository of documents, print, photographic, audio and video materials and memorabilia relating to the history of Ballet Manila and the life and career of its founder, prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde. This site is powered by Ms. Elizalde and Project Art, Inc.
Ballet Manila was the only company in the Philippines to have been able to bring Le Corsaire in its full-length form to the Filipino audience.
In 2018, this ballerina thought that she had already seen the last of her days in pointe shoes as motherhood brought about many changes to her body.
No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius.
It was performed in a video entry for the competition by Project Ballet Futures scholars Juan Angelo De Leon, Germaine Dawal and John Stanley Alamer who showed dexterity, quick-footedness and agility through the fast-paced piece.
Having limits to push against is how you find out what you can do.
These days, Ballet Manila’s resident barista is trying to balance his duties in Ballet Manila and SP Coffee.
We share some of these swoon-worthy moments showing how Ballet Manila’s brides and grooms have sealed their love on stage.
The dance is strong magic. The body can fly without wings. It can sing without voice.
In 2000, Ballet Manila staged a production it could really sink its teeth into.
A different kind of enthusiasm is evident in Marinette Franco's face each time she talks about ballet.
As a young man who entertained vices at one point, ballet gave him purpose and a second chance at a better life; and as a father in his twenties, dancing helped him to give his wife and daughter the means to live comfortably.
In our Father’s Day feature, we look at the portraits of fatherhood Ballet Manila has presented on stage, often the strict but loving parent providing guidance to his offspring.
Ballet Manila is one with the arts community in welcoming the news about the eight newly proclaimed National Artists – including two personalities that it has had the privilege of having creative collaborations with in its company productions.
In thirty minutes, this favorite children’s story was told in dance by Ballet Manila in a packed Star City last June 5.
As the Elizaldes celebrate their silver anniversary, the Ballet Manila Archives shares the following report of the couple’s wedding day published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on June 11, 1997.
In this special feature, we look at the instances when these everyday objects literally had their unfolding moments on stage.
The 40-minute show, like its three forerunners, was streamed live from Ballet Manila’s Studio 1 in its Pasay headquarters and aired on the company’s social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok.
