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.
One and a half years after winning the silver at the Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition, ballet scholar Juan Angelo “Gelo” De Leon is in London to join The Royal Ballet School’s two-week summer intensive program which was part of his prize in 2020.
For the final installment of Ballet Manila Moments’ celebration of Linggo ng Musikang Pilipino, we are featuring a rare OPM and ballet collaboration.
In this clip is Pinoy Ako, the second installment of Ballet Manila Moments’ celebration of Linggo ng Musikang Pilipino.
In this clip is a choreography by Jonathan Janolo set to a medley of music by the legendary Rey Valera: Pangako sa ‘Yo, Tayong Dalawa, and Kung Tayo’y Magkakalayo.
You dance because you have to. Dance is an essential part of life that has always been with me.
Recently promoted as Assistant of the Directress, this educator observes that as more months were spent learning from home, she and the other teachers were able to master the online platform more and more.
Like its previous page-to-stage project Tatlong Kuwento ni Lola Basyang which premiered in 2008, Ballet Manila made sure that Alamat: Si Sibol at Si Gunaw would be a spectacle to please audiences.
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.
