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 apprentice Ainslea Esplana says that at age nine, she already knew she wanted ballet to be her career.
Seeking only to bring the best in dance to the Philippines, Ballet Manila and Manila Broadcasting Company presented World Stars of Ballet on June 8 and 9, 2012 at Aliw Theater.
Ballet Manila’s Greatest Hits in Malaysia will be held at the Stage 1 Theatre of the Petaling Jaya Performing Arts Centre in Selangor, Malaysia on September 6, 8:30 p.m.; September 7, 3 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.; and September 8, 3 p.m.
We celebrate this day dedicated to paternal figures who show love to their families by providing guidance, support and care with this feature on fathers who have graced the Ballet Manila stage.
Learning to walk sets you free. Learning to dance gives you the greatest freedom of all: to express with your whole self, the person you are.
Ballet Manila scholar Germaine Dawal scored the first prize in both Ballet and Contemporary in the Senior 15-17 years old category of the International Ballet Grand Prix (IBGP) Philippines 2024, scooping medals and scholarships in the process.
“At the end of the day, mas gusto niyo na ’yun ang mare-remember ng audience, ’yung secure kayo at hindi ’yung nalaglag.”
“Nag-set kami ng rule na pag may kailangan ka, sabihin mo. Communication is key.”
As this year’s sweltering summer draws to a close, we celebrate the fan and take a breezy look at the varied forms and functions this implement has taken in Ballet Manila’s productions.
With the company headed for the United States anew for a performance tour and some of its dancers participating in an international competition, Ballet Manila Goes International on May 14 and 15 in 2005 served as a fitting send-off and on-stage preparation.
Joining the nostalgia bandwagon, we searched the Ballet Manila Archives photo files for this Tatlong Kuwento ni Lola Basyang then-and-now special.
Ballet Manila is among the featured groups in Pulso Pilipinas: Mga Likhang Sayaw, on May 23 and 24, 7:30 p.m., at the Metropolitan Theater in Manila.
Veteran singer-actress-comedienne Mitch Valdes was in a quandary before receiving Ballet Manila artistic director Lisa Macuja Elizalde’s offer to essay the iconic role of Lola Basyang in the company’s restaging of its beloved Tatlong Kuwento ni Lola Basyang trilogy.
To mark Mother’s Day, we take a quick look at these figures whose maternal instinct – or lack of it – contribute to making each story interesting.
She identifies motherhood as the main reason she refused to give up on her ballet dream.
Six of those stories have since been transformed into dance pieces through Ballet Manila's Tatlong Kuwento ni Lola Basyang (2008) and Tatlo Pang Kuwento ni Lola Basyang (2013), with the first trilogy returning to the stage this month as the company's second offering for its 26th performance season dubbed "Ballet Masterpieces".
Learn the craft of knowing how to open your heart and to turn on your creativity. There’s a light inside of you.
