Rebel: Gerardo Francisco as Ferdinand Marcos

Ballet Manila opens its 21st season, hailed as The Revenge of the Classics, with the return of Martin Lawrance's Rebel on August 19 at Aliw Theater. Rebel retells the epic Spartacus through the prism of the historic EDSA People Power Revolution of 1986.

Principal dancer Gerardo Francisco discusses the challenges of playing deposed President Ferdinand Marcos.