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

Soloist Abigail Oliveiro talks about the challenges of portraying the many facets of former First Lady Imelda Marcos.