Former Ballet Manila principal dancer, Rudy De Dios, has temporarily set aside his ballet shoes in favor of the choreographer’s chair. He has returned to the company with his first full-length ballet, Carmina Buarana, inspired by the music of Carl Orff. The piece will premiere along side Ballet Manila artistic director Lisa Macuja-Elizalde’s La Traviata for a weekend of ballet and opera.

Carmina Burana and La Traviata (A Double Bill) will be staged on March 7, 2020 (6 p.m.) and March 8, 2020 (3 p.m.) at the Samsung Hall in SM Aura.