Ballet Manila in full color: Simply red
Ballet Manila has showcased a rich palette of hues in its productions over the years. Now, the company’s true colors are revealed! Gathering photographs from the Ballet Manila Archives, we present the vibrant and the somber, the heavenly to the earthy, in a series of virtual exhibitions – one shade at a time.
Stunning in scarlet: Lady Capulet and Lord Capulet (Lisa Macuja-Elizalde and Nonoy Froilan) look resplendent in their royal robes in Romeo and Juliet, 2015. Photo by Ocs Alvarez
Kitri (Jasmine Pia Dames) leaps with abandon in her ruffled red dress in this festive scene from Don Quixote, 2017. Photo by Ocs Alvarez
Passion is reflected in the color choices of Violeta (Joan Emery Sia, center) and her friends in Lisa Macuja-Elizalde’s La Traviata, 2020. Photo by Giselle P. Kasilag
In his crimson barong, Ferdinand (Gerardo Francisco) is the epitome of a formidable dictator in Martin Lawrance’s Rebel, 2016. Photo by Ian Santos
Clad in fiery red, Carmen (Abigail Oliveiro) looks every inch the sultry seductress in Carmen, 2018. Photo by Giselle P. Kasilag
Cloaked in red and black, the sorcerer Rothbart (Godwin Merano) cuts a menacing figure in Swan Lake, 2017. Photo by Giselle P. Kasilag
Jonathan Janolo is fabulously flirty in a wine-colored gown as the wicked stepmother in Cinderella, 2016. Photo by Ocs Alvarez
Pas de deux in red: Hyuma Kiyosawa and Jasmine Pia Dames are a well-matched pair in Diane and Acteon, 2019. Photo by Giselle P. Kasilag
Atheos (John Balagot, left) and his minions are the picture of malevolence in costumes that channel the fires of hell in Rudy De Dios’ Carmina Burana, 2020. Photo by Giselle P. Kasilag
Red petals shower upon the lead dancer (Abigail Oliveiro) in Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa’s Bloom, 2015. Photo by Kurt Alvarez
This princess (Marinette Franco), wearing her tutu of red, yellow and gold, is out to catch Prince Charming’s eye in Cinderella, 2018. Photo by Giselle P. Kasilag
Rissa May Camaclang is regal in a red bodysuit with gold accents as she executes the movements in Agnes Locsin’s Sayaw sa Pamlang, 2015. Photo by Kurt Alvarez