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Nov 13 Talk About Dance: Cassie Logan

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All I ever needed was the music and the mirror.

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Maternal instinct

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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.

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Soloist Jessa Balote wants son Prince to know life is beautiful despite challenges

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She identifies motherhood as the main reason she refused to give up on her ballet dream.

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Author Christine Bellen-Ang on finding Lola Basyang's voice and why adaptations of the grandmother's stories matter

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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".

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Talk About Dance: Judith Jamison

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Learn the craft of knowing how to open your heart and to turn on your creativity. There’s a light inside of you.

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After many detours, Portuguese ballerina Margarida Colaco finds a place in Ballet Manila

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Knowing that Ballet Manila is also interested in her progress, Margarida is determined more than ever to strengthen her technique in the Vaganova way and at the same time learn the contemporary pieces of the company.

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Floral fest

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To celebrate May, the month of flowers, we once again pluck images from the Ballet Manila Archives featuring an assortment of blooms in the company’s shows. Enjoy this year’s lovely bouquet!

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Ballet Manila’s dance adaptation of literary classic ‘Florante at Laura’ in the works

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Further boosting its reputation as the home of Filipino literary classics, Ballet Manila will premiere its dance adaptation of Francisco “Balagtas” Baltazar’s masterpiece Florante at Laura in October.

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Under Construction: Tony Fabella’s ‘Dancing To Verdi’

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Tony Fabella’s Dancing to Verdi will be seen tonight, April 27, at the Ballet Dance Gala, showcasing a new generation of Ballet Manila artists and the choreographer’s gift for highlighting the dancers’ artistry and technique.

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Good triumphs over evil in ‘Ang Mahiwagang Biyulin’

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In this clip, Ballet Manila co-artistic associate and principal dancer Gerardo Francisco Jr. is Rodrigo – a role that he premiered in 2008 and continues to perform to this day. Rodrigo is seen facing off with Ahab as performed by soloist John Balagot.

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In love with Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’

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Ballet Manila has staged its fair share of Romeo and Juliet productions and in this feature – to observe both Shakespeare Day and World Book and Copyright Day – we present clips of the pas de deux in three versions it has performed, as choreographed by Sergey Vikulov, Paul Vasterling and Martin Lawrance.

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