The Ballet Manila Archives is the repository of documents, print, photographic, audio and video materials and memorabilia relating to the history of Ballet Manila and the life and career of its founder, prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde. This site is powered by Ms. Elizalde and Project Art, Inc.
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.
With the wave of her magic wand, the Blue Fairy (Abigail Oliveiro) pirouettes in her powder blue tutu and makes wishes come true in Osias Barroso Jr.’s Pinocchio (2015). Photo by Ocs Alvarez
Hushed hues characterize the similarly styled dresses of these young ladies, friends of the heroine in Giselle (2012) who join the merriment at a village gathering – before tragedy strikes. Photo by Jojo Mamangun
The Sugar Plum Fairy (Lisa Macuja Elizalde) in The Nutcracker (2013) is pretty in pink! Gold accents and colored gems adorn the baby pink tulle skirt and the blush pink bodice, proving to be a dazzler in this favorite Christmas ballet. Photo by Ocs Alvarez
As the Queen of the Dryads in the dream sequence of Don Quixote (2012), Dawna Reign Mangahas stands out in a green tutu – its bodice and tulle skirt studded with sparkling embellishments – amid her forest nymphs swathed in blue. Photo by Jojo Mamangun
Frilly frocks in varying pastel shades are the perfect outfits for Kitri’s friends (Jessica Pearl Dames and Jessa Balote) in a rousing get-together at the town plaza in Don Quixote (2023). Photo by Giselle P. Kasilag
Clad in an exquisite tutu that befits her name, the Lilac Fairy (Violet Hong) saves the day when she counteracts the spell cast by Carabosse on Princess Aurora. The scene comes from The Sleeping Beauty excerpt in The Swan, The Fairy and the Princess (2016). Photo by Kurt Alvarez
As the male half in the pas de deux Diane and Acteon (from Halo-Halo 2, 2007), Niño Guevara wears yellow – a color sure to catch the attention of the goddess his character encounters in the forest. Photo by Joel L. Caampued
Festivities are underway to celebrate Prince Siegfried’s twenty-first birthday in Swan Lake (2014), and these court ladies – attired in attractive jewel tones of yellow, blue and pink – are among those dancing to their hearts’ delight at the palace. Photo by Daniel Trinidad
