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Birds use their wings to fly, because they do not know how to dance.

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This Month in BM History: February 2007

This Month In BM History

Sergey Vikulov’s three-act Romeo & Juliet which Ballet Manila restaged in February 2007 at Star Theater is Lisa Macuja Elizalde’s favorite among all the versions she had danced of the ballet.

This Month In BM History

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From friends to ‘fifis’: Ballet Manila couple Sean Pelegrin and Pearl Dames ready for more years of love, laughter and dancing

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Recently engaged principal dancer Jessica Pearl Dames and soloist Sean Pelegrin had been girlfriend and boyfriend even before they joined Ballet Manila in 2015.

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Ballet Manila’s ‘Ibong Adarna’ flexes its wings in Dumaguete

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After winning raves for the purely classical Swan Lake last year, Ballet Manila is all set to return to Dumaguete with its award-winning blockbuster ballet – Ibong Adarna.

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Ballet Manila dances with The Dawn

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The Dawn of Ballet is a special edition of Ballet Manila’s long-running Ballet & Ballads series, a brainchild of Manila Broadcasting Company chairman Fred J. Elizalde.

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Philippine-based for 40 years, Lisa Macuja Elizalde celebrates with ‘Prima’ season for Ballet Manila

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Looking back now, Macuja Elizalde believes everything that has happened in her career was destiny, particularly the detour in 1986 which brought her back to the land where was born and raised – and got her first taste of ballet.

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Dance partners for life

Videos

In this video, we celebrate Valentines’ month featuring four pairs of BM dancers with relationships that began as partners in dance.

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Galloping into the Year of the Horse

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As we gallop into the Year of the Horse, we revisit a trio of Ballet Manila productions that have featured the equine image and the role it played in each story.

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Ballet Manila in Full Color: Red-letter days

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Ballet Manila is sultry in red.

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How company artist Idelle Buhia finally fell in love with ballet

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This ballerina officially joined Ballet Manila as a company artist when they were in the middle of their preparations for Swan Lake in Dumaguete tour.

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