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Talk About Dance: Julie Andrews

Talk About Dance

Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside.

Talk About Dance

News

‘Sleeping Beauty’ reawakens as Ballet Manila shares season opening with Manila Symphony Orchestra

News

Sleeping Beauty will be the shared offering of Ballet Manila and Manila Symphony Orchestra as they open their respective seasons.

News

Interviews

A time to bloom: Artistic associates Gerardo Francisco Jr. and Eileen Lopez look back on the lessons of 2025 as ‘Prima’ season begins

Interviews

Taking a long view of the situation, the pair is now using their observations to assess the abilities of the dancers and better assist BM artistic director Lisa Macuja Elizalde in managing the company.

Interviews

Soundbites

Soundbites: ‘Ibong Adarna took flight and soared high without hesitation’

Soundbites

“Overall, the Ibong Adarna took flight and soared high without hesitation.”

Soundbites

Keeping Fit

For soloist Rafael Perez, building good habits is key to staying fit

Keeping Fit

He puts forward that being a soloist comes with the awareness that one is inevitably going to be someone whom the younger dancers look up to, “kaya kailangan good example ako lagi.”

Keeping Fit

Videos

‘The Dawn of Ballet’ revisited

Videos

In this clip are photos from the show, highlighting the seamless merging of The Dawn’s percussive sound with Ballet Manila’s artistry and technique.

Videos

This Month In BM History

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

Interviews

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

Interviews

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

Interviews

Features

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

Features

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.

Features

Ballet Manila dances with The Dawn

Features

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.

Features