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Talk About Dance: Russell Clark

Talk About Dance

Dance helps us dream bigger dreams and understand our connectedness. When we close our eyes and dream, we are all brothers.

Talk About Dance

In Their Own Words

In Their Own Words: Company artist Samantha Garay on how commitment helped her stay the course

In Their Own Words

“Doon ko nare-realize na kailangan kong tumayo ulit at lumaban.”

In Their Own Words

Interviews

Apprentice Maxeene Castillo dances for the joy of ballet

Interviews

“I was never really supposed to be in ballet,” says Ballet Manila apprentice Maxeene Castillo.

Interviews

This Month In BM History

This Month in BM History: June 1998

This Month In BM History

On June 11, 1998, the eve of the Philippine Centennial, Ballet Manila joined eight other companies in a show to cap an unprecendented six-week, 100-performance series.

This Month In BM History

Features

Remembering revered ballet teacher Tita Radaic

Features

The Ballet Manila Archives shares the article in full in memory of Mrs. Radaic, an institution in Philippine dance and a teacher to generations of ballet artists, who passed away on June 2, 2026.

Features

Three of a Kind

Three of a Kind: Father figures

Three of a Kind

In celebration of Father’s Day, we focus the spotlight on three dads of differing temperaments who have graced the Ballet Manila stage.

Three of a Kind

Interviews

Shamira Drapete on building the character of Paquita

Interviews

What Shamira is trying to stitch together is the duality to Paquita – a person who enjoys dancing with Iñigo’s traveling group but at the same time feels she doesn’t quite belong.

Interviews

Jos David Andes on how being Lucien in ‘Paquita’ has made him grow

Interviews

After his full-length debut as Prince Désiré in the return of Lisa Macuja Elizalde’s Sleeping Beauty last March, soloist Jos David Andes has been preparing for his next major role: Lucien in Paquita.

Interviews