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Anytime someone has said to me, ‘You can’t do that,’ I have answered, ‘Watch me.’”
Ballet Manila company artist Angelika Tagupa is a Physics major who is determined to dance professionally, even as she’s busy working on her thesis.
The prima ballerina, together with husband, Manila Broadcasting Company chairman Fred J. Elizalde, earlier cut the ribbon formally opening what she described as a “harder-working complex with three distinct facilities that can hold different types of events.”
The dramatic appearance and synchronized movements of the wilis — the spirits of young women who die before their wedding — make Giselle one of the most challenging ballets for the female corps.
Dancing faces you towards heaven, whichever direction you turn.
Sometimes in life confusion tends to arise and only dialogue of dance seems to make sense.
In a society that worships love, freedom, and beauty, dance is sacred. It is a prayer for the future, a remembrance of the past and a joyful exclamation of thanks for the present.
Joshua Enciso’s first-place finish in the seniors comes on the heels of Ballet Manila’s sweep of the junior male titles last Thursday, with BM 2 members Brian Sevilla, Rafael Perez and Alvin Dictado taking first, second and third prize, respectively.
The biennial competition, to be held on November 15 and 17 at the CCP’s Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino, showcases the country’s most promising danseurs and ballerinas.
