Ballet Manila Archives

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.

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Ballet Manila in full color: Blue-blooded

Nov 29

Nov 29 Ballet Manila in full color: Blue-blooded

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Ballet Manila is brilliant in blue.

Dramatic exits: Ballet Manila and the art of dying on stage

Nov 1

Nov 1 Dramatic exits: Ballet Manila and the art of dying on stage

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Death scenes in ballet can be complicated, and the moments leading up to a heartbreaking end perhaps the most difficult to accomplish.

Ballet Manila in full color: Shades of blue

May 21

May 21 Ballet Manila in full color: Shades of blue

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Ballet Manila enchants in blue.

Romeo and Juliet: The loyalties of Tybalt and Mercutio

Mar 25

Mar 25 Romeo and Juliet: The loyalties of Tybalt and Mercutio

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Spotlight On The Classics

The war between the Montagues and the Capulets is the central conflict in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

10 things you may not know about ‘Giselle’

Sep 25

Sep 25 10 things you may not know about ‘Giselle’

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Another inspiration for Giselle was reportedly French novelist Victor Hugo’s poem Fantomes, featured in the anthology Les Orientales (1829)