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To celebrate May, the month of flowers, we once again pluck images from the Ballet Manila Archives featuring an assortment of blooms in the company’s shows. Enjoy this year’s lovely bouquet!
Ballet Manila glows in pastel.
In 2015, Ballet Manila celebrated its 20th anniversary with a repertoire that summarized five things that the company has stood for since its inception.
Magical. Entertaining. Funny. These were the items that Ballet Manila artistic director Lisa Macuja-Elizalde ticked off her list as she was making the choreography for Cinderella in 2016.
Ballet Manila is fresh in green.
The use of fans definitely adds to that Spanish verve in Don Quixote.
In keeping with the festive tradition known as Flores de Mayo, we remember the moments when flowers appeared on the Ballet Manila stage – propelling the story along, underscoring key themes or simply livening up the scene, making each show bloom with limitless possibilities.
Ballet Manila is festive in red.
Ballet Manila is inspiring in blue.
As a Halloween special, we present a rogue’s gallery from Ballet Manila’s productions of the classics over the years.
Ballet Manila is calm in beige.
Ballet Manila glows in yellow.
In this special feature, we look at the instances when these everyday objects literally had their unfolding moments on stage.
Ballet Manila is luminous in cream.
Here are just a few instances of flower power at the ballet!
In this special series marking National Literature Month, we revisit in photos the three tales of distinguished Filipino author Severino Reyes, as retold by Christine Bellen, which were adapted into Ballet Manila’s Tatlong Pang Kuwento ni Lola Basyang in 2013.
“When I first danced the role of Kitri in Russia, not only did I wake up with swollen legs from all the mandatory jumping and turning, I also had sore cheeks from all the smiling and laughing that came with such a euphoric ballet.”
A big hit in 2014, Ballet Manila’s Pasko na Naman Muli made a comeback in 2015 with a twist – merged with the Circus D’Ballet concept and now called Joy!
Ballet Manila shimmers in green.
All three characters figure prominently in the second act where, after attacking windmills that he mistakes for various monsters, a wounded Don Quixote falls asleep and dreams of his beloved Dulcinea.
