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In this clip, we get a rare look at the actual process of creation. Working with principal dancer Joshua Enciso and company artist Jefferson Balute, Gerardo tweaks a specific movement in a battle scene when Joshua as Florante defeats his many enemies.
This dancer had the athlete’s reflexes, the muscle mass to lift just about any female partner, and most importantly, the disposition to listen and be obedient towards coaches whose counterparts in ballet are the teachers in the studio and anyone else more experienced than him.
The 40-minute show, like its three forerunners, was streamed live from Ballet Manila’s Studio 1 in its Pasay headquarters and aired on the company’s social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok.
While it may have been a strange experience not having an audience right in front of them, the dancers were one in saying that it felt just like being in the theater again.
The gold winner for senior group contemporary in the 2021 Asian Grand Prix video competition, Border is a gripping look at the plight of refugees.
In this video, we look back at 2021 — a year of adversities and victories, a year of sadness and hope, a year of dancing forward and onward.
Following up on their victory at the Asian Grand Prix (AGP) Manila Regionals, eleven Ballet Manila junior company dancers and a teen scholar bagged medals in the international ballet event’s Finals held through a video competition.
“It is always a joy to have such positive results from these competitions and certainly very encouraging for all of us in the Lisa Macuja School of Ballet.”
When an opportunity came for Rudy to choreograph a piece for the CCP Ballet Competition in 2018, the former Ballet Manila principal dancer had a eureka moment. Why not combine ballet and boxing, two things that interest him the most?
Though Rudy De Dios, one of Ballet Manila’s longtime principal danseurs, has been doing choreography work since his days at the Philippine High School for the Arts, it’s only now that he is creating a full-length ballet – his own version of Carmina Burana, which premieres in March.
In his welcome remarks, Ambassador Haneda congratulated Ballet Manila on the success of its recently concluded 23rd season, saying how fortunate he was to have watched the final show, Deux, and to have seen the five Japanese dancers perform in it.
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.
