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Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.
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.
Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it’s the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it.
Dancing the Blue Bird Variation from The Sleeping Beauty, 11-year-old Juan Angelo De Leon – representing The Lisa Macuja School of Ballet Manila – soared to a bronze finish in the Pre-Competitive B Division of the Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition in Hong Kong.
Four students of The Lisa Macuja School of Ballet Manila are among the 200-plus candidates competing in the Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition which is being held from August 12 to 17 at the Y-Square in Hong Kong.
Recently, this teenage ballerina placed first in the Junior B Division of the Asian Grand Prix Manila Regionals, securing for herself a spot in the AGP International Ballet Competition to be held in Hong Kong in August.
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.
A total of fifty-seven contenders joined the 2019 AGP Regional Competition in Manila.
The Hong Kong-based Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition will hold its regional competition in Manila for the second consecutive year on April 6 and 7 at Star Theater in Pasay City, with Ballet Manila as local co-organizer.
Three young danseurs of Ballet Manila claimed the top three spots in the junior male category of the Cultural Center of the Philippines Ballet Competition 2018.
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.
Ballet Manila received a silver prize for Gerardo Francisco’s Muro-Ami and the Best Dance Artist award for Nicole Barroso in the International Dance Festival 2017 held in Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam.
Ballet Manila is headed to Vietnam to participate in the Vietnam International Dance Festival to be held from September 15 to 23 in Ninh Binh Province.
Brian Ramos Sevilla won the silver medal in the Junior B category of the 2017 Asian Grand Prix held in Hong Kong.
Ballet Manila is fielding twelve dancers in the 2017 Asian Grand Prix (AGP) International Ballet Competition, to be held on August 7 to 11 at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
Bringing home four awards, four scholarships and four sponsorships made for a most unforgettable weekend in the Ballet Manila calendar for 2016.
