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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As a young man who entertained vices at one point, ballet gave him purpose and a second chance at a better life; and as a father in his twenties, dancing helped him to give his wife and daughter the means to live comfortably.
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.
This clip shows the 2014 performance of Sari’t Bahag featuring Ballet Manila scholars and now company artists Jessa Ballet and Jamil Montibon as the maiden and the warrior, and Sofia Costales as the priestess.
As we join the global dance community in celebrating International Dance Day, the artists of Ballet Manila share the inspirations behind their chosen vocation.
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.”
Come Faeries, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!
