Training at the School of Ballet Manila strictly adheres to the Russian Vaganova method.
The Lisa Macuja School of Ballet Manila will be holding nationwide auditions for ballet scholars to its 2016 Summer Intensive Workshop. The audition is open to both male and female applicants, 10 years old and above, preferably with previous dance training.
School of Ballet Manila directress, prima ballerina Lisa Macuja Elizalde, gives hands-on instructions at every workshop.
BM co-artistic director Osias Barroso sharpening the skills of male scholars.
Now on its 19th year, the company’s Summer Intensive Workshops has been the entry point for discovering new talents, many of whom have become artists of Ballet Manila. Among its roster of notable alumni are Christine Rocas of The Joffrey Ballet and Nazer Salgado of the Singapore Dance Theatre, Asian Grand Prix Silver Medalists Nicole Barroso and Rissa May Camaclang, as well as Ballet Manila artists Dawna Reign Mangahas, Alvin Santos, and Jessa Balote.
Scholars and students get to show off their skills at the annual “Just Dance” recital concerts.
Scholars get to perform with BM company artists in a concert that culminates the summer workshop.
The two-month workshop will start on April 4 and culminate in the annual Just Dance recital program on May 29, where students and scholars get the chance to perform onstage with BM company members in a professionally staged production.
Most of BM’s male dancers are products of the company’s school and workshops.
For Metro Manila applicants, auditions will be held at 4pm on Saturday, February 6, at the Aliw Theater. Registration begins at 3 pm at the theater lobby. Applicants should bring one 2X2 colored photo and their own dance gear. Registration fee is P250.
The scholars are drilled in the Russian method which is a good foundation for classical ballet.
Regional auditions will be held in March for applicants from Baguio, Cebu, Iloilo, Cagayan de Oro and Davao, with venues and schedules to be announced soon.
For inquiries, please call telephone numbers 400-0292 or 525-5967, or e-mail Ballet Manila at info@balletmanila.com.ph. For more details, log on to www.balletmanila.com.ph or follow Ballet Manila on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.