Storytellers on Toes
By Michele T. Logarta British choreographer Martin Lawrance is back in Manila to do his third piece for Ballet Manila called Amid Shadows. With two weeks to create the work, Lawrance, who had just finished rehearsing with his dancers on a Thursday afternoon in mid-June at the Ballet Manila studios, is getting ready to leave […]
By Michele T. Logarta American dancer Katherine Barkman, when preparing for a role, will dance until her legs won’t work. When that happens, she’ll work on her arms. And, when her arms hurt, she’ll work on her facial expressions. “Every eyelash and eyebrow has to say something,” says Barkman, who is getting ready to play […]
“I stand waiting for the time/ Within the cycle of Time/ For the healing of the brothers/ With their goals and dreams. Live in balance and harmony/ With each of the Other… like brothers.” These are the words choreographer Ernest Mandap used to describe Reve, his choreography for Ballet Manila that made its premiere in […]
It will be a full circle moment when the full-length romantic ballet Giselle has its gala on June 25, 8 p.m., at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. This tribute performance dedicated to dance icon Felicitas “Tita” Radaic, long dreamt of by her student Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, is itself a nod […]
From classical ballet to folk dance, from pole dance to a dance fitness routine fusing Latin and hip-hop – the extensive variety of dance and movement will be on full display at the local celebration of International Dance Day on April 29. Ballet Manila, in cooperation with Manila Broadcasting Company and Aliw Theater, and in […]