Storytellers on Toes
Ballet Manila received 22 nominations for its various productions in the upcoming 2015 Gawad Buhay! Awards. Leading the charge are BM2.0 and the full-length Romeo & Juliet with seven nominations each. BM2.0, BM’s 20th anniversary concert held in in March 2015, picked up five nominations for Bloom: Outstanding Modern Dance Production for which it was […]
Philstage honored Ballet Manila with 15 Gawad Buhay! citations for its performances held in the fourth quarter of 2015. Recognized with 10 citations was Romeo and Juliet which was lauded for both the performances and the production. It earned citations for Outstanding Classical Dance Production and Outstanding Ensemble Performance for Classical Dance. Also cited were […]
In Philippine ballet, no partnership has been as enduring as that of Osias Barroso and Lisa Macuja-Elizalde. They danced together for sixteen years, performing in over 250 shows in five continents – 60 of which were full-length ballets. Sometime during that period, the duo led ten other dancers in forming Ballet Manila. Now, as co-artistic […]
By Michele T. Logarta Dancer and teacher Eileen Lopez has never wanted to be the fiery Kitri of Don Quixote nor has she ever dreamed of portraying the enchanting and magical twin roles of Odette and Odile in Swan Lake or other principal leads of the great classical ballets. That she didn’t seek the most […]
They just have to keep on dancing! Ballet Manila artists love their craft so much that even when they’re away from the stage, they end up busting a move, trying out some steps or at least striking a ballet pose or two. Performing Annabelle Ochoa’s Bloom for the 2015 Silk Road Cultural Festival in Gyeongju, […]