Storytellers on Toes
On the 30th anniversary of the EDSA Revolution, Ballet Manila celebrates the spirit of People Power with the world premiere of Rebel – a full-length ballet by British choreographer Martin Lawrance. Although based on Spartacus, Rebel derives characters and situations from the historic Philippine event. In this series, the dancers taking on the lead roles […]
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. […]
On the 30 th anniversary of the EDSA Revolution, Ballet Manila celebrates the spirit of People Power with the world premiere of Rebel – a full-length ballet by British choreographer Martin Lawrance. Although based on Spartacus, Rebel derives characters and situations from the historic Philippine event. In this series, the dancers taking on the lead […]
Ballet Manila has awarded scholarships to two students from Rhythmus Happy Feet, a dance school in Mumbai, India, for the 2016 School of Ballet Manila Summer Intensive Program. There had been a remarkable improvement in the Mumbai school’s ballet students, notes Osias Barroso. The scholars are Krisha Shah, 12, who was given a full scholarship, […]
Semi-retired since last year, prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde answers the call of the stage anew in Rebel. In Ballet Manila’s contemporary version of Spartacus – in which characters and events are derived from the historic EDSA Revolution – Lisa dances the role of Inang Bayan. She wears the colors of the Philippine flag, in a […]