Storytellers on Toes
By Susan A. De Guzman Ballet Manila artistic directors Lisa Macuja-Elizalde and Osias Barroso are conducting an intensive dance workshop in Jakarta in what could be the initial step towards the establishment of Indonesia’s first professional ballet company. The Jakarta Intensive Dance Workshop and Showcase 2016 (JIDWaS 2016) will be held at the Katinka International […]
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 […]
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. Joan Emery Sia was on Cloud 9. After all, she had just scored […]
By Michele T. Logarta Ashley Salonga, 13, a scholar at the School of Ballet Manila, wants to be Kitri in Don Quixote one day. It is a role that is technically demanding and very difficult and one that all ballerinas dream of doing. “She is lively, and naughty. I love the music and her […]
By Michele T. Logarta Choreographer Martin Lawrance is never still, even while seated. Every so often, he taps his feet, snaps his fingers, waves his hands and arms, contorts his torso and twists and turns his shoulders to a beat only he can hear. There’s music in this man and anybody near him can almost […]