Storytellers on Toes
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 […]
Prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde and internationally acclaimed musical theater actress Joanna Ampil are sharing a role in Ballet Manila’s forthcoming production titled Rebel. In her comeback dancing role, Macuja-Elizalde plays Inang Bayan (Motherland), with Ampil taking on the character’s musical voice. Rebel is a dream project of Macuja-Elizalde, in collaboration with British choreographer Martin Lawrance. […]
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 […]