BP principal dancer Katherine Trofeo hangs up her pointe shoes
As the curtain fell on the last show of Ballet Philippines’ Sapphire Season, the company bid a tearful farewell to esteemed principal dancer, Katherine Trofeo. The dancers, scholars, and artistic team...
View ArticleNCAA celebrations: Dance marathon, art on epic heroes and heritage program
There will be a confluence of the arts starting April 29, bringing together the worlds of dance, literature and visual arts, and the significance of heritage. This was announced during a recent...
View ArticleArgentine tango master enthralls Manila audiences
In the early 1950s, in a suburban town in Argentina, a Polish migrant, living near the wrong side of the tracks, bit by bit constructed his own hovel made of bricks. When the structure completed, he...
View ArticleHalili Cruz School of Ballet holds anniversary concerts at Newport
The Halili Cruz School of Ballet (HCSB) will hold three grand concerts and an exhibit in celebration of its 30th anniversary. Dance educators from Russia, Australia and England will participate. The...
View ArticleNCCA promotes heritage preservation through dance
Simultaneous dance performances were recently held across the Philippines by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) as a way to promote awareness for cultural heritage preservation in...
View ArticleFrench, American, Filipino artists hold international dance workshop in Bohol
International and local dance masters teamed up recently in Bohol province to help enrich local talents through an extensive training which culminated in a dance-drama performance at the Bohol Cultural...
View ArticleMemories of Plisetskaya in ‘Dying Swan’ linger on
Maya Plisetskaya, a legend in the world of ballet, is gone. But ballet fans and followers privileged to have watched her perform will keep a lingering vision of her lyrical beauty in interpreting...
View Article‘Golden boy of ballet’ to open new season of PBT
TO OPEN its 29th season as a resident company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Philippine Ballet Theater (PBT) will present “Don Quixote” featuring Joseph Phillips as guest artist, on...
View ArticleFilipino wins 2nd prize in Yokohoma choreography tilt
When choreographer Razel Ann Mitchao showed her duet at the Yokohama Dance Collection EX 2015, the international judges dropped their jaws. How could a 24-year-old neophyte from laid-back Bacolod,...
View ArticleBallet Manila steps up in its 20th anniversary performance
Twenty years ago, Ballet Manila (BM), then a breakaway group from another company, debuted to an overeager audience that kept clapping and cheering “Bravo!” even before the number was over.
View ArticleFresh new work crowns Ballet Manila’s 20th year
There is a lot that Ballet Manila can be proud of on its 20th year. Its vision is clear. Hard work remains its hallmark and it is equally focused on the future. One of its founding members and now its...
View ArticleBP principal dancer Katherine Trofeo hangs up her pointe shoes
As the curtain fell on the last show of Ballet Philippines’ Sapphire Season, the company bid a tearful farewell to esteemed principal dancer, Katherine Trofeo. The dancers, scholars, and artistic team...
View ArticleNCAA celebrations: Dance marathon, art on epic heroes and heritage program
There will be a confluence of the arts starting April 29, bringing together the worlds of dance, literature and visual arts, and the significance of heritage. This was announced during a recent...
View ArticleArgentine tango master enthralls Manila audiences
In the early 1950s, in a suburban town in Argentina, a Polish migrant, living near the wrong side of the tracks, bit by bit constructed his own hovel made of bricks. When the structure completed, he...
View ArticleHalili Cruz School of Ballet holds anniversary concerts at Newport
The Halili Cruz School of Ballet (HCSB) will hold three grand concerts and an exhibit in celebration of its 30th anniversary. Dance educators from Russia, Australia and England will participate. The...
View ArticleNCCA promotes heritage preservation through dance
Simultaneous dance performances were recently held across the Philippines by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) as a way to promote awareness for cultural heritage preservation in...
View ArticleFrench, American, Filipino artists hold international dance workshop in Bohol
International and local dance masters teamed up recently in Bohol province to help enrich local talents through an extensive training which culminated in a dance-drama performance at the Bohol Cultural...
View ArticleRemembering The Great Maya Plisetskaya
RUSSIAN dance icon Maya Plisetskaya, who died on May 2, defied conventional ideas on the craft. She became a prima ballerina at age 40 and danced lead roles through her late 60s, including one of her...
View ArticleMemories of the Met
ERECTED in the early 1930s, razed by World War II, rehabilitated and restored in the late 1970s, and neglected once more in the late 1990s up to the present time, the Manila Metropolitan Theater may...
View ArticleBallet Manila holds ‘From Page to Stage’ season; international choreography...
ENCHANTING tales of love, fantasy and adventure topbill “From Page to Stage,” Ballet Manila’s (BM) 20th performance season. Celebrating literature and its larger-than-life characters, the BM will stage...
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