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AS THE 40 dancers, all clad in black, struck their final pose onstage—hands up in the air, fiercely forming their signature “A” sign—the audience gave resounding roars and a standing ovation. They had...
View ArticleBallet Philippines to showcase new generation of dancers
GOODBYE to the brilliant older generation of Ballet Philippines (BP) dancers. Now, bring on the young ones. This seems to be the theme of the 46th season of the company, as articulated by BP Artistic...
View ArticleBallet Manila opens 2015 season with 3 ‘Lola Basyang’ stories
The 20th performance season of Ballet Manila, “From Page to Stage,” opens Aug. 21 with Severino Reyes’ “Tatlong Kuwento ni Lola Basyang,” three captivating dance productions of love, fantasy and...
View ArticleModern choreography not my comfort zone–Lisa Macuja
Children’s literature, a takeoff on “Romeo and Juliet” and “Pinocchio” and a work on Spartacus, the rebel against imperial Rome, set against the February 1986 People Power Revolution. This sums up...
View ArticleCultural researcher among 2015 Ramon Magsaysay awardees
LIFE changed when Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa married her schoolmate at Far Eastern University and moved to Sulu. In the next three decades, she spent her life immersing in the cultural life of Mindanao.
View ArticleWhen Ligaya Amilbangsa dances, the decades vanish
At 72, Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa walks with a cane like many elderly folk her age. But when she dances, the decades simply vanish. There was no music when the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay awardee and...
View ArticleDenisa Reyes and her ongoing dance with theater
Denisa Reyes, this year’s recipient of the Gawad CCP Para Sa Sining for dance, wishes she has more opportunities to do theater productions. The post Denisa Reyes and her ongoing dance with theater...
View ArticleAmid pixie dust, Ballet Philippines’ ‘Peter Pan’ takes flight this Christmas
COMPLETE with aerial acrobatics, Ballet Philippines promises to take kids and kids-at-heart to magical Neverland when it restages Edna Vida Froilan’s “Peter Pan” this Christmas season. The production...
View ArticleActress-singer Tippy dos Santos joins Ballet Manila’s ‘Pinocchio’
FOR ITS 20th performance season, Ballet Manila (BM) extends Christmas cheer with an updated, full-length staging of the timeless children’s tale “Pinocchio.” The post Actress-singer Tippy dos Santos...
View ArticleBallet dancers, acrobats, aerialists, circus performers featured in ‘Joy!’ at...
“JOY!”—a new Circus D’Ballet production in Star City—will open at Aliw Theater on Dec. 18. Inspired by the original Circus D’Ballet production “Belen” which opened in Star Theater in 2001 and enjoyed a...
View Article52-year-old men can still do ballet
STILL buff at 52, Century Pacific Food general manager Greg Banzon hasn’t changed clothes size since his bachelor days. Running competitively since he was 12 years old, he has maintained this...
View ArticleFrench ballerina Violette Verdy dies at 82
Violette Verdy, one of the ballet world's most loved ballerinas and choreographers, has died aged 82, after leading a life that inspired generations of dancers, the Paris Opera announced on Tuesday....
View ArticleLeyte dance troupe to represent the Philippines at global meditation meet
The Philippines will be represented for the first time next month at the World Culture Festival (WCF) in New Delhi, India, when the award-winning dance troupe from Leyte, Buyogan Festival, performs....
View ArticleA legacy of Filipino dance
In the Gawad Buhay, Philstage’s annual awards for the performing arts, the Natatanging Gawad Buhay awardees are special. They are elected by the artists of Philstage themselves, unlike the other...
View ArticleTheater and dance now made more affordable
Philstage’s new Premium Pass gives cardholders a 20-percent discount on all productions by its member-companies The post Theater and dance now made more affordable appeared first on Inquirer lifestyle.
View ArticleJoffrey Ballet’s Christine Rocas comes home for ‘Dance.MNL’
PRIZE-WINNING Filipino ballerina Christine Rocas, one of the brightest stars of the Joffrey Ballet, is back to perform at the first “Dance.MNL” festival, a biennial event focused on uniting and...
View ArticleBallet Manila dancer wins silver medal in Asian Grand Prix
Ballet Manila’s Nicole Barroso won the silver medal at the 6th Asian Grand Prix, repeating her feat last year in the same ballet competition. The post Ballet Manila dancer wins silver medal in Asian...
View ArticleOn its 47th season, Ballet Philippines takes off with ‘Firebird’
BALLET Philippines’ opening of its 47th season was a grandiose salvo of three divertissements and the full-length ballet, “Firebird,” perhaps the shortest full-length ballet running anywhere between 36...
View ArticleBayanihan head joins jury of 2 international dance contests
Bayanihan trustee and executive director Suzie Moya Benitez will sit as one of two international jury members in the International Dance Festival 2016 of Bali, Indonesia, which is a 10-day world dance...
View ArticleCebuano teens on Cebu
We continue the Q&A with Cebu’s bright young things, whom we caught up with at “Glitterati 6: Life in Technicolor,” the sixth installment of the annual fashion show at The Northwing at SM City Cebu...
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