Ballet Manila will collaborate with South Korea’s Choi So Bin Ballet in the Carmen International Friendship Gala, showcasing a repertoire of classical and contemporary numbers. Presented by the Manila Broadcasting Company, Ballet Manila and Star Theater, it will go on stage on May 4, 7:30 p.m., at Star Theater, Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex, Pasay City.
Ballet Manila School, the educational arm of the country’s premier classical ballet company, will hold its annual intensive summer workshop, Just Dance XVI, on April 10-May 26. Enrollment is ongoing.
Ballet Manila wraps up its 17th performance season with the latest installment of its popular “Ballet & Ballads” series, featuring the London-based trio West End Mamas as special guest.
Ballet Manila wraps up its 17th performance season with the latest installment of its popular “Ballet & Ballads” series, featuring the London-based trio West End Mamas as special guest.
Ballet Manila has an interesting twin-bill for its holiday treat and with contrasting flavors at that.
Ballet Manila offers a modern take on the classic fairy tale “Cinderella” in its Christmas production, combining the elements of love, magic and dance in a fun and enchantment-filled package perfect for the holidays.
French composer Georges Bizet is Manila’s flavor of the month, judging by the simultaneous staging of “Carmen” by the Lyric Opera of the Philippines and its ballet version by Ballet Manila.
In a perfect world, ballet performances would always be presented to live orchestral music. This fusion of music and dance makes going to the theater not just a rewarding experience but a truly enlightening one.
For the second year in a row, Ballet Manila (BM) brought to Manila some of today’s best dancers in “World Stars of Ballet,” a couple of galas that introduced local ballet enthusiasts to world-class dancing.
Talent doesn’t grow on trees. Once discovered, it is nurtured and tended to until it reaches its full potential. Only then can you sit back and appreciate your work, as you continue tweaking it to perfection.
Thalassa “Sasha” Gatlin Elizalde-Del Rosario is born lucky. She is an heiress twice over, being the sixth of broadcasting magnate Fred J. Elizalde’s eight children and the sole inheritor of her maternal grandmother, Adela Catigbac Salas-Gatlin.
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