Three years ago she crossed the Atlantic with a broken heart. Now Sweden’s “party princess” returns from New York to Stockholm to tie the knot with her new, British-American love.
In a performance season dominated by musicals and revivals, Ballet Philippines’ (BP) production of the dance-musical “Rama, Hari” dominates the 2012 Gawad Buhay!: The Philstage Awards for the Performing Arts with a record-high of 22 nominations.
I wasn’t a Bohol first-timer when I flew over a few weeks ago, so I was really OK with just a relaxing trip with no real agenda.
The singing actor Nonie Buencamino grew up in a home where music could be heard day in and day out. One of his brothers is Nonong Buencamino, the composer and film scorer for movies.
It’s not everyday that a theater group announces on Facebook that it’s looking to borrow an aquarium for one of its events. But then, Sipat Lawin Ensemble has never really considered itself a “traditional” theater company; and reaching out to its audiences in every which way is just part of how it rolls.
It is a question many young theater hopefuls are asking these days, as the Philippine theater industry apparently has been enjoying a boom in recent years.
Barbie girls and fans recently got to enjoy Ballet Philippines’ captivating “Barbie in the Pink Shoes: Dance from Your Heart” ballet performance, which presented routines adapted from famous ballet performances such as “Swan Lake” and “Giselle,” including Dance of the Cygnets, Black Swan Pas de Deux, Black Swan Pas de Trois and White Swan Pas de Deux.
It was a scene straight out of a movie. In a conference room at the Seoul Royal Hotel, burly bodyguards clad in black suits with earpieces made sweeps of the room and we wondered briefly if these guys were packing heat.
Hello, Hallyu! Contrary to popular belief, this “Korean wave” phenomenon isn’t just about pretty boys and girls doing cutesy song-and-dance numbers. Next weekend, teenage guitar prodigy Sungha Jung and pop-rock quartet CNBLUE are set to take Manila by storm in two separate shows. Which one will you be watching?
Loudbasstard co-creator Koh Onozawa says the idea to make a different kind of sound amplifier came while he was in the mountains.
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