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Alice Reyes sits among costumes, piled high or hung, holding court discussing details of Ballet Philippines’ upcoming Christmas production, advising...
MANILA, Philippines — From fierce typhoons and tight budgets to losing its dancers to cruise ships and theme parks, Ballet...
As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, Ballet Philippines (BP) restages its production of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”...
Ballet Philippines’ (BP) “Swan Lake” celebrated its golden anniversary at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. There were big names...
On two weekends last week, Ballet Philippines attracted a big chunk of Metro Manila’s balletomanes with its latest revival of...
What if you get to live for a hundred years in this wonderful world—what would truly matter to you? I...
It was sorcery of the palatable kind that announced the 50th season of Ballet Philippines.
Ballet Philippines (BP) kicks off its 50th anniversary this year with the alumni homecoming program “[email protected]” this July.
Ballet Philippines’ “Romeo and Juliet,” choreographed by National Artist for Dance Alice Reyes, was—I am mortified to admit—my first time to write about ballet in the country since I came back from Boston almost six years ago.
Men flew in white skirts and women struck sharp poses in shorts, midriff tops and pointe shoes. The energy was so compelling throughout Bam Damian’s piece, “After Whom,” set to the electronic music of composer-turned filmmaker Jerrold Tarog, that every performance concluded in thunderous applause.
