They got dolled up for the ballet
Ballet Philippines (BP) launched its 54th season with a full-length production of the classic comic ballet “Coppelia.” Patrons and ballet enthusiasts gathered on a Friday
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Ballet Philippines (BP) launched its 54th season with a full-length production of the classic comic ballet “Coppelia.” Patrons and ballet enthusiasts gathered on a Friday
In one weekend, the seminal work of a national artist and her famous collaborators coincided with the lavish experimental spectacle mounted by millennial creatives.
It could have been the Tatler Ball transported to the Samsung Theater were it not for the coterie of young bunheads in attendance. Manila’s crème
Coping with pandemic restrictions has been a popular theme among the local dance videos/films in the past two years. Given the limitations of rehearsal space,
In this era of down-aging—the prolonging of youth—myths about ballet as only for the young, slim and fit are being busted. During this pandemic, more
Who knew online classes could turn little girls into world-class ballerinas? Last July 18, 2021, talented students from the Dance Theatre Arts (DTA) emerged as
Throughout the pandemic, when almost everyone had decided that their main goal would be to make it to 2021 in one piece, a 10-year-old ballerina
Has the rarefied world of French ballet come under the sway of American-style “cancel culture?” The director of Paris Opera, home also to France’s top
What might seem to others like an annus horribilis for Lisa Macuja Elizalde, CEO and artistic director of Ballet Manila (BM), she now sees as
In 1994, dancer-ballet mistress Persady “Perry” Sevidal took a leap of faith by leaving Ballet Philippines after 15 years to open her namesake school in
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