Filipino values take flight in Ballet Manila’s Ibong Adarna

Filipino values take flight in Ballet Manila’s Ibong Adarna

Posted by Ria Hazel on 1:39 PM in art, ballet, Ballet Manila, dance, Ibong Adarna, performance,

Ballet Manila restages the award-winning Ibong Adarna on August 19 and 20, 2023 at the Aliw Theater

These days, teaching valuable lessons on life, family, love, forgiveness and kindness among the younger generation become even more impactful when accompanied by powerful visual representation. 

This is the intention of Gerardo Francisco Jr. as he restages his award-winning Ibong Adarna on August 19 and 20, 2023 at the Aliw Theater to conclude Ballet Manila’s 25th performance season. 

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It’s On Pointé for Ballet Manila’s 24th performance season

It’s On Pointé for Ballet Manila’s 24th performance season

Posted by Ria Hazel on 6:18 PM in ballerina, ballet, Ballet Manila, dance, Grace, Graceful, Liza Macuja Elizalde, On Pointe, performance, Princess Trilogy, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White,

Ballet Manila, the most solidly trained classical ballet company in the Philippines, will once again stage a series of breathtaking shows filled with graceful dancing for its 24th season. 

With the theme "On Pointé," Ballet Manila highlights the most iconic element in a ballet performance – the pointé shoes which make a ballerina stand and dance daintily on her toes. The theme is also fitting for the ballet company’s upcoming performances as it is also a play on being “on point” which defines something to be excellent and perfect – the kind of shows that Ballet Manila consistently gives to their audience.

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Ballet Manila Opens 2017 with Don Quixote

Ballet Manila Opens 2017 with Don Quixote

Posted by Ria Hazel on 12:48 AM in art, Ballet Manila, dance, Don Quixote, Lisa Macuja, performance, theater,

Opening the year in true Ballet Manila fashion, the country’s premier classical dance company is staging one of the world’s most colorful and enduring ballet pieces—Don Quixote.

Happening on February 24 and 25, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. and on February 26, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Aliw Theater, Don Quixote is known in the ballet world as one of the most technically challenging pieces ever created, with some of the choreography raising the already high international standards when it first premiered in 1869 at the Tsar's Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg. It is especially known for its compulsory quick and strong movements, high vertical takeoffs, one arm lifts, quick fouettes, quadruple pirouettes, and Kitri’s signature move, the Plisetskaya head-kick.

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