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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I-Dance Studio: The Best Space for a Fabulous Lifestyle

I-Dance Studio: The Best Space for a Fabulous Lifestyle

Posted by Ria Hazel on 2:44 PM in body, dance, Dance studio, fit, fitness, Healthy, I-Dance, I-Dance Studio, maneouvres, Quezon City, Yeba, yoga, Zumba,

Get ready to be up and moving at  the I-Dance Studio

The verse "Health is Wealth" has been said over and over again for so many decades. And yet, it is still important for us to maintain the right physique so we can go on being fit and fabulous. I am one of the perfect examples of a girl trying get fit because of my hormonal problems, and whatever it takes, I know I have to step forward and initiate my goal. That's why I'm so thrilled that I found the I-Dance Studio, a happy place where your health and fitness is important, regardless of gender and age. 

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The Glee Project Season 2 Returns This June on ETC and Jack TV

The Glee Project Season 2 Returns This June on ETC and Jack TV

Posted by Ria Hazel on 11:00 PM in contest, dance, ETC, Glee, Jack TV, Lea Michele, Ryan Murphy, search, Solar Entertainment, songs, The Glee Project Season 2,

Time flies so fast! Few years ago, I was just as excited to know about Glee and now, they have just wrapped up Season 3. As the season ended, we sang, laughed and cried with the New Directions and Glee Project winners Damian McGinty and Samuel Larsen. And now, The Glee Project is looking for new faces that could walk in their footsteps and earn a place on the Season 4 of Glee. Premiers June 6, you can catch The Glee Project Season 2 every Wednesdays at 4PM via satellite with a primetime telecast at 9PM. This awesome show is brought to us by Jack TV and ETC.

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Lisa Macuja-Elizalde for Freeway's National Artist Collector's Series

Lisa Macuja-Elizalde for Freeway's National Artist Collector's Series

Posted by Ria Hazel on 10:00 AM in ballet, collection, dance, Fashion, Freeway, limited edition, Lisa Macuja, National Artist, shirts,

Lisa Macuja-Elizalde

I am all in supporting National Artists. And as one of my favorite brands, Freeway, loves art, a new installment of their well-loved National Artist Collectors’ Series is back. The brand has already established its name in celebrating various forms of Art by bringing creative fusion of fashion and works of art of our National Artists—literature, visual art and fashion design. Now, Freeway features another form of art that is well-loved by the Filipinos - Ballet. With this, Freeway pays tribute to Philippines’ prima ballerina, Lisa Macuja-Elizalde.

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