Tag: dance

What pain taught dancer Anna Periquet.

IF EXPERIENCE is the best teacher, then prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde is a straight A-student. For 32 years she danced lead in 350 full-length ballets and performed in 90 cities on five continents. Retired from dancing since 2017, the A-student took on the role of teacher early in her career, melding both theory and practice in her teaching style. Among her best students is Ballet Manila’s guest principal dancer, Katherine Elizabeth Barkman, who is the only ballet dancer to win back-to-back medals from two of the most prestigious ballet competitions in the world.

EAST MEETS WEST and converge onstage as Ballet Manila presents American Stars Gala, a one-night only concert that features some of today’s brightest and...

FROM A dance that empowers women to a metaphor on the fluidity of gender and to that defining moment when we finally meet our significant other, the repertoire of Ballet Philippines’ Ang Pilya atbp. feat. the Young Choreographers Showcase, highlights not only the power of narration and dance, but also the talents of young choreographers and dancers in the country.

Ballet Philippines' Young Choreographers Showcase will be held from June 9-10 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Seven pieces will be presented for the first time.

Steps founder Sofia Zobel Elizalde on Carmen, Pina Bausch, and Zumba. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SeSPqVeS00 INTERVIEW  NICKKY FAUSTINE P. DE GUZMAN | PHOTOGRAPHY  LANCER SALVA Sofia Zobel Elizalde was introduced to the world of...

Dance La Luna Roja Nov. 25 and 26 Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC PLAZA, Corner Ayala & Buendia Aves., Makati By Nickky Faustine P. De Guzman, Reporter HOW DO YOU tie...

TEACHING and theater seem to go together for Tami Monsod. Before playing the role of the witch in La Luna Roja, the veteran theater...

SISTERS Edna Vida and National Artist for Dance Alice Reyes have teamed up for Ballet Philippines’ 48th season ending production, The Nutcracker, which will...

TCHAIKOVSKY’S Swan Lake has endured more than a century and is known to be one of the most popular ballets in the world –...

MYTHS OF LOVE is a dance-theater event that tackles our notion of romance. Based on the book, Seven Myths About Love... Actually by British...

GOOD STORYTELLING through ballet is not only evident in the dancer’s powerful pirouettes and leaps, or turns and swirls of the hand and feet,...

After undergoing hip surgery, what’s next for Lisa Macuja-Elizalde? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgLiEBhvMSo WORDS  ZSARLENE B. CHUA | IMAGES  G-NIE ARAMBULO When does a ballerina hang up her pointe shoes for...

BUENOS AIRES – They are in their ninth decade of life, but the rhythm of tango still thrills in the legs of Oscar and...

THE RIGHTS of indigenous people to use their ancestral land and the issues of mining and its harmful effects on the natural environment are...

By Camille Anne M. Arcilla THREE top dance companies with over 500 dance professionals are currently showing what the Filipino dance community is all about. Dance.MNL:...

Alice Reyes, National Artist for Dance, as Lena Horne. Words  Sam L. Marcelo | Photography  Kai Huang It’s a gray and soggy Tuesday, the kind better...

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman It is alarming that kids these days belong to “the most sedentary generation in history.” So said Sam Kass,...