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Tag: Ballet Philippines

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    Categories Arts & Culture News

    Ballet community up in arms over new artistic director

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Feb 12, 2020 11:22 PM

    Saturday last week on February 8, 2020 to be exact, Ballet Philippines Foundation president Kathleen L. Liechtenstein issued a memo announcing the appointment of Russian danseur Mikhail Martynyuk as the new artistic director of Ballet Philippines for the 51st and 52nd seasons for the years 2020 to 2022.

    Ballet Philippines

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    Categories Arts & Culture

    Swan Lake through the ages

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Aug 31, 2019 10:09 PM

    Friday night and Saturday afternoon, Manila’s balletomanes saw two Odette-Odiles and two Siegfrieds, one pair straight from Russia and another pair, purely homegrown but nevertheless equal to the challenge.

    Ballet Philippines, Swan Lake

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    Categories Arts & Culture

    A profoundly moving Romeo and Juliet

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Feb 20, 2019 6:16 AM

    Saturday last week, balletomanes enjoyed a rare ballet Valentine treat through a revival of a 1981 production of “Romeo and Juliet” by choreographer Alice Reyes, now National Artist for Dance.

    Ballet Philippines, Romeo and Juliet

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    Categories Arts & Culture

    Joseph Gatti wows Filipino balletomanes

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Feb 14, 2018 12:21 PM

    Petipa’s dance classic Don Quixote proved its enduring appeal Friday night (February 9) at the Cultural Center of the Philippines when the Ballet Philippines revival received a rousing standing ovation from Filipino balletomanes.

    Ballet Philippines, Don Quixote

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    Categories Arts & Culture

    Baptism of fire in ‘Swan Lake’

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Mar 04, 2017 10:44 AM

    Manila’s ballet scene bristled with excitement last weekend when three sets of Filipino Odette-Odiles took to the CCP stage for their baptism of fire in the world’s favorite ballet warhorse, Swan Lake.

    Ballet Philippines, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Swan Lake

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    Categories Arts & Culture

    The swans in Philippine setting

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Feb 01, 2017 3:03 AM

    When Ballet Philippines stages Swan Lake starting February 24 at the CCP main theater, balletomanes will most likely look back to the decades the ballet was first interpreted by distinguished Filipino and foreign ballerinas.

    Ballet Philippines, Nonoy Froilan, Swan Lake

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    BP Midsummer Night’s Dream shows new crop of dancers

    Feb 16, 2013 7:15 PM

      By  PABLO A. TARIMAN  THE opening of Carlo Pacis’s “A  Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the CCP  Friday  night showcased a totally new generation of dancers, not to mention an […]

    Ballet Philippines, Midsummer Night's Dream

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