After the nomination deadline for National Artists closed last June 30, 2024, several organizations revealed their nominees for National Artists in various categories.
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.
By PABLO A. TARIMAN BALLET has a freak history in the country even as Manila saw the world-famous Russian dance icon Anna Pavlova as early as 1922. While no one was looking, Russian dance teachers managed to find their way in Manila and in the provinces in the 40s which also saw the 1948
