Swan Lake Archives

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.

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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.

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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.

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