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                    [Title] => Ballet Manila opens 17th season with environmental tale
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To open its 17th performance season, Ballet Manila brings back Alamat: Si Sibol at si Gunaw, an all-Filipino original production that combines magic, myth and a message of love for Mother Earth.
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                    [Title] => The Bard would've applauded Romeo and Juliet as ballet
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In typical fashion, Ballet Manila lived up to its standard of excellence in Romeo and Juliet.
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                    [Title] => Lisa's magnificent 'debut'
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The announcement was unmistakable: Lisa Macuja was making her farewell appearance in Swan  Lake — Vikulov’s version to Tchaikovsky’s music.
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                    [Title] => A spectacular Nutcracker, a unique ballet history /Scala tenor sings Dec. 14
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At each Ballet Manila performance — the current one being “The Nutcracker” — amazement never ceases.
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                    [Title] => In 'Ballet and Ballads', the dances predominate
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For every concert, each ballet company faces the challenge of rendering ballet tradition dynamic and attractive. In its most recent program, Ballet Manila faced a new challenge: the fusion of ballet and ballads as envisioned and conceptualized by MBC president Fred Elizalde, husband of Lisa Macuja, Ballet Manila’s leading ballerina and artistic director.
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                    [Title] => Liza Macuja protégé bags silver medal in New York
                    [Summary] => An 18-year-old Filipina ballerina won top honors in the 8th New York International Ballet Competition (NYIBC), the equivalent of the Olympics in the ballet world.


Christine Rocas, a protégé of prime ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, arrived home before noon yesterday aboard Cathay Airways Flight CX-901 at Ninoy Aquino International Airport. She was accompanied by her dancing partner and fellow member in Ballet Manila Company, Francis Cascaño.


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Ballet Manila opens 17th season with environmental tale

August 6, 2012 - 12:00am

To open its 17th performance season, Ballet Manila brings back Alamat: Si Sibol at si Gunaw, an all-Filipino original production that combines magic, myth and a message of love for Mother Earth.

Arts and Culture

The Bard would've applauded Romeo and Juliet as ballet

By SUNDRY STROKES | October 29, 2011 - 12:00am

In typical fashion, Ballet Manila lived up to its standard of excellence in Romeo and Juliet.

Opinion

Lisa's magnificent 'debut'

By SUNDRY STROKES | October 19, 2011 - 12:00am

The announcement was unmistakable: Lisa Macuja was making her farewell appearance in Swan Lake — Vikulov’s version to Tchaikovsky’s music.

Opinion

A spectacular Nutcracker, a unique ballet history /Scala tenor sings Dec. 14

By SUNDRY STROKES | December 11, 2010 - 12:00am

At each Ballet Manila performance — the current one being “The Nutcracker” — amazement never ceases.

Opinion

In 'Ballet and Ballads', the dances predominate

By SUNDRY STROKES | March 27, 2010 - 12:00am

For every concert, each ballet company faces the challenge of rendering ballet tradition dynamic and attractive. In its most recent program, Ballet Manila faced a new challenge: the fusion of ballet and ballads as...

Opinion

Liza Macuja protégé bags silver medal in New York

By Rainier Allan Ronda | June 30, 2005 - 12:00am

An 18-year-old Filipina ballerina won top honors in the 8th New York International Ballet Competition (NYIBC), the equivalent of the Olympics in the ballet world. Christine Rocas, a protégé of prime...

Headlines