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Ballet Philippines (BP) is a ballet company in the Philippines founded in 1969 by Alice Reyes with the support of Eddie Elejar and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Proficient in both ballet and modern dance, [ 1 ] the company synthesizes diverse dance [ 2 ] and movement forms into distinctively Filipino contemporary expressions.
The Philippine Ballet Theatre pursues the goal of bringing the art of dance to the general appreciation of Filipino audiences. With its concurrent preservation of the classical story ballets, [ 2 ] such as Swan Lake , Giselle , The Nutcracker , and Raymonda , the theatre also launches contemporary ballets like Carmina Burana [ 3 ] by David Campos.
Alice Garcia Reyes (born October 14, 1942) [1] [2] is a Filipina dancer, choreographer, teacher, director and producer. The founder (together with Eddie Elejar) of Ballet Philippines, she received since June 20, 2014 from the Philippine President Benigno Aquino III the highest award in the Arts, National Artist of the Philippines. [3]
On August 10, 2022, Aliw Theater reopened with newly refurbished seats and stage design, followed by the accompanied performances by Ballet Manila. [6] From December 2022 to December 2023, The Feast Bay Area, a weekly gathering of the Light of Jesus Family founded by Bro. Bo Sanchez , held its sessions at the theater once again.
Helobung, a dance troupe composed of Indigenous T'boli people from the Philippines' Lake Sebu, is on the latter half of its tour through Oahu, where they have been ...
Ballet Manila has featured full-length performances of Swan Lake, Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, Giselle, La Bayadere, Romeo and Juliet, Carmen, Le Corsaire, and other classical staples, as well as contemporary Filipino ballet pieces by some of the Philippines most distinguished choreographers.
The name was subsequently changed to the Manila Grand Opera House after a remodeling, extensive expansion of the original theater by L. Balzofiore [4] and its conversion to an opera house in time for the visit of the ‘Compania de Opera Italiana’ in 1902, after the American takeover of the Philippines, [3] and was used as the location of the ...
Lucrecia Faustino Reyes-Urtula (June 29, 1929 – August 4, 1999) was a Filipino choreographer, theater director, teacher, author and researcher on ethnic dance. She was the founding director of the Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company and was named National Artist of the Philippines for dance in 1988.