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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]
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.
Lisa Teresita Macuja Elizalde (born October 3, 1964) is a Filipino prima ballerina. [1] [2] In 1984, she became the first foreign soloist to ever join the Kirov Ballet.In the Philippines, she is the Artistic Director and CEO of Ballet Manila and was the Vice-Chairman of the Philippine UNESCO National Commission.
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.
Ballet Manila School started as a spin-off from the “Lisa Macuja Summer Workshop” [30] which was originally conducted in the summer of 1995. Previously, the classes were held at the old Ballet Manila Studio which was located [30] in Quezon city. The pilot class performed their first piece entitled Etudes [30] in June 1996.
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.
Josephine Carmen Imutan Barredo (born November 19, 1951), known professionally as Maniya Barredo, is a Filipina ballet dancer and instructor. She is best known as the first and only Prima ballerina of the Philippines, an honor that was declared in 1978. [1] She performed for the Joffrey Ballet, [2] Atlanta Ballet, [3] and the Les Grands Ballets ...
Georgina Johanna Garcia Sanchez is a ballerina from the Philippines. [1] From 1995 to 2002 she was a company dancer of the ballet company, Ballet Philippines.She was invited by European choreographer and director Nicolas Musin to join the Abcdancecompany [2] in St. Potten, Austria where she has been featured since 2002.