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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 is a classical ballet company in the Philippines. The Philippine Ballet Theatre was founded in 1987 out of an alliance of leading dance groups. It quickly won recognition, as a resident ballet company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. [1] The Philippine Ballet Theatre pursues the goal of bringing the art ...
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.
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.
The Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) is a theatrical association of artists and educators. It is the UNESCO - International Theater Institute Center in the Philippines . It is a non-profit, non-stock, non-governmental, and a registered donee institution. [ 1 ]
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 ...
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 Canadiens. She has taught at the Mount Dora School of Ballet [4] and is the Founder and Director of Metropolitan Ballet Theatre. [5]
Ramon Arevalo Obusan (June 16, 1938 – December 21, 2006) was a Filipino dancer, choreographer, stage designer and artistic director. Obusan is credited for his work in promoting Philippine traditional dance and cultural work.