Ballet Manila Archives

Aug 1

Aug 1 La Bayadere: A spectacle of a ballet

Marius Petipa’s most popular exotic ballet premiered in 1877 at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, Saint Petersburg to an appreciative audience that immediately hailed it as a masterpiece.

Jul 30

Jul 30 Forbidden love and iconic dancing as Ballet Manila’s ‘La Bayadere’ returns

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Features

According to the prima ballerina, La Bayadere is considered the most difficult among all the white ballets.

Jul 27

Jul 27 Talk About Dance: George Chakiris

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Talk About Dance

No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible.

Jul 25

Jul 25 This Month in BM History: July 1995

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This Month In BM History

Ballet Manila’s tour was a historic feat considering that the dancers were the first Filipino delegates to the International Music Festival of the Asia-Pacific Region in Krasnoyarsk.

Jul 23

Jul 23 Three of a Kind: Tale of a temple dancer

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Three of a Kind

As the company prepares to bring it back for a fourth time, we put the spotlight on the souvenir program covers of its previous productions.

Jul 20

Jul 20 Talk About Dance: Ghazallah al-Badriyyah

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Talk About Dance

The heart of the dance is the heart of the dancer.

Jul 18

Jul 18 Soundbites: ‘The repetition of these still poses is choreographically meant to suggest a dreamlike ambience’

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Soundbites

“There was that breath in dancing, a quality that’s hardly seen in the younger generation. “

Jul 16

Jul 16 Angelika Tagupa: Headed back to school but far from hanging up her pointe shoes

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Interviews

Angelika Tagupa has been living her dream the last three years.

Jul 14

Jul 14 Three of a Kind: Three reasons to watch ‘La Bayadere’

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Three of a Kind

After 16 years, Ballet Manila is bringing back the spectacle in August and here are three good reasons to catch it.

Jul 11

Jul 11 Ballet Manila in Full Color: Purely purple

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Features

Ballet Manila is dreamy in purple.

Jul 9

Jul 9 Dancing with Ballet Manila a dream-come-true for apprentice Michel Quan

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Interviews

“I wanted something more – something that I had always wanted to do, which was to move to Manila and dance with Ballet Manila,” she shares.

Jul 6

Jul 6 Talk About Dance: Russell Clark

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Talk About Dance

Dance helps us dream bigger dreams and understand our connectedness. When we close our eyes and dream, we are all brothers.

Jul 2

Jul 2 In Their Own Words: Company artist Samantha Garay on how commitment helped her stay the course

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In Their Own Words

“Doon ko nare-realize na kailangan kong tumayo ulit at lumaban.”

Jul 1

Jul 1 Apprentice Maxeene Castillo dances for the joy of ballet

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Interviews

“I was never really supposed to be in ballet,” says Ballet Manila apprentice Maxeene Castillo.

Jun 27

Jun 27 This Month in BM History: June 1998

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This Month In BM History

On June 11, 1998, the eve of the Philippine Centennial, Ballet Manila joined eight other companies in a show to cap an unprecendented six-week, 100-performance series.

Jun 25

Jun 25 Remembering revered ballet teacher Tita Radaic

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Features

The Ballet Manila Archives shares the article in full in memory of Mrs. Radaic, an institution in Philippine dance and a teacher to generations of ballet artists, who passed away on June 2, 2026.

Jun 21

Jun 21 Three of a Kind: Father figures

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Three of a Kind

In celebration of Father’s Day, we focus the spotlight on three dads of differing temperaments who have graced the Ballet Manila stage.

Jun 19

Jun 19 Shamira Drapete on building the character of Paquita

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Interviews

What Shamira is trying to stitch together is the duality to Paquita – a person who enjoys dancing with Iñigo’s traveling group but at the same time feels she doesn’t quite belong.

Jun 18

Jun 18 Jos David Andes on how being Lucien in ‘Paquita’ has made him grow

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Interviews

After his full-length debut as Prince Désiré in the return of Lisa Macuja Elizalde’s Sleeping Beauty last March, soloist Jos David Andes has been preparing for his next major role: Lucien in Paquita.