Sofia Zobel Elizalde reminisces on a childhood spent
in the company of Ballet Philippines
By Rome Jorge, Lifestyle Editor
A new generation of ballerinas and danseurs are taking the stage.
Lithesome yet powerful, each is a consummate actor who speaks with
muscle and movement. For this year, the youngest will shine by
shadowing the past. Pedigreed talent fortify new blood.
As Ballet Philippines (BP) premiers it’s
season featuring showcasing three of Ballet Philippines best
productions, New Beginnings, Coppelia and Neo-Filipino, the alumnus
have come home.
Sculptress Michelline Syjuco fashions relics from a
lost civilization
More than a sculptress, Michelline Syjuco is a spirit medium for
civilization unremembered. Through her childlike hands, she forges
weathered cuirass armor embossed with Dionysian grapevine filigree;
wooden warriors bristling with...
Giacomo’s Puccini’s La Bohème recast with
Manila’s indie artists
Truth endures, beauty is timeless and art immortal. Long before the
characters of the 1994 musicale Rent sang the immortal anthem La Vie
Bohème and well before Baz Luhrmann movie Moulin Rouge! celebrated
the Bohemian manifesto...
One should nor cry so loud about his luck that
he cannot hear opportunity knocking. Sometimes we get so down on
ourselves that we fail to recognize opportunities that are storing
us in the face.
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