Following the recent declaration of State of Emergency for the central area in Tokyo, Japan, the Music Lane Festival Okinawa 2021 (Music Lane Okinawa) and Trans Asia Music Meeting 2021 has been rescheduled to February 20 and 21, 2021. According to a statement released by organizers, the decision to postpone the festival follows the recent rising cases of the COVID-19 in different parts of Japan. “Although Okinawa is not included in the State of Emergency, there are many artists and audiences participating from Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures. In addition, the spread of infection in Okinawa Prefecture is becoming more prominent again… We felt that pushing the festival to be held in these circumstances could cause inconvenience and trouble to the participating artists, audiences, and all the staff members.” The announcement was made formally last week to the Japanese audience. Originally slated for January 16-17, the Music Lane Okinawa was set to be the debut edition of the multina
Ballet Manila Dancers perform an excerpt from La Traviata (Photo by Erickson Dela Cruz)
Two Princess, one classic and two collaborative opera, are
the show offering of Ballet Manila on its 24th season with a theme “On
Pointe” that represent the shoes of all ballerina which make them stand and
dance daintily on her shoes.
Excerpt from Giselle by Ballet Manila (Erickson Dela Cruz)
The line-up of shows according to Ballet Manila CEO and
Artistic Director Lisa Macuja-Elizalde is related to the company’s Russian
Vaganova style of training and dancing, which is being able to dance on pointe.
This season will also mark the 24 years of Ballet Manila.
Excerpt from Carmina Burana (Erickson Dela Cruz)
“No we're not expecting anybody from abroad this season, we have 5 principles dancers in the company
and so many capable soloists to dance the classic Giselle, the sleeping beauty,
we are doing an original Filipino ballet on the 25th season,” Macuja
said during its media launch last July 15 at S Maison Hall of Conrad Hotel.
The season will start with Snow White on September 7 and 8,
followed by the romantic ballet Giselle on October 19 and 20, and the yearend
show Sleeping Beauty on December 7 and 8 all this 2019, and two opera ballet
Carmina Burana and La Traviata are set on Feb 29 and March 1, 2020.
Carmina Burana (Erickson Dela Cruz)
“The most challenging ballet in On Pointe for me as a choreographer is not sleeping beauty, but La Traviata because for the first time I’m tackling tragedy, gone are the times I want to be funny now it’s like
super serious, there she dies, there is betrayal, there is a passion, there’s
lust, greed all the different human emotions,” Macuja explains.
BM Dancers with Osias Barroso and Lisa Macuja-Elizalde
This is the first time that Ballet Manila is doing the full length
of Sleeping Beauty, the piece is a three hour and half-hour long, but Macuja
did some adjustments, cut and update it to cater for the millennial crowd, and
of course, she wants a Dragon on stage.
All of On Pointe performances are staged at the Aliw Theater,
to buy tickets visit Ticketworld outlet or call 891-9999 or go to the Ballet Manila site or at the BM Facebook page.
Spoliarium, an opera with libretto by Soprano Fides Cuyugan-Asensio and with music by Ryan Cayabyab was the first production I saw pertaining to the life of Juan Luna. Originally staged at the CCP in 2003 starring Robert Seña at the titular role, the opera was staged in Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York thirteen years later. Philippine Stagers Foundation (PSF) current production of "Obra Ni Juan " was my follow-up. This original Filipino musical was written by Atty. Vince Tañada, PSF President and Artistic Director and with music by Peter Paul "Pipo" Cifra, president of UST Conservatory of Music Alumni Association Incorporated, marked as my first production I saw from PSF. Established in 2002, PSF is a professional theater company with an objective of helping the poor, elderly, sick and even the forgotten, has been consistently conducting free theater workshop in schools nationwide and continuously organizing outreach programs to various charities
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