Update: Press briefing of Secretary Rene Almendras and Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa on efforts for Yolanda victims. http://www.gov.ph/2013/11/13/summary-of-the-press-briefing-of-secretaries-almendras-ochoa-and-ndrrmc-on-relief-operations-for-typhoon-yolanda-november-13-2013/ Artists are also doing their share. World…
By Ellen Tordesillas, VERA Files
There’s no sweeter applause than the ones coming from the hometown audience.
For the audience, there are no stars who shine brighter than those from home.
On Saturday, dance enthusiasts will have a rare treat of Filipino dance artists who are shining in the world stage perform together. Ballet Manila’s Lisa Macuja-Elizalde gathered at least seven multi-awarded Filipino dancers with different ballet companies overseas for a one-night gala concert.
I did the following story for VERA Files
The real beauty of Ballet Manila’s latest project bringing together eleven international ballet stars in a once-in-a-lifetime production is that it will benefit talented Filipino students in public schools who dream of becoming ballet dancers.
On Friday and Saturday (June 8 and 9), at 7:30 p.m.,American Ballet Theatre’s Paloma Herrera and Maxim Beloserkovsky, The Royal Ballet’s David Makhateli and Natalia Kremen, Mariinsky Theatre’s Daria Pavlenko and Yevgeny Ivanchenko, English National Ballet’s Dmitri Gruzdev, Kremlin Ballet’s Aleksandra Timofeeva, Norwegian National Ballet’s Yoel Carreno and Yolanda Correa Frias, and the Philippines’ own Lisa Macuja-Elizalde will perform in a grand production, dubbed “World Stars of Ballet,” at the Aliw Theater, CCP Complex, Pasay City.