Black Sabbath-inspired: Dance gets world’s first heavy metal ballet

Helen Rowe / Agence France Presse 04/28/2023

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom—Pirouette, leap, air guitar, stomp. In a practice room in central England, dancers move gracefully in unison, combining classical ballet with new, heavy metal-inspired steps. Welcome to “Black Sabbath—The Ballet,” the brainchild of Cuban dance…

Ballet dreams for Cebu as ballerina takes over family business

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/08/2018

IMAGINE a full-on ballet show in Cebu complete with a red carpet and gala night; kids and teenagers dancing to classical ballet pieces. It may not be a picture that’s common in Cebu now but this is…

Summer Playtime Workshops Batch 3 at SM Seaside

PR 05/08/2017

UPSKILL yourself and learn new things this summer with SM Seaside’s Summer Playtime Workshops. Enroll in ballet, capoeira, guitar, hip-hop, lego robotics, modelling, taekwondo, theater and voice lessons. Just by presenting a single or accumulated receipt worth…

Upskill yourself with SM Seaside’s Summer Playtime Workshops

04/07/2017

Learning doesn’t necessarily stop as the school year ends. If you still don’t have plans for the entire vacation and if you want your kids to develop skills for various arts, this could be your new adventure!…

Cebu Centre for Dance presents The Sleeping Beauty

Jaime Picornell 11/13/2016

PHILIPPINE Ballet’s star sister act Candice and Carissa Adea were at Cebu Centre for Dance (CCD) on October 21–23 for a three-day workshop on classical ballet and contemporary dance. The workshop was open to all ballet schools.…

Coppelia at SM Seaside Nov. 12 and 13

Jaime Picornell 11/10/2016

MARCO Polo Plaza Hotel, Balletcenter Cebu and SM Seaside City Cebu present the full length ballet “Coppelia” on Saturday, November 12 at 6:30 p.m., and on Sunday, Nov. 13, at 3 p.m. at the Centerstage theater in…

Balletcenter scores at the Philippine Dance Cup

Jaime Picornell 09/08/2016

WE have more news about the Philippine Dance Cup ballet competition held July 29-31 at the SDA Theater of De La Salle College of St. Benilde in Manila. Cebu’s Balletcenter scored high with Bernadette Sinues as overall…

Balletcenter Spectacular June 10 and 11

Jaime Picornell 06/02/2016

BALLETCENTER’S Spectacular 2016 titled “Classical Breeze and a Jazzy Twist” will be presented on June 10 and 11 at 6 p.m. at Onstage Cinema 1 of Ayala Center Cebu. Balletcenter’s co-artistic directors Gregory Aaron and Nicolas Pacaña…

Straight A student from Cebu aces New York ballet intensive

Juli Ann M. Sibi 08/24/2015

Ana Gisella Gandionco is just like any other teenager who is excited to enter university, except that she has danced with the best of the American Ballet Theater. Gandionco, a 17-year-old PAREF Southcrest high-school graduate, took part…

Be a Metropolitan Ballet Theatre friend

Jaime Picornell 01/09/2014

Ballet can be a passion. It could be yours. Can you tell the difference between a “plie” and a “pas de chat?” Join the special friends of the Metropolitan Ballet Theatre (MBT), and find out, by stepping into…

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