BALLET

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• Ballet originated in the Italian
Renaissance courts of the 15th
century.
• first ballet de cour was the
Ballet de Polonais
• Catherine de' Medici -
responsible for presenting the
first court ballet ever
• Men as the stars of ballet
• Tutus, ballet slippers and
pointe work were not yet used
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• TUTU- a short skirt that extends

out and is worn by a ballerina.
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• Mademoiselle De Lafontaine, was

a French ballerina and is
regarded as the first female
professional ballet dancer.
• Marie Taglioni (1829) is believed
to be the first person to sport the
tutu. She is also the first dancer
to rise all the way to the tips of
her toes and dance “en pointe.”
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• Rudolf
Nureyev-
greatest
male ballet
dancer of
his
generation.
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• Ballet d'action- a ballet which is
primarily designed to tell a story
• In 1915, distinguished ballet
dancer Paul Nijinsky performed
classical ballet at the Manila
Hotel Roof Garden. In 1927, Luva
Adameit came to the Philippines
and started a ballet school.
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• Lisa Macuja Elizalde- first Filipino
ballerina to bring home a laureate
prize – a silver medal – from the
1987 Asia-Pacific Ballet
Competition in Tokyo.
• Osias Barroso- hailed as a
“ballerina’s prince” in the
Philippines
• Ballet Manila - is a ballet company
in the Philippines founded in 1969
by Alice Reyes with the support of
Eddie Elejar and the Cultural
Center of the Philippines.
 Tatlong Kuwento ni
Lola Basyang
• Severino Reyes- author of Ang mga
Kwento ni Lola Basyang.
• First dance adaptation of the
stories and became a blockbuster
when it premiered in 2008.
• Ang Prinsipe ng Mga Ibon, Ang
Kapatid ng Tatlong Marya and Ang
Mahiwagang Biyulin.
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Lola Basyang
• Ang Prinsipe ng mga Ibon-
choreographed by Osias Barroso Jr.,
and set to the melodies of Nicanor
Abelardo and National Artists for
Music Antonino Buenaventura, Levi
Celerio and Lucrecia Kasilag
• Ang Kapatid ng Tatlong Marya-
choreographed by Lisa Macuja
Elizalde and set to the music of Joey
Ayala,
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Lola Basyang
• Ang Mahiwagang Biyulin -
choreographed by the late Tony
Fabella with music by now National
Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab.
• Luz Fernandez as Lola Basyang
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• Restaged by National Artist Alice
Reyes and the Alice Reyes Dance
Philippines
• Choreographer – Alice Reyes
• Music and tone- Ryan Cayabyab
• Libretto- Bienvenido Lumbrera
• Costume and design-Salvador Bernal
 RAMA HARI
• Based on the Sanskrit epic poem
Ramayana. The plot and the setting
do make ideal material for ballet. It
has a prince (RAMA) and a princess
(SITA) , witches, a magical golden
deer, and an army of monkeys who
help our hero defeat the villains.