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CELIS Ballet
CELIS Ballet
BALLET
Ballet is dance form that has
been used to interpret
stories of all kinds.
It allows the characters to
come alive, not in spoken
dialogue but in body
movements or pantomime.
The performance is further
enhanced by colorful
costumes, elaborate sets,
stirring music and
synchronized choreography.
Original Filipino ballets vividly
presents folktales and local
fables.
Lola Basyang
Ramayana
They have been added to the
repertory of Philippine dance
companies to supplement the
Western classical ballet:
Nutcracker Suite
Swan Lake
Giselle
Sleeping Beauty
Nutcracker Suite
Swan Lake
Giselle
Sleeping Beauty
Tatlong Kwento ni Lola
Basyang
- is a ballet adaptation of
Severino Reyes’ folktales Mga
Kwento ni Basyang
It was meant to instill and
rekindle the interest of the
Filipino youth in the beauty,
richness and values found in
Philippine literature.
The typical storytelling scene
shows a grandmother Lola
Basyang (pen name of the
author) on a rocking chair, with
her grandchildren
Two episodes were presented by
Ballet Manila
Ballet Manila is founded by Liza
Macuja-Elizalde
- Executive director
- “Prima Ballerina”
1. Tatlong Kuwento ni Lola
Basyang (2009)