CCP Ballet Festival pays tribute to Toby Fabella

October 11, 2013, 8:00 PM

October 12-13, 2013, 3:00 PM

Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater)

CCP Complex

Pasay, Metro Manila

A showcase of some of the most exciting works of award winning Filipino ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer Tony Fabella will be staged in a Ballet Festival to be held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater) this October 11, 2013 at 8:00 PM and October 12-13, 2013 at 3:00 PM.

Classical, modern and neo ethnic pieces will be performed by many of the ballet schools that Fabella worked with. Among these are Acts Manila, Perry Sevidal Ballet, Quezon City Performing Arts Development Foundation, Vella Damian School of Ballet, Philippine Ballet Theater Conservatoire, Pink Toes, Ballet Manila School, Ecole de Ballet, Halili Cruz School of Ballet, Radaic School of Classical Ballet, and the CCP Dance School.

Tony Fabella was a Filipino choreographer whose work greatly contributed to the development of Philippine dance, popularizing the medium of classical and contemporary ballet, and fusing them to evolve a distinct form and style. He co-founded and was President of the Q.C. Performing Group and the Manila Dance Center. Fabella was an Artistic Council member of Philippine Ballet Theater, and former lead member of the Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company and was the company’s Artistic Consultant before his demise in 2009. He has taught dance in many schools and directed many productions all over Metro Manila from studio set-ups to college and university courses.

Among many other accolades, Tony Fabella received the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award from the City of Manila in 1984 and the National Commission on Culture and Arts’ 2003 Alab ng Haraya.

Ticket price:

P600

For inquiries:

CCP Performing Arts Division 832-1125 local 1607/1611

CCP Marketing Department local 1803/1406

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