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| Philippine Ballet Theatre |
Last year, the Philippine Ballet Theatre made a welcome return to live performances with it's 37th season that premiered a new work with Ibalon, saw the company mount a US tour, and brought back a perennial audience favorite with The Nutcracker. Now, the PBT is poised to set 2024 Ablaze with their 38th season lineup.
The season starts with Sarimanok, a new ballet by the same creative team of Ibalon namely PBT Artistic Director Ronilo Jaynario for choreography and Paulo Zarate for music. The ballet is about the legendary bird of the Maranaos, normally depicted with colorful and vibrant feathers that finds itself in between a love story between a mortal and a moon goddess.
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| Matthew Davo and Gabby Jaynario |
Next in the lineup is Music in Motion, a mixed bill of neoclassical works by Ronilo Jaynario set to Philippine music performed by pianist Raul Sunico. Presented in a dinner and dance format, this production will be held in September.
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| Sophia Tiangco, Matthew Davo, and Jessa Tangalin |
Lastly, the company caps its 38th Season with yet another staging of The Nutcracker. This ballet, boasting a cast of more than a hundred dancers, has become a Christmas holiday tradition not just of the PBT but also of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. In October, PBT will also embark on a tour of select cities in the US. Exact dates and venues of the performances of the 38th season will be announced soon.
Founded in 1987, Philippine Ballet Theatre (PBT) has established itself as the pre-eminent classical ballet company in the Philippines today. It was borne out of an alliance of leading dance groups in the eighties but immediately won recognition as a resident ballet company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
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| Matthew Davo and Jessa Tangalin |
Philippine Ballet Theatre has now expanded its vision and pursues the goal of bringing the upscale art of dance to general appreciation among Filipino audiences. With its concurrent preservation of the rich and elegant classical story ballets, such as Swan Lake, Giselle, Nutcracker, and Raymonda, PBT also launches contemporary ballets that are of emotional depth, dramatic realism and stark inventiveness like the critically acclaimed Carmina Burana and Daughters of Mourning (Bernarda Alba). Its repertoire continues to dazzle and amaze various audiences with its distinct and poetic delicacy and refined sophistication.
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