Friday, April 29, 2011

bravo! bolshoi ballet and ballet manila! 2006

bravo! bolshoi ballet and ballet manila!
June 16th, 2006

from Malaya:

The week-long event will feature some of the stars of the famous Bolshoi Theatre Ballet. Performing are lead soloist and honoured artist of Russia, Anastasia Yatsenko; lead soloist Andrei Bolotin; Nelli Kobakhidze, ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet; lead soloist Yekaterina Shipulina; lead soloist Alexander Volchkov; lead soloist Anastasia Goryacheva; and lead soloist Ruslann Skvortsov.


guess who was at ccp seated in one of those boxes last night in awe?

yup. thanks to the diva and the diva’s mom, i got a once in lifetime chance to sample the stars of the bolshoi theater ballet performing pieces from swan lake, giselle and the tarantella.

this was also with the participation of ballet manila. although in her early 40s, if my calculations are correct as she was in senior year when i was in frosh year, lisa macuja elizalde still exudes the passion for dance. rumors have it that doctors have warned her against dancing because of her age and the kids. nonetheless, lisa was "breathtaking" in their version of a muslim dance. she flipped, hung and sat on bamboo poles!