MASTERPIECES IN MOTION

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When I was a little kid, I dreamt of becoming a ballerina...I was so curious on how ballerinas stand on their toes and how do they balance themselves! Imagining myself wearing that ladylike costume takes me to a different kind of world -- a world at peace.

I took Theater Arts course but I haven't got a chance to portray a role as a ballerina... so I guess, it will just always a dream.

Many years have past, my attention focused on my work and I could not even remember when was the last time I watched a theater show. Good thing, a new friend of mine and my former work colleague Reena gave me tickets to the back to back live performances of Ballet Manila and Singapore Dance Theater.

The show was entitled MASTERPIECES IN MOTION. Ballet Manila continues its tradition of bringing world-class ballet dance to Filipino fanatics. Masterpieces in Motion marked the Philippine debut of George Balanchine choreographies. Known as the “master of contemporary choreography in the world of ballet”, George Balanchine's Allegro Brilliante and Concerto Barroco was performed for the first time in the Philippines by Singapore Dance Theater.

Lisa Macuja and Ballet Manila also performed Philippines very owned classical and neo-classical choreographies.

The show was held at Aliw Theater last July 30, 2011 followed the assigned programme:

Concerto Barocco by George Balanchine
Love Beyond Goodbye by Manuel Molina
As Above, So Below by Edwaard Liang
BM Pas de Deux
Maninyas by Stanton Welch

Below are the photos I took during the show... My apologies if photos are not that sharp enough. =)

And before I forget, I was reprimanded by the theater security group not to take any pictures and videos of the show! ahahah! but I admit, I am hard-headed person so I still managed to have photos and videos for this blog... =) Sorry guards! ehehe!

My two tickets! Thank you Reena!

Our very own Ballet Manila Dance Group performed first

And here is a short video clip that I managed to record.... (forgive me Ballet Manila... I'm begging!)

and there was the audience waiting for the next group of performances

Here comes the Singapore Dance Theater Group showcasing their breathtaking performances

Their closing bows together with their choreographers

and there was Lisa Macuja at the center

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I am curious. I travel. I am soul searching. Curious Tootling Soul, 3 words referring to me. In our everyday lives, we wander, and we ask questions. Yes, and sometimes it is hard to explain to someone who doesn’t quite see the world how you do— the way you do. Life to many can just be sectionalized and put into little boxes. A box for your true self; a box for your sociable self; a box for your fancies: your wants, your desires. Looking at your bucket list—list, highlight, and check. For some though life isn’t quite so simple. Some of us don’t know exactly what we want to do next or where we want to go, we just know there is so much out there we want to experience. We visit and travel new places often without knowing exactly what for, just that we know in our soul we need to. Mundane, humdrum existence and material things don’t impress us. We are in search for answers, for fulfillment and gratification. We need to be surrounded by love and warmth, growth and good. We know there is nothing better than a genuine laugh or a heartfelt hug. We are moved by the storytellers, the dreamers, the drifters, the people whose lives are different than ours, that we can learn from. We are drawn to new surroundings and unique experiences. As we fall in love with so many things around us, sometimes it is hard to keep track. We love and we continuously holding on for that love. We love different. We love doing things that terrify us because we know those are the moments that we grow. We love looking back and seeing that we have accomplished what we never thought we could, things we never thought were even a possibility. Because it is in those moments we know we are becoming the people we were always intended to be. We leap before we look sometimes. It is finding ourselves when we didn’t know we were lost and continuing to find ourselves over and over again. It is kissing a cute stranger under the stars, waving at a baby we pass on the street, helping someone who cannot repay us. It is jotting down a funny memory or a beautiful quote we can’t forget. It is finding out what makes us smile the biggest, what our passions are, what makes our eyes light up just by talking about it. (an excerpt from A. Twigg, 2015) I fall, but I keep on rising. My faith has been tested, but it always remains. I have grandiose plans and an endless list of options; the places that I want to explore and journeys that I want to take. I don’t always know how I will accomplish something, I just know some ways and the courage of somehow—I will. Life for me is a puzzle of creating moments. It is finding my next adventure. It is setting my feet on new sands, diving into new seas. It is laughing with a group of strangers, singing words to songs that I don’t know matters. It is knowing that there is a whole wide world out there just waiting for me to discover it. It is the feeling that there is no better time than right now to do what we have always wanted to do, so why not go? Do it.