MANILA, Philippines - Makati showcased gravity-defying aerial dance routines and soothed the senses of the city’s denizens with songs from the country’s top balladeers during its Love is in the Air Valentine’s concert. Performances made the hearts of the audience excited, consoled and in love as production numbers transitioned from acrobatic aerial dance to pop, acoustic, witty and Broadway love songs. The concert was a testament to how Makati gives the people many reasons to fall in love with the city and in return, more and more people fall in love with Makati, the only city that makes it all happen.
Iya Villania opened the concert and performed stunning aerial acrobatics together with Power Dance. It was one of the show’s highlights. Set against sentimental ballads and the Ayala Triangle Gardens as backdrop, this poetry-in-motion spectacle was a sight to behold.
There’s no denying that love is pop music’s favorite theme. As they say, no matter what kind of relationship you’re in, there’s bound to be a pop love song for you. Isabel de Leon serenaded the audience with her own vocal styling of pop love. Vincent Bueno, the Australian idol, joined Isabel and gave the crowd a heart-racing experience of an aerial guitar duel that had the two artists flying through the air.
Isabella Gonzales, daughter of Kuh Ledesma, highlighted the perfect marriage of musical and performance art with her acoustic rendition of love songs. Everyone in the crowd felt a personal connection with the songs with the acoustic complement bringing out the purity of music and love’s strong emotion.
Denise Laurel, Sheila Valderrama and Lorenz Martinez took the crowd down memory lane as everyone listened to timeless love classics from Broadway — proving that indeed these theater classics are music beyond time and odes to love which appeal to all ages. They performed songs from the famous Les Miserables by Victor Hugo that was recently shown in movie cinemas.
They say sense of humor is one of the secrets to a lasting relationship. Love is in the Air concert emphasized this as ladies swooned after hunks Chris Everingham, Eric Tai and Andrew Wolff appeared on stage adding flair and fun to this romantic night.
The finale brought all the artists back on stage with Iya doing another aerial dance and joining the rest of the cast as they performed a powerful ending by singing a contemporary arrangement of All We Need is Love and Love is in the Air.
Love Is In The Air was presented by Ayala Land, Ayala Land Premier, Alveo, Avida, Amaia, Ayala Malls, The Philippine STAR, PDI, Manila Bulletin, Business Mirror and Canon.