MANILA, Philippines - Resorts World’s Newport Performing Arts Theater presents the Halili-Cruz School of Ballet in a Ballet Concert titled “Summer Dance Divertissement 2011” tomorrow, featuring cast A and C at 5 p.m. and cast B and C at 8 p.m.
The dance concert will feature more than 500 Halili-Cruz ballet dancers in various dance forms: classical ballet, contemporary dance, modern jazz and hip-hop.
An art exhibit opens at 4 p.m. at the Vestibule, the main theater lobby of the Newport Performing Arts Theater. The Halili Cruz Ballet dancers were painted by 30 renowned visual artists from the Arts Association of the Philippines and the Lakan Sining ng Bulacan. There will also be a photo exhibit of the Halili Cruz ballet dancers by outstanding Filipino photographers
The “Summer Dance Divertissement 2011” will bring together the Halili-Cruz School of Ballet dancers from the different branches to include the Main studio, the Halili-Cruz School of Ballet-Miriam College, and the Halili-Cruz School of Ballet-St. Pedro Poveda College.
The dance concert will feature new works by dance teachers who have trained under Shirley Halili-Cruz for the past 24 years: Grace Garalde-Perez and Anna Tuazon-Balmadrid; Anna Kathrina Halili Cruz.
For information, call 0920-9514911 or 0928-5035334. Enrollment is ongoing. For inquiries, call 372-4607 and 413-0804, or visit its main studio at 1227 Quezon avenue, Quezon City.