As of this writing, the first recital performance for Ballet Philippines Dance School would have ended. I wrote about designing for this recital in an earlier post. The article was on executing design and transposing ideas into costume. This time I'm writing about the performance of the kids.
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| cherry blossoms |
Any dance costume is worthless if you can't dance in them! So looking at the costumes which were painstakingly made by the Ballet Philippines production team, I would say the young dancers had a fun time dancing in them.
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| orchids |
This year's theme was all flowers. So the dance school assigned a particular flower to a class level. The babies had a hey-day waving to their mommies from the stage. Some were showbiz hams, as it were. There were no cry babies as well among this crop of young ballerinas. Much to the delight of the parents.
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| sunflowers |
But allow me, as costume designer, to juxtapose the existing design to the costumes created by the seamstresses of Ballet Philippines. In all I had more than 200 kids to create costumes for and 5 manangs to do all the sewing. You can see how cute these kids are.
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| yellowbells |
There's another matinee performance tomorrow. So family members who've not seen their favorite grandchildren or nieces can still take a shot at watching them perform. And believe me, the experience for any blooming artist at performing at the CCP main theater stage is priceless.
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| poppies |
On a sad note, Manang Terry, our dear costume supervisor and cutter for the costumes, has succumbed to fatal heart disease. Manang Terry's contribution to Ballet Philippines is invaluable. She has tirelessly worked at the production room since 1981 and continued to do so until Sunday of last week. She passed on and left behind a legacy of costumes that will be treasured by future generations of dancers. Manang Terry will be missed...
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