Culture hungry ballet fans await live Performances.

[ASEAN NOW News]

Theatres and performers around the world have had a very tough 20 months as Covid 19 stopped all live performances.

 

Here in the Philippines live performances were expected to start again, but no dates have been decided yet.

 

Songkick, the major online ticket website, has no events currently posted throughout 2021 and just a few concerts with American singers scheduled for May 2022.

 

Onstream Ballet

 

Onstreaming performances has been one method to keep the culture vultures happy, with productions from the National Theatre in London, Broadway and Llyod Webber musicals gaining large audiences and donations to the theatre industry.

 

 

Meanwhile Ballet Philippines continues to develop its dancers with rigorous training, choreographies, and the occasional masterclasses available on BP OnStream.

 

Bottom of Form

 

2020 was a difficult year for businesses, but it was a lot more difficult for institutions and groups in the performing arts scene.

 

With theatres closed and live performances cancelled or postponed, the global pandemic truly altered the way people consume entertainment.

 

It has been a good time for Netflix and online streaming,  however despite the downs, many performing arts groups—including Ballet Philippines—remained resilient and have found new, creative ways to bring the stage to our homes.

 

Through its revamped website, called BP OnStream, Ballet Philippines' previous season was not short of accomplishments.

 

It was able to deliver 52 masterclasses from legendary superstars of the ballet world with over 1,600 virtual attendees.

 

Meanwhile, a total of 365 company classes were conducted with almost 7,000 attendees. Out of this, 31 original video productions were made, as well as carrying the K12 Kalusugan exercise breaks for students and teachers.  

 

Ballet Philippines president Kathleen Liechtenstein explained,

"Having adapted and integrated BP well to survive the lockdowns, closed stage, banned live shows, makes me proud of the dancers and executive staff who have demonstrated such awesome talents and fortitude,"

 

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