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| Photo By: Jamie Susara |
MANILA, Philippines — The flame that the Bonifacio Art Foundation, Inc. (BAFI) and Ballet Philippines (BP) jointly ignited in 30 young ballet scholars from public schools in Taguig City collectively called BGC in Motion, has finally blazed during their launching performance at the Bonifacio Global City (BGC).
After a year of attending classical ballet classes, of training and rehearsing at the Bonifacio Art Center Taguig (Arts in the City), the satellite hub of Ballet Philippines, Philippine Madrigal Singers, and Tanghalang Pilipino, members of BGC in Motion were finally recognized as the first batch of BAFI-BP’s ballet scholars through the dance number Tambol at Padyak, a dance vignette by renowned choreographer and BP founding member Tony Fabella.
BGC in Motion is a group of 30 students aged 9 to 21 years old from the different public schools in Taguig City . Through the help of a former ballet scholarship group known as Dancers Inc. and the Department of Education of Taguig, these young dancers are now under the tutelage of BAFI and BP.
Since 2009, the scholars have been attending workshops and trainings both at the Arts in the City and at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). They have been watching ballet performances for free as part of their scholarship privileges and have even joined BP in some of the company’s performances.
Changing lives
In Tambol at Padyak, 14 young scholars moved, screamed, jumped, and thumped onstage, combining with intense hand and foot works throughout the presentation. They were They are Jhon Abilar, Mary Joy Cajandab, Veronica Calising, Carl Germina, Jessa-Ann and Jessa-Bel Laride, Marco Orbegoso, Evette Ramos, Noimee Remacha, Shekinah Santos, Willie Jacob, Kim Jacob, and Kate Jacob.
Manuel A. Blas II, managing director of BAFI, expressed his joy at watching the scholars as they presented the fruit of their hard work. “I am proud that the scholars have learned and progressed so much considering the little time they spent under professional training,” he said.
Two of the most successful scholars so far — Lalaine Barliso and Kate Jacob — shared how the ballet scholarship had changed their views and their lives. Jacob has even successfully made it to the College of St. Benilde as one of the scholars for the Bachelor of Performing Arts Major in Dance.
“Before, dancing was just a game. Now, it has become our goal, our passion in life,’’ the two said.
Now that they know that they could go somewhere far in life through dancing, the young scholars are all the more fired up to dream big and work hard for it.
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