Acts Manila performances at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. My second ballet video 
Credits: Ms. Chelo Gemina, Artistic Director-Acts Manila
photography: Tes Pedrosa-Tirol
Posts Tagged ‘ballet recital’
Acts Manila@the CCP
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010Ballet Recital
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010The recently in concluded ballet recital of ACTS Manila was quite sucessful. It just made clear our vision that Ballet is our way of shaping society for God. Every step we take, every number we perform is a testimony to the great abilities our God has to establish the principles of His Kingdom on earth. All the sleepless nights and rehearsals were worth it. The extra doses of vitamins for women were all for a worthy cause. Excellence…Faith…Social Transformation.
What do you do in a Ballet pictorial?
Friday, March 12th, 2010The weekend was quite busy for us. It was the pictorial of ACTS Manila ballet schools. While Saturday was not so bad as it only involved my wife, Sunday engaged all four of us. We woke up very early to be at the pictorial site at 730am. The shoot started around 830am, with my daughter’s ballet class. About an hour later, it was my son’s ballet class. At around 10:30am, it was the turn of my students to be photographed. The whole morning was practically a family affair. After lunch, it was back to my wife’s monopoly of things to do.
Perhaps your kid is about to have look into that Canon camera in a ballet pictorial setting. Here are some practical tips:
- 1.) Come early! – In a production pictorial setting, you have to put on a costume or wear special make up. For this reason, call time is usually 1hr before the scheduled shoot. By coming late, you run the risk of not wearing the costume properly or putting on the best make-up. In some cases, you may even damage the costume.
- 2.) Wear make-up before getting to the site. – If your circumstances permit and no special make-up is required, you should have your kid wear make-up before arriving at the photoshoot. This way, you can focus on his/her costume.
- 3.) Keep the kids busy. - Do what you can to keep your kid preoccupied while sitting down. Bring books or games that will keep him/her from running around and destroying his/her costume. Pictorials usually take long because of the number of kids to be shot, so you have to bring quite a number of books and games.
- 4.) Bring food. – Because of the long wait time, bring along some snacks. However, don’t let your kid eat brownies or other dark colored stuff unless you want his/her teeth to have stains. You should also stay away from messy stuff like cream pies as they may spill on the costume.
- 5.) Bring a good container for the costume. – Bring a container that keeps the costume from being damaged during transport or storage.
- 6.) Practice your child’s smile. - It’s interesting that we had to nag kids to smile. Have your child practice smiling the night before. It would even be better if you have a mock pictorial!
Hopefully this makes your pictorial experience more memorable in a positive way. Smile!
It's Ballet Recital Season!
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009If you’ve been wondering where I’ve been, I’ve been working on a project for a dear friend. She’s a ballet director and founder of her own ballet company, The Company of Acts Manila and I am tasked to do her souvenir program for this year’s recital at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Little Theatre a.k.a. as Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino because it’s ballet recital season. School’s almost out, summer is upon us and it’s the perfect time for our kids to explore the world of ballet.
Prep work for this project starts January or earlier and continues for the whole first quarter of the year. Hence, my absence from my bloggie duties. Good thing, the husband pitches in for me. Costume design, pictorials, souvenir programs, rehearsals, ticket sales and all that jazz are some of the many little details that have to come together for performance night. This year is more exciting for me and the husband because both our kids (yup, girl and boy) are joining! Can you imagine the stress of being part of the production and being stage mommy and daddy at the same time? Although the kids are not unfamiliar with theatre life because we bring them every year to the recitals and we watch it backstage, this year they will be onstage performing and that’s another ball game. I usually take photos during the show but this time, I also have to make sure that their costumes are not torn before they reach the stage LOL or if they have the right amount of stage makeup. Overall, its an exciting season for us as a family.
So if you don’t see me around here – that’s what I’ve been up to all along.
For those who are interested to study ballet, here’s a list of schools that offer ballet year round.
under Ms. Chelo B. Gemina (Artistic Director, The Company of Acts Manila, registered teacher under the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet (ACB), ABAP (Association of Ballet Academies Philippines) previous officer and current member) :
International Christian Academy (ICA) – Sucat, Paranaque (820-4521, 820-4524,825-8392)
International British Academy (IBA) – Aguinaldo Highway, Imus Cavite (046-4715922)
other schools affiliated with Ms. Chelo B. Gemina:
VCS Ballet Pasig – under Teacher Pia Paderes
STI Academy Ballet Las Pinas and Statefields School of Cavite – under Teacher Jan L. Manlapig
Palms Country Club Ballet School Alabang – under Teacher Johanna Sotto
Shekinah Ballet School Cavite and STI Paranaque – under Teacher Beth Ciudad
Wizbee Ballet School Dasmarinas Cavite (opening this summer) - ACTS Manila Dance School – Sta. Rosa, Laguna under Teacher Rean Tirol
(for inquiries call or text 0917-6253674)
Enroll now and experience ballet recitals with a difference!
