Ballet Manila: Paquita (Philippine Full-Length World Premiere)

Name: Ballet Manila: Paquita (Philippine Full-Length World Premiere)
Start: 2026-06-19T12:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-06-21T15:59:59+00:00
Location: Aliw Theater

June 19-21, 2026

Aliw Theater

June 19 at 8:00 PM; June 20-21 at 5:00 PM

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Why go

For anyone who follows classical dance; a country-first full-length Paquita that suits a proper night out or visiting family who love ballet. It is at the Aliw Theater in the CCP Complex, Pasay, easy if you are near the bay or Ermita, and a planned evening from Makati, BGC or the north.

When

June 19-21, 2026
June 19 at 8:00 PM; June 20-21 at 5:00 PM

Where

Aliw Theater, CCP Complex, Roxas Blvd, Pasay, Metro Manila

Presented by

Ballet Manila

Good to know

Three performances only, 19 to 21 June: Friday at 8:00 PM, then Saturday and Sunday at 5:00 PM. Book ahead through TicketWorld, as a national first will draw a full house. Two alternating principal pairs lead, so the cast differs by night.

About this event

Ballet Manila stages the country's first full-length Paquita, the nineteenth-century classical ballet about a young Romani woman who discovers her noble birth after saving a French officer from an assassination plot. Founder and prima ballerina Lisa Macuja Elizalde directs the production as the centerpiece of the company's PRIMA Performance Season, in her fortieth year of building Filipino ballet, with two alternating principal pairs leading a forty-member company. A full-length Paquita is rarely mounted anywhere, so for anyone who follows classical dance this premiere is worth crossing town for. Three performances run at the Aliw Theater in the CCP Complex in Pasay: Friday June 19 at 8:00 PM, then Saturday and Sunday at 5:00 PM. Book ahead through TicketWorld, as a national first will draw a full house.

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