Arts & Culture
CCP ANNOUNCES BALLET
COMPETITION WINNERS
T
HE Cultural Center of the Philippines is
pleased to announce the winners of the
3rd CCP Ballet Competition which was
held on Thursday, November 15, 2018 for
the Junior Category (13-18 years old) and
on Saturday, November 17, 2018 for the
Senior Category (19-25 years old). The
Competitions were held at 5:00 PM at the
Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino.
The Junior Female Category winners are as follows: 1st Prize:
Pia Angela P. Custodio; 2nd Prize: Lormaigne Hannelore F.
Bochmuhl, 3rd Prize: Sabine Nicole C. Burket. The Junior
Male Category winners are as follows: 1st Prize: Brian John
R. Sevilla; 2nd Prize: Rafael Perez; 3rd Prize: Alvin C. Dictado.
The winner of the Trudl Dubsky Award for Outstanding
Choreography went to the choreographer John Ababon
whose piece “Happy Thoughts”, was interpreted by finalist
number 7, Jos David L. Andes.
The Senior Female Category winners are as follows:
1st Prize: Jhoy Anne Maverick F. Chavez; 2nd Prize: Akira
Lydia A. Abao; 3rd Prize: Ma. Alexa Andrea R. Torte. The
Senior Male Category winners are as follows: 1st Prize:
Joshua Rey O. Enciso; 2nd Prize: Marveen Ely M.
Lozano; 3rd Prize: Luigie A. Barrera. The winner of the
Trudl Dubsky Award for Outstanding Choreography went
to the choreographer Japhet Mari Cabling whose piece
“Buoy”, was interpreted by finalist number 2, Marveen
Ely M. Lozano.
The CCP Ballet Competition is a biennial competition which started in 2014. The
competition is open to ballet dancers from 13 to 18 years old in the Junior category, and
19 to 25 years old in the Senior category. The applicants are screened through video
auditions. The finalists are required to render two dances during the competition proper
at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino: the classical variation in the first round, and the
contemporary piece in the second round.
Awards included a certificate for each winner, separate
cash prizes of Php35,000 (1stPrize); Php25,000 (2nd Prize);
and Php15,000 (3rd Prize) for each of the male and female
winners, and Php10,000 each for the Trudl Dubsky Award
for Outstanding Choreography for the Junior and Senior
category winner. Gift Items courtesy of That’s D Pointe
Dance Shop were also given. The cash prize for the Trudl
Dubsky Award for Outstanding Choreography Award
was donated by the Steps Dance Studio Scholarship
Foundation to promote excellence in Philippine dance
and choreography.
The jury was composed of Qi Huan from China, now with
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the Royal New Zealand Ballet; Myra Beltran, Eddie Elejar,
Melanie Motus, and Raul Sauz.
he CCP Ballet Competition is a biennial competition
which started in 2014. The competition is open to ballet
dancers from 13 to 18 years old in the Junior category,
and 19 to 25 years old in the Senior category. The
applicants are screened through video auditions. The
finalists are required to render two dances during the
competition proper at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino:
the classical variation in the first round, and the
contemporary piece in the second round. www.cul-
turalcenter.gov.ph