Original Filipino ballets vividly present folktales and local fables, as well as epics from neighboring regions
Ballet is a type of performance dance originated in the ItalianRenaissance courts of the 15th century.
Ballet - This dance form has been used to interpret stories of all kinds. It does so by allowing the characters to come alive, not in spoken dialogue, but in body movements or pantomime
TatlongKuwento ni LolaBasyang - ballet adaptation of Severino Reyes' folktales Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang.
(Lola Basyang)
AngKapatidngTatlong Marya - it is about a hero's fantastic journey to different kingdoms in pursuit of his bewitched sisters.
(Lola Basyang)
Ang mahiwagangBiyulin - this is a local version of the Pied Piper tale where the main character mesmerizes his followers through the music of his violin
(Lola Basyang)
AngPrinsipeng Mga Ibon - this is a love story where a princess falls in love with a bird.
AngPalasyongMgaDwende - This is a romantic adventure about a heroine named Yani whose heart is as beautiful as her appearance
LabindalawangMasasayangPrinsesa - This is a romantic fantasy about 12 daughters of the king
Anting-Anting - this is a horror-comedy in which the cowardly hero Huan tries to overcome fears in order to win his love.
RamaHari - Translated as King Rama, is the Philippine adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana set to music, drama, and dance.
The story revolves around Rama, the avatar - an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu and his wife Sita.
They are banished from their kingdom for 14 years, plotted by the mother of one of Rama's four brothers to keep him from becoming the next king