Young Pinoys shine in int'l ballet tilt
Three young pairs of Filipino dancers emerged
victorious in an international ballet competition held in Hong Kong last
month.
The six Filipinos bested at least 200 participants from other countries in the Pas de Deux division of the 2013 Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition (AGPIC) held last August 13 to 18.
A statement from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the Filipinos won gold and silver medals.
The Asian Grand Prix website listed the winners as:
The six Filipinos bested at least 200 participants from other countries in the Pas de Deux division of the 2013 Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition (AGPIC) held last August 13 to 18.
A statement from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the Filipinos won gold and silver medals.
The Asian Grand Prix website listed the winners as:
- Jasmine Pia Dames and Rudolph Capongcol - Gold
- Dawna Reign Mangahas and Elpidio Magat, Jr.; Joan Emery Sia and Alfren Salgado – Tie, Silver
In the senior division, Capongcol also received a silver medal while his partner, Dames, came in at fifth place. On the other hand, Mangahas received bronze while Magat entered at seventh place. Jessica Pearl Dames placed at six and Arnulfo Andrade Jr. eighth.
Dames and Capongcol were recipients of the Sansha Excellency Award, while Mangahas, Magat, and Andrade received the So Danca Prize for the Senior and Male Dancer category respectively.
Winners in the Junior division included:
- Lormaigne Hannelore Bockmuhl – Junior A, Bronze; recipient of So Danca Prize for Junior Division
- Pia Angela P. Custodio – Junior A, Fifth place
- Raye Vince Pelegrin – Junior A, Sixth place; recipient of Summer Intensive Program scholarship for the Junior A Division
- Rissa May Camaclang – Junior B, Silver
- Jessa Balote – Junior B, Fifth place
- Julio Laforteza – Junior C; Fifth place
Some of the Philippine schools represented in the event were Acts School for the Performing Arts, Ballet Manila, and Steps Dance Studio/Sofia Zobel Elizade.
Capongcol and Sia had also participated in last year's AGPIC where they were also victorious.
Held at the Y-Theatre, Youth Square in Hong Kong, AGPIC was established in 2011 and is open to young ballet dancers from all over the world.
Carlo Pacis, a former member of Ballet Philippines, is one of the former principal dancers of the Hong Kong Ballet who organized the competition. — Rie Takumi/KBK, GMA News
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