1001 Nights

 BP opens 57th season with magical tale of love

By Earl D.C. Bracamonte

Ballet Philippines (BP), the oldest resident company of the CCP, opens its 57th Season with 1001 Nights, a two-hour full-length ballet on love and the triumph of the human spirit.

1001 Nights is a lyrical storytelling of the beloved Arabian tales. It is a compilation of magical and moral stories illustrating a modern interpretation that reflects human psychology. The ballet explores the nature of power, trust, forgiveness, and finally, love which trandforms our lives.

Choreographer Misha Martynyuk created beautiful classical movements that evoke the mysticism of the Arabian tales. In a pas de deux presented during a presser at the Solaire’s Oasis Garden Café, the partners were decked in Arabian finery, completed with plumed headpieces.

“This is a collection of magical, adventurous, and moral stories demonstrating that kindness and wisdom can heal a wounded heart, while violence and vengeance only destroy. It’s a good story to tell at this time of global tension and uncertainties,” said BP president Kathleen Liechtenstein.

The love in this moral tale triumphs because it cannot be extinguished even by the darkest sorcery. It is one written in the stars.

1001 Nights runs from Sept 11 to 13 at The Theater @ Solaire.