Ballet Concert 2009
Kristine Gumban, Thea Bartolo, Ivy
Lozada, Christine Saquibal, Jed
Victoriano, Ingrid Astronomia and
Melissa Sobrevega.
The Claravall-Gonzalez School of Classical Ballet held a Ballet Concert 2009 at Cinema 6 of SM City Iloilo. The event opened the 25th year of the said school, a milestone in the teaching career of Nila Claravall-Gonzalez, its directress. The school presented excerpts from famous Disneyland stories with several jazz, modern and neo-classic numbers. The choreographers were Karla White, Pauline Cordero, Brezhnev Larlar and Dwight Rodrigazo. The lights director was Larry Salomia while Titus Tiu and Q Solutions provided the sound system.
The school has produced excellent dancers who are now members of renowned ballet companies here and abroad and teachers who run their own ballet schools. Annie Gavino, formerly with the Dallas Dance Theater, now teaches in Virginia. Czarina Villegas and Marydel Delgado are with Ballet Manila. Cheryl Ann Del Rosario Lastimoso teaches in her own school in Roxas City and Kalibo. Karla White and Pauline Cordero are presently teaching in the school. These former students were also awarded their Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Certificates in the Major Executant Examination.
Nila Gonzalez is the only RAD Registered Teacher in the Visayas. Her school is accredited by the RAD in London through an examination system where the students distinguish themselves.