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“He loved the country more than his breath That he forgot the endless pain until his death.” Now on its fourth restaging, La Revolucion Filipinas is a modern dance masterwork that illustrates the life, struggles, and heroism of the sublime paralytic Apolinario Mabini and his significant role in the Philippine revolution. The meticulous play, which is a blend of performing arts, literature, and history, proudly exhibits both the passion and concern of the ballet artists to the mentioned areas of expertise and more importantly the endless love of a hero to his country.

Ballet Philippines, the country’s classical and contemporary company in cooperation with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines proudly announces the return of Agnes Locsin’s La Revolucion Filipina to kick off the company’s 45th Anniversary – The Sapphire Season. The sublime paralytic Apolinario Mabini and the story of his role in the Philippine Revolution are brought into the limelight once again, just in time for the hero’s sesquicentennial birth anniversary. Named Outstanding Dance Production and winner of Outstanding Choreography for Agnes Locsin at the 2008 Gawad Buhay! Awards, La Revolucion Filipina features original music by Ryan Cayabyab and libretto by Dennis Marasigan. Choreographer Agnes Locsin was a former artistic director and resident choreographer of Ballet Philippines. She was the Gawad CCP awardee for Dance in 2012. This fourth restaging of the modern dance masterpiece is led by three members of La Revolucion Filipina’s original cast, Annette Cruz-Mari...

Ballet Philippines, the country’s premier classical and contemporary dance company proudly announces its 45th Anniversary – The Sapphire Season as it celebrates 45 years of sharing the gift of dance. The exciting line-up of productions is as follows: Agnes Locsin’s LA REVOLUCION FILIPINA / CCP Main Theater | July 25-27, 2014 Hailed by critics as “poignant and powerful,” Agnes Locsin’s modern dance masterpiece returns to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of its lead character - Apolinario Mabini, the paraplegic, ‘brains of the Katipunan’.