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Breaking down comfort zones

By Edna Vida-Froilan | August 22, 2005 - 12:00am

No other company in Asia can do neo-classical and contemporary works as brilliantly as Ballet Philippines. For its 36th season opener, Men and Women, the company once more flaunted the beauty and dexterity of its...

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