CEBU, Philippines - Last September 6 to 8, the Cebu Centre for Dance invited Rhea Dumdum-Bautista to conduct a three-day workshop on classical ballet to its students. It included a lecture demo on the history of classical dance and a film-showing on different styles of dance. The workshop kicked off CCD’s series of activities lined up for the year in preparation for the annual grand recital on December 7 entitled, “Into the Woodsâ€, a ballet adaptation of the famous Broadway show of the same title.
Rhea Dumdum-Bautista is a ballet teacher certified in both the Philippines’ National Ballet Syllabus and the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet. The former principal of the CCP Dance School of Ballet Philippines, Rhea teaches a wide range of ballet levels, from pre-ballet, to children’s ballet, to professional classes. She currently teaches at the CCP Dance School and the Talents School for Academics and Arts.
Rhea began her dance training at age 9 at Balletcenter Cebu under Baby Cabaero and Dr. Mary Poblete-Chan, who are current faculty members of Cebu Centre for Dance. She then received further training under Noordin Jumalon, Perry Sevidal, Gina Katigbak-Garcia, Victor Ursabia, and Agnes Locsin. As a professional dancer, she was mentored by Bam Damian, Jeffrey Espejo, Alan Hineline and Max Luna III, as she performed soloist and principal roles with Ballet Philippines. She also took classes with William Morgan, Cecile Sicangco, Toni Lopez-Gonzalez, Maiqui Mañosa, Rebecca Rodriguez, Robert Barnett and Anatoly Panasiukov throughout her career.
Aside from teaching, Rhea is in the consulting group for the DepEd’s curriculum planning for the Senior High School Arts Track (Dance), and maintains a public relations consultancy.
For more information on schedule of classes at Cebu Centre for Dance, please call 416-9637 or 514-4283. The studio is located at Tango Plaza Building, Queen’s Road (near Redemptorist Church). (FREEMAN)