ROBERTO VILLANUEVA

Acclaimed Filipino-American (Fil-Am) dance artist Roberto Villanueva will perform 10 solos from his one-man show titled Pieces of Me: An Inside Look at a Filipino-American Dance Artist's Journey at the Doreen Black Box, Arete, Ateneo de Manila University, this Thursday, 14 November, 8-10 p.m....

Roberto Villanueva founded BalaSole Dance Company nine years ago to combat the discrimination against 'atypical bodies' that one encounters in dance. Take Villanueva himself: a dazzling soloist with sparkling technique and facility that puts him in Sylvie Guillem's league, at 5 foot 2 inches, his atypical height all but barred him from working with major companies. His response to that exclusion was to create BalaSole, a showcase for talented, atypical dancers....