“ Enrico Labayen possesses one of the most formidable backgrounds in dance, his training comes close to covering the entire dance diaspora. He is an adept dance historian, lecturer, performer, choreographer and ballet master. Unparallelled as a performer, he has displayed technical and artistic mastery of the broadest range in principal roles of the classical, neo-classical and modern repertoire. He has devoted the majority of his time in choreography and teaching; exhibiting a prowess that has gained international recognition”
-Alonzo King, Artistic Director/Choreographer, LINES Contemporary Ballet
Training:
American Ballet Theatre School (NYC)
American Ballet Center,The Joffrey Ballet (NYC)
American Dance Center, Alvin Ailey Dance Company (NYC)
Teachers:
Asaf & Sulamith Messerer
Robin Haig
Norman Walker
Pauline Koner
Lucas Hoving
Jurgen Schneider
Melissa Hayden
David Howard
Madam Valentina Pereyeslavec
Leon Danilian
Patricia Wilde
Andre Eglevsky
Maggie Black
Alonzo King
Joanna Haigood
Professional Performance:
Ballet Philippines
American Ballet Theater II (NYC)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (NYC)
Rod Rodgers Dance Company (NYC)
Garden State Ballet, Hartford Ballet (NJ)
Eglevsky Ballet, (LI)
ZACCHO Dance Theatre (SF)
LINES Contemporary Ballet (SF)
Hartford Ballet
Ballet Master:
Sacramento Ballet (USA)
Bern Ballet (Switzerland)
Mainz Stadt Theatre (Germany)
Singapore Dance Theatre
Ballet Philippines
Philippine Ballet Theatre
Hofstra University (USA)
San Francisco Institute of Choreography (USA)
San Francisco High School of Performing Arts (USA)
San Francisco Dance Center (USA)
Westlake Performing Arts Center
LINES Ballet School
Carte Blanche Contemporary Dance Company (Bergen, Norway)
Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (Salzburg, Austria)
University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
Grants and Commisions:
California Arts Council
San Francisco Arts Commission
California Artists Series
San Francisco Grants for the Arts
International Theater Institute (Asia)
National Commission on Arts and Culture (Philippines)
University of the Philippines (UP) Film Department
Arts International (USA)
The Zellerbach Family Fund
The Hotel Tax Fund
The Asian and Asian-Pacific Islander Cultural Grant for United States of Asian Americans
United Nation- CID (International Theatre Institute)
Awards:
1981: "Dancer of the Year" Award by Beaux Arts Society of New York
1992: The Dutch Ministry of Culture
Award
1993: Asian Institute for Liturgy
and Music Fellowship
1994: "Choreographer of the Year"
by Manila Chronicle (Philippines)
1997: The Isadora Duncan Award
for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography
2000: Filipinas Magazine: Filipino
American Faces of the Century; which included Lea Salonga, Josie Natori, Lou Diamond Philipps, Jessica Hagedorn and Tia Carrera
"...one of the Filipino Americans whose lives celebrate
all that the Filipino American is capable of and have truly shaped our
history in the United States and given the Filipino Americans and its
community the inspiration to realize their dreams."
2001: Filipinas Achievement Award
"His achievement in creating an extensive body of work
that has enriched the lives of those who witnessed it, gathering critical
and popular acclaim for artistic and cultural endeavours and symbolizing
both the accomplishments of Filipino individuals and arts organizations
and the challenge of increasing opportunities for minorities in the
future."
2004: The "Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan
Award" (Pillar of Culture and Arts) for Dance in the 2004 Araw ng Maynila (Manila Day) celebration
2005: Named as a Global Filipino by the Filipino Channel (TFC), an ABS-CBN international channel together with Cecile Licad (pianist), Josie Natori (fashion designer); Michael Dadap (guitarist); Governor Ceyetano (former State Governor of Hawaii); Lea Salonga (Broadway actress)
2006: International Travel Grant to Australia for Dance Workshop Training and Cultural Caregiving Program, granted by National Commission on Culture and the Arts (Philippines)
2007: Artist in resident at Djerrassi Artist Residency (USA) and Rimbun Dahan Artist Residency (Malaysia)
Choreographic Professional Performances:
Delacorte Dance Festival (NYC)
Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival (NYC)
The Singapore International Arts Festival
Odyssey Arts Exposition (Singapore);
Internationales Tanz Theater (Bonn, Germany)
Dance For Tolerance (Bielefeld, Germany);
Dance with Objects Festival (Potsdam, Germany)
Stuttgart Tanz Festival (Germany);
Amman International Theater Festival (Jordan)
Filipino American Arts Exposition (USA);
Music and Arts Festival @ Columbia University's Miller Theater (New York City, USA):
Lesbian and Gay Dance Festival (San Francisco, USA)
Human Rights International Arts Festival (San Francisco, USA)
Men Dancing Fest (San Francisco, USA);
Autumn Dance Series (San Francisco, USA)
Bay Area Dance Series (Oakland/San Francisco USA)
International Theatre Festival (Philippines)
UNESCO-International Theatre Institute’s Theatre World Theatre Olympics (Philippines)
What Critics Say:
“Rarely does a choreographer of contemporary dance manage to combine gracefully the technical precision and elegance of classical ballet with the innovation of modern dance, Enrico Labayen succeeds at this task…hypnotic and mesmerizing, a refreshing vision of contemporary dance.” - Dance Magazine
“…top-flight professional artist.” - The New York Times
“…powerful, controversial and wildly innovative, Labayen brings works of resistance in substance and form.” - Daily Tribune, Philippines
“ Labayen’s work cannot be described as modern dance, powerfully expressive…a new star.” - General Anzeiger, Germany
“an erotic power play between the sexes, the use of pointe work not only offered optical elevation but supported women’s erotic aggression.” - Neue Westfalische
“Labayen creates indelible images in dance that one cannot forget easily…sheer genius.” - Arab Daily
“a quintessential contemporary choreographer who creates works rarely seen elsewhere.” - SF Pride
"a landscape of impression, imagery and beauty...expressing ancient but still relevant experience through dance" - Straits Times, Singapore
“Labayen’s work and his company should be shown in the major cities of the world.” - Hans Otto Theatre, Germany
“Exquisite and evocative, complete and in a class by itself.” - Manila Bulletin
“Labayen’s work redefines and challenges traditional dance ideas and conventional musical values yet all together in a soft blend that is distinctly personal and intelligent.” - Philippine Daily Inquirer
“Enrico Labayen succeeded in returning to his ancestral roots…a meditation on technology and humanity…a post modern tribe.” - Asian Week, USA
The Choreography of Enrico Labayen
Chronology of Ballets: 1990-2008
YEAR |
TITLE |
MUSIC |
COMPANY |
|
|
|
|
1990 |
Mindstorm |
Collage |
Ballet Philippines |
|
Hommage |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Ballet Philippines |
|
Sabel |
Joey Ayala |
Neo-Filipino |
1991 |
Maya |
Shant Verdun |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Songs |
Filipino Folk Songs |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Black, Brown & Blue |
Collage |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Icarus, Eternally, Damned the Dupe of Time |
Shant Verdun |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Sa Isip, sa Salita at sa Gawa |
Shant Verdun |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Solo |
Lucrezia Kasilag |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Bamboo Tower |
Shant Verdun |
Baguio Arts Guild |
|
Only You |
The Platters |
Phil. High School for the Arts |
|
Intermezzo |
The Platters |
LAB. Projekt |
1992 |
Etchings |
Orville Tiamson |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Unearthing |
Womb Sounds |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Mysterious Voices |
Bulgarian Choir |
LAB. Projekt |
|
AM/FM |
Collage |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Requiem: Opus 48 |
Gabriel Faure |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Imaginary Patriot |
Orville Tiamson |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Desaparacidos |
Sting |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Dospordos |
Stibijl |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Intermezzo |
The Platters |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Ligeti Pas de Deux |
Gyorgi Ligeti |
LAB. Projekt |
1993 |
Mishima |
Kodo Drums |
Baguio Arts Guild |
|
Untitled |
Dead Can Dance |
Baguio Arts Guild |
|
Angel In Warped Time |
Somei Satoh |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Melissa |
Bulgarian Choir |
Asia Pacific Competition |
|
Pasyon at Revolution |
Collage |
LAB. Projekt |
|
Gershwin Pas de Deux |
George Gershwin |
California Artists Series |
|
Panis Angelicus |
Cesar Franck |
Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music |
1994 |
Lento Cantabile |
Henryk Gorecki |
Footworks/SF |
|
Quatro |
Dimitri Shostakovich |
Theatre Artaud/SF |
|
Romance |
Gabriel Faure |
Brady Dance Theatre/SF |
|
Damas |
Gorecki/Arvo Part |
Brady Dance Theatre |
|
Pulp |
Collage |
Theatre Artaud |
1995 |
Sonata |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
SF School of the Arts |
|
Lento Sustenuto |
Henryk Gorecki |
Brady Dance Theatre |
|
Two Men |
Talitha Mckenzie |
Theatre Artaud |
|
Fallen |
Arvo Part |
Men Dancing/SF |
|
Forbidden Fruit |
John Zorn |
Queer Arts Festival |
|
Quartet #3 |
Alfred Schnittke |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Hymns |
Georges Gurdjieff |
Labayen dance/SF |
1996 |
Six |
Sofia Gubaidulina |
SF School of the Arts |
|
Red |
Gabriel Faure |
Brady Dance Theatre |
|
Surveillance |
Tan Dun |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Cold Fish |
Hector Sazou |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Othello |
Sergei Rachmaninoff |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Daphnies et Chloe |
Claude Debussy |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Die Suchenden |
Georges Gurdjieff |
Labayen Dance/SF |
1997 |
Cloth |
Mark Tibenham |
Int'l Tanz w/ Object Festival |
|
Puirt A Beaul |
Talitha Mckenzie |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Arias |
Fridrich Handel |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Sacred Stones |
Sheila Chandra |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Matinal |
Madredeus |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Moon Soon |
Dissindenten |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Four, For Tango |
Astor Piazzolla |
Labayen Dance/SF |
1998 |
Go to the Light |
Samuel Barber |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Half-Wolf Dance, Mad in Moonlight |
Terry Riley |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Six Bagatelles |
Antorn Webern |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Cello Suite |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
Int'l Theatre Festival, Jordan |
|
Common Tao |
David Lang |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Moonlight |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Labayen Dance/SF |
1999 |
Domini |
Tan Dun |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Letting Go |
Ram Dass |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Quiet Please |
Gabriel Faure |
Labayen DanceSF |
|
Shubert Suite |
Franz Shubert |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Way Down There |
Collage |
Labayen DanceSF |
2000 |
Suite Azien |
Somei Satoh |
Bern Tanz Swiss |
|
Ich bin ein |
Richard Wagner |
Mainz Stadt Deutch |
|
See the Conquering Hero Comes |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Unanswered Question |
Charles Ives |
Labayen Dance/SF |
2001 |
I am Stretched on Your Grave |
Sinead O'Connor |
MyraBeltranDanceForum |
|
The Wall |
Igor Stravinsky |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
N Judah to the Ocean |
John Adams |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Le Sacre du Printemps |
Igor Stravinsky |
Labayen DanceSF |
|
The Letter |
Shamou |
MyraBeltranDanceForum |
2002 |
Gnarly Buttons |
John Adams |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Tanz für Arpeggione and Piano |
Franz Shubert |
Labayen DanceSF |
|
Fünf Stücke im Volkston |
Robert Schumann |
Labayen DanceSF |
2003 |
Jeux de Enfant |
Georges Bizet |
Labayen DanceSF |
|
Enneagrams |
George Gurdjieff |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Angelica in Delirium |
Gol |
Labayen Dance/SF |
|
Benched Woman |
Manuel de Falla |
Labayen Dance/SF |
2004 |
Ocean |
Sheila Chandra |
Steps |
|
Vivaldi Suite |
Antonio Vivaldi |
Perry Sevidal Ballet |
|
Be Here Now |
Ram Dass |
Labayen Dance/Manila |
|
Celtic Dances |
Talitha Mckenzie |
Manila Dance Foundation |
|
Winter was Hard |
Aulis Sallinen |
Labayen Dance/SF |
2005 |
Dalagang Bukid |
Leon Ignacio |
Philippine Ballet Theatre |
|
Vivaldi Sketches |
Antonio Vivaldi |
Philippine Ballet Theatre |
|
Kothbiro |
Ayub Ogada |
Labayen Dance/Manila |
|
Sabong Nayam |
Shamou |
Labayen Dance/Manila |
|
Shoes in Silence |
Sabhayata |
Labayen Dance/Manila |
|
Tubig at Langis |
George Canseco |
Labayen Dance/Manila |
|
On the Way |
Dissidenten |
Labayen Dance/Manila |
|
Robbery at the Louvre Collage |
Collage |
Beaujolais Festival |
|
Asian Groove |
Sabhayata |
Labayen Dance/Manila |
|
String, Strung & Estranged |
Dmitri Shostakovich |
Ballet Philippines |
2006 |
Glass Pieces |
Philip Glass |
LINES Ballet School |
|
Against Reduction |
Collage |
International Theatre Festival |
|
Something to Crow About |
Frank Dimatura |
UN-ITI Theatre World Olympics |
|
Ode to Ninoy |
Rizal's Adios Patria Adorada |
DreamSavers |
2007 |
Carmina Burana |
Carl Orff |
975 Howard Arts |
2008 |
Amber |
Autotechre |
SF School of the Arts (USA) |
|
Tres |
David Lang |
Westlake Arts Center (USA) |
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