Georgina Johanna Garcia Sanchez is a
ballerina from the
Philippines. From 1995 to 2002 she was a company dancer of the ballet company,
Ballet Philippines. She was invited by European choreographer and director Nicolas Musin to join the Abcdancecompany in St. Potten,
Austria where she has been featured since 2002.
Career
Gorgette Sanchez wore her first tutu at the age of 3 at
Bacolod
Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; hil, Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; fil, Lungsod ng Bacolod), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Western Visayas, Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidenta ...
, Philippines. In Bacolod, she began to learn the discipline of ballet. It wasn't until the early 1990s when she transferred to
Manila and further honed her dancing skills with the guidance of Agnes Locsin where Cecile Sicangco and Denisa Reyes was also trained alongside her. She had been in Ballet Philippines seven years as a company member, two years as an apprentice, and two years as a scholar.
In 2000, Georgette Sanchez won the silver medal in the 9th Paris International Dance Competition, for her performances in Agnes Locsin's September and Alden Lugnasin's Aku. This distinction helped her gain an invitation from Nicolas Musin to join the abcdancecompany in St. Pölten,
Austria.
Sanchez returned in 2008 to teach at Ballet Philippines’ summer dance workshop and also during the same season, taught with her sister Gianne at the Garcia-Sanchez School of Dance in Bacolod city. After the end of that season she left again for
Germany for another take on the European dance scene.
Notable performances
Georgette's most notable performances was portraying Sita in the world premiere of "Unraveling the Maya" in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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. This paved way for her international career performing in September and Alden Lugnasin's Aku.
Coming back in 2008, Georgette has been part of all of the 2008 season's productions including Agnes Locsin's landmark "La Revolucion" in August, "Night Creature" and "Thresholds II" in October, "Coppelia" in December, and in Ballet Philippines’ "Neo-Filipino" which was their season finale. In "Neo-Filipino",
Georgette takes the lead role in
Alice Reyes’ ''Amada'' which is centered on the ritual of the Tadtarin based on
Nick Joaquin's short story "Summer Solstice". She also performed KatiTaog within "Neo-Filipino" by Ballet Philippines' Artistic Director Max Luna III, and choreographer Alden Lugnasin's Ulaging.
References
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Living people
Filipino ballerinas
Year of birth missing (living people)