BALLET DE SORSOGON (A Tribute to Kathryn Joy Lomadilla II)

Kristine May and Kathryn Joy Lomadilla founded the Ballet de Sorsogon Dance School.

It aims to train and develop young gifted and talented Sorsogueños, with various Dance Style and techniques. The approach to instruction takes into account children's anatomy at various ages and levels so that the training is first and foremost physically safe,technically effective and artistically effective for all children

Ballet de Sorsogon is the performing group of the Ballet de Sorsogon Dance School. Trained in classical, modern and ethnic ballet, and Jazz. The group aims to be proficient in the different styles of Dance.

The first Batch was formally launched in February 1997 at Ballet de Sorsogon Valentine presentation dubbed as "Babae". It was composed of nine talented dancers, and they were exposed in public performances.

Aside from their annual recitals, they had received numerous invitations to perform in Schools,Conventions,Concerts and Festivals. Among them are Sorsogon Town Fiesta (1997) Kasanggayahan Festival (1997 and 1998) National Boy Scout Jamboree held at Casiguran Sorsogon (1999) Stage Play Lazarus (2000) Bulan Centennial Celebration (2001): Back up Artist in Priest Artist of the Diocese of Sorsogon (PADS)where they had a repeat performances at Imus,Cavite and in Parañaque (2001)and the Concert of Songs and Dances for World Peace - Ahmen (2001)

Now, the BdS ARE composed of new set of dancers who are starting to make their own name. These Dancers joined the two week intensive training by the THA BAYANIHAN , The Philippine National Folk Dance Company at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Kathryn Joy Lomadilla started her formal training at the age of ten, quite late for a beginner, but she quickly advance under the tutelage of her sister Kristine May, a performing Artist of Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company.

Her Ballet training brought her to Manila to join the CCP Dance School Workshop and got scholarship consecutively for two years. In 1994 she passed the highly competitive examination of the Philippine High School for the Arts, NAC, Mt.Makiling College, Los Baños Laguna majoring in Dance (Ballet). She studied under the tutelage of Mrs.Regina Vallejos (RAD),Nonoy Froilan (Modern Ballet),Perry Sevidal, Wydee Oliveros and Myra Beltran (Classical Ballet), Ms.Agnes Locsin (Choreography and Improvisation) and Victor Ursabia.

Kathryn Joy Lomadilla also passed the audition in the University of the Philippines College of Music where her values,discipline,perseverance and determination was further enhanced by Steve Villaruz, Sonia Domingo and Camille Ordinario.

Now that JOY is gone, her legacy will still remain in the hearts of the Sorsoganons, specially her students at Ballet de Sorsogon. If time will come that one of Joy's student become a well known Ballet Dancer, well she must be proud of it because she is the product of Joy Lomadilla's BALLET DE SORSOGON.

Thank You very much for spending your time in reading this articles I've posted about a person whom every Sorsoganon should be proud of.