{"id":20320,"date":"2017-08-21T08:59:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T00:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=20320"},"modified":"2017-08-22T09:04:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T01:04:21","slug":"filipino-ballerina-crowned-as-best-ballerina-at-the-asian-grand-prix-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/08\/21\/filipino-ballerina-crowned-as-best-ballerina-at-the-asian-grand-prix-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino Ballerina, Crowned as best ballerina at the Asian Grand Prix International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year in August, highly qualified dancers from Asia and around the world gather in Hong Kong to compete and learn from each other at the Asian Grand Prix International Competition. Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition is an international platform, founded last March 1, 2011 \u00a0to inspire and recognize the artistic excellence of passionate\u00a0and dedicated ballet dancers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20323\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/20934051_923502494500042_2272946684020616021_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1113\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/20934051_923502494500042_2272946684020616021_o.jpg 1113w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/20934051_923502494500042_2272946684020616021_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/20934051_923502494500042_2272946684020616021_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/20934051_923502494500042_2272946684020616021_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1113px) 100vw, 1113px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Image Facebook<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last August 7 to 12, 2017, the Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition was held in Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where a number of talented ballet dancers demonstrated their talents and potentials in the said field. Among a great number of participants who participated in the said event, Filipino ballerina, Rench Isaac Soriano, was awarded with the highest award.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20325\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/13925911_1174074505997194_5767506047853651964_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"712\" height=\"976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/13925911_1174074505997194_5767506047853651964_o.jpg 712w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/13925911_1174074505997194_5767506047853651964_o-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Image Facebook\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Soriano started his ballet training when he was 9 years old and began joining competitions at 10. Despite the difficulties in learning ballet, he has already developed a special affection for the art<em>.\u201cIt\u2019s hard at first. The first time is always the hardest. It was really unimaginable. It was really unexpected. I can&#8217;t even explain it, but I&#8217;m so happy not just for myself, but for my family, for my country, and for my province, Bacolod as well.<\/em>\u201d Soriano said.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dzmmteleradyo\/videos\/10155131217614620\/<\/p>\n<p>Soriano is very happy with his current win because there are many great dancers who participated and it was very difficult to achieve the highest award, yet he still managed to achieve it at the age of 16.\u00a0What do you think of Rench Soriano&#8217;s win as Best Ballerina at the Asian Grand Prix International? Share your thoughts with us, below!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Written By: Patricia Antoinette M. Nacianceno<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Image Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/renchisaac.soriano\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>; Video from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dzmmteleradyo\/videos\/10155131217614620\/\" target=\"_blank\">DZMM<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last August 7 to 12, 2017, the Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition was held in Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where a number of talented ballet dancers demonstrated their talents and potentials in the said field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3749,3748,3747],"class_list":["post-20320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-asian-grand-prix-international","tag-best-ballerina","tag-rench-soriano"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/08\/20934051_923502494500042_2272946684020616021_o.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20368,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20320\/revisions\/20368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}