Ballet Baguio Artistic Director Jacqueline Go

Photograph Courtesy of Jacqueline Go

Name:

Jacqueline Anne D. Go

Age:

27

Birthplace:

Quezon City

Ethnic Origin:

N/A (Though my Mom’s from Davao and my Dad’s from China)

Creative field and what’s about it:

Classical Ballet Teacher & Choreographer

Photograph Courtesy of Yuuki Uematsu

Hobbies: 

Arts & Crafts

Favorite Food:

Chocolate, Lays Salt & Vinegar (!!!)

Favorite Movie:

Center Stage

Favorite Song as of the Moment:

Blank Space by Taylor Swift

Favorite Book:

Shopaholic, Angels & Demons

Photograph by Eric Quan

What are your major influences or aesthetics?:

Ballet Manila (Prima Ballerina Lisa Macuja)

What is your biggest fear?:

Injuries

What is your dream country to visit?:

France

What was the last dream you remember?:

Leaving Hong Kong with the family and about to board a plane back to the Philippines

Do you have any Guilty Pleasures?:

More and more Chocolate! And being shopaholic

Photograph by Mario Calub

How did you started what you are doing:

My mom enrolled me to a ballet school because she wanted me to grow up as a model and wanted to improve my posture.

Favorite Icon:

Audrey Hepburn. She did ballet too.

If you will be featured in any magazine/show, what it would be:

Magazine – Time, Show – Ellen DeGeneres (because it looks fun!)

What’s your most memorable moment so far:

Giving birth to a wonderful baby!

What’s your favorite city and why?:

Baguio City! Its cool, and things are simple!

Photograph Courtesy of Jeremias Telva.

Whom do you want to perform with in the future?:

Perform with my school!

Who else do you want to collaborate with in the future?:

Ballet Manila definitely!

Advice for other up and coming creative on your field:

Be sure on what you want, and when you are sure, focus on it till you reach the top!

Your Mantra:

“Ibigay ang lahat kundi ‘wag nalang!”
(Give your best, if not, just don't do it at all.)

Aside from what you are doing now, what else you want to do/achieve?:

I want to have my own building: penthouse would be the theater, 3^rd floor the dorm for dancers, 2^nd floor two dance studios, 1^st floor Starbucks! 

Photograph Courtesy of Jeremias Telva

One word to describe yourself:

“Maparaan.”

(Always thinks of solutions)

Twitter name: iamdirectorgo

Instagram name: directorgo

Other pages/blog: 

Ballet Baguio

Check my previous blog feature of Ballet Baguio H  E  R  E !

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