About The Artists

LJ Manzano

LJ Manzano is a Filipino performing artist, award-winning songwriter, music producer, and innovative percussive fingerstyle guitarist known for transforming the acoustic guitar into a complete musical experience. Combining melody, rhythm, and percussion through his signature playing style, his performances blur the line between solo musician and full ensemble.

His music has reached audiences around the world through live performances and digital platforms, where his work has amassed approximately 100 million combined views and streams. He has performed internationally, including at the Hillsong Conference Europe at London's iconic O2 Arena, and is an AWIT Award-winning songwriter for Naririnig Mo Ba, performed by Morissette Amon during Himig Handog.

Whether performing original compositions or reimagining familiar melodies, LJ brings remarkable musicianship, rhythmic precision, and genuine artistry to every performance.

Para Isidro

Para Isidro is a Perth-based movement artist, choreographer, educator, and performance coach whose work explores the expressive power of movement as a language for storytelling. As the founder and director of Paradance, she has spent decades training singers, actors, dancers, and performers to develop greater confidence, presence, and authenticity on stage.

Her performance and choreographic work spans musical theatre, contemporary dance, and screen performance, with credits including Rent, Miss Saigon, We Will Rock You, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Chess, The Boy from Oz, Fantasticks, and Once on This Island. She has also taught and lectured at leading institutions including the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Perth's Film and Television Institute, and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Through every performance and workshop, Para invites audiences to experience movement not simply as dance, but as a powerful form of communication, emotion, and human connection.