CONTEMPORAY PHILIPPINE

ARTS FROM THE REGIONS

WEEK 4
Answer the following questions:
1. Name at least one (1)
National Artist
discussed last time.
2. What role did he/she
represent in the
contemporary arts?
3. Give at least one (1)
of his/her works.
❖explains Filipino artists’ roles and identify their contribution to
contemporary
❖ evaluates contemporary art forms based on the elements and
principles
❖ compares forms of arts from the different regions
 ACTIVITY
◦Are you familiar with the following art
forms? Let us see if you can recall them.

◦Identify the art forms shown on the picture.

◦Theater
and
Music
◦Dance
◦Theater
and
Music
◦Film
◦The government recognizes the remarkable inputs of
this artist in the development of Philippine Art.
◦Through the National Commission of Cultural and the
Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines
(CCP), it gives awards to these notable contemporary
artists and the most prestigious recognition of them in
the Order of the National Artist Award (Orden ng
Pambansang Alagad ng Sining).
◦The Order of National Artist (ONA) [Orden ng
Pambansang Alagad ng Sining] is the highest
national recognition given to Filipino individuals
who have made significant contributions to the
development of Philippine arts.
The Order of National Artist aims to recognize:
◦a) Filipino artists who have made significant
contributions to the cultural heritage of the country;
◦b) Filipino artistic accomplishment at its highest level
and to promote creative expression as significant to the
development of a national cultural identity; and
◦c) Filipino artists who have dedicated their lives to their
works to forge new paths and directions for future
generations of Filipino artists.
NATIONAL
ARTISTS
FOR
DANCE
 FRANCISCA REYES AQUINO
National Artist for Dance (1973)
(March 9, 1899 – November 21, 1983)
◦ She was acknowledged as the “Mother of Philippine Folk Dancing”
◦ This Bulakeña began her research on folk dances in the 1920s
making trips to remote barrios in Central and Northern Luzon. Her
research on the unrecorded forms of local celebration, ritual, and
sport resulted into a 1926 thesis titled “Philippine Folk Dances and
Games,” and arranged specifically for use by teachers and
playground instructors in public and private schools.
 FRANCISCA REYES AQUINO
◦In the 1940s, she served as supervisor of physical
education at the Bureau of Education that distributed her
work and adapted the teaching of folk dancing as a
medium of making young Filipinos aware of their cultural
heritage.
◦In 1954, she received the Republic Award of Merit given by
the late Pres. Ramon Magsaysay for “outstanding
contribution toward the advancement of Filipino culture,”
one among the many awards and recognition given to her.
 FRANCISCA REYES AQUINO
◦Philippine National Dances (1946);
◦Gymnastics for Girls (1947);
◦Fundamental Dance Steps and Music (1948);
◦Foreign Folk Dances (1949);
◦Dances for all Occasion (1950);
◦Playground Demonstration (1951); and
◦Philippine Folk Dances, Volumes I to VI.
 FRANCISCA REYES AQUINO
◦ more about Francisa Reyes Aquino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkajDv5R2o4

◦ Tinikling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-powVSwYn0w

◦ Surtido Banna (Ilocano Folkdance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf5INNQ6Nm8
 RAMON OBUSAN
National Artist for Dance (2006)
(June 16, 1938 – December 21, 2006)
◦ He is acknowledged as the “Father of Philippine Traditional Dance”
◦ He was a dancer, choreographer, stage designer, and artistic director.
◦ He achieved phenomenal success in Philippine dance and cultural work.
◦ He was also acknowledged as a researcher, archivist and documentary
filmmaker who broadened and deepened the Filipino understanding of his own
cultural life and expressions.
◦ Through the Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group (ROFG), he had affected cultural
and diplomatic exchanges using the multifarious aspects and dimensions of
the art of dance.
 RAMON OBUSAN
◦ Vamos a Belen! Series” (1998-2004) Philippine Dances Tradition
◦ “Noon Po sa Amin,” tableaux of Philippine History in song, drama and
dance
◦ “Obra Maestra,” a collection of Ramon Obusan’s dance masterpieces
◦ “Unpublished Dances of the Philippines,” Series I-IV
◦ “Water, Fire and Life, Philippine Dances and Music–A Celebration of Life
◦ Saludo sa Sentenyal”
◦ “Glimpses of ASEAN, Dances and Music of the ASEAN-Member Countries”
◦ “Saplot (Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group): Philippines Costumes in Dance”
 RAMON OBUSAN
◦ more about Ramon Obusan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PpUhzvZd8k

◦ Jota de Manila or Jota Manileña (Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group)

◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-dxhH0nZHM

◦ Sayaw sa Bangko (Musicondalla x Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group)

◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KHkXmfw9vA
◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me3zQLQ1rrQ

◦ Itik-Itik (Musicondalla x Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group)

◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiPo_YQytgM
NATIONAL
ARTISTS FOR
FILM/CINEMA
 LAMBERTO V. AVELLANA
(February 12,1915- April 25, 1991)
 LAMBERTO V. AVELLANA
(February 12,1915- April 25, 1991)

◦ Avellana was a film director and the first National Artist of the
Philippines for Film
◦ He was tagged as “ THE BOY WONDER OF PHILIPPINE
MOVIES”
◦ As early as 1939 “KANDELERONG PILAK” was the first film by a
Filipino filmmaker shown at Cannes International Film festival.
◦ His works were recognized worldwide with awards such as Grand Prix
at the Asian Film Festival in Hong Kong for ANAK DALITA (1956)
and BEST DIRECTOR of Asia award in Tokyo for BADJAO
 LAMBERTO V. AVELLANA
(February 12,1915- April 25, 1991)

1954 1956 1957

CATALINO “ Lino” ORTIZ BROCKA
( April 3, 1939- May 22, 1991)
 CATALINO “ Lino” ORTIZ BROCKA
( April 3, 1939- May 22, 1991)

◦ Lino Brocka was a film director and recognized for his films which
explore the lives of people in the marginalized sectors.

◦ He garnered recognition not only in the country but also around the
world. Aside from films Brocka also directed theater organization
such as the Philippine Education Theater Association(PETA) and the
Concerned Artist of the Philippines (CAP)
 CATALINO “ Lino” ORTIZ BROCKA
( April 3, 1939- May 22, 1991)

1974 1975 1980

 ISHMAEL BERNAL
( September 30, 1913- June 2, 1996)
 ISHMAEL BERNAL
( September 30, 1913- June 2, 1996)

◦ Bernal was hailed by the critics as the “The Genius of Philippine

Cinema”
◦ He is known for directing films that projects the realities of the
Filipinos.
◦ He was hailed as Director of the Decade in 1970 by the Catholic Mass
Media Awards
◦ He was four times BEST DIRECTOR by the Urian Awards
(1989,1985,1983 and was given the ASEAN Cultural Award in
Communication Arts in 1993
 ISHMAEL BERNAL
( September 30, 1913- June 2, 1996)

1976 1980 1982

RONALD ALAN K. POE “ FERNANDO POE JR.”
(August 20,1939- December 14, 2004)
 RONALD ALAN K. POE “ FERNANDO POE JR.”
(August 20,1939- December 14, 2004)

◦ He is often referred to by his initials FPJ

◦ He was a Filipino actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and
politician.
◦ His long and successful career as an action star earned him the
nickname "Da King" (i.e. the "King of Philippine movies")
◦ He also wrote, directed, and produced several of the films he starred
in—under the pseudonyms Ronwaldo Reyes and D'Lanor.
RONALD ALAN K. POE “ FERNANDO POE JR.”
(August 20,1939- December 14, 2004)

1967 1977 1996

NATIONAL
ARTISTS
FOR
THEATER
AND MUSIC
 JOVITA FUENTES
(National Artist for Music (1976)
(February 15, 1895 – August 7, 1978
◦ Long before Lea Salonga’s break into Broadway, there was already Jovita Fuentes‘
portrayal of Cio-cio san in Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly at Italy’s Teatro
Municipale di Piacenza. Her performance was hailed as the “most sublime interpretation
of the part.” This is all the more significant because it happened at a time when the
Philippines and its people were scarcely heard of in Europe.
◦ Prior to that, she was teaching at the University of the Philippines Conservatory of Music
(1917) before leaving for Milan in 1924 for further voice studies. After eight months of
arduous training, she made her stage debut at the Piacenza. She later embarked on a
string of music performances in Europe essaying the roles of Liu Yu in Puccini’s
Turandot, Mimi in Puccini’s La Boheme, Iris in Pietro Mascagni’s Iris, the title role of
Salome (which composer Richard Strauss personally offered to her including the special
role of Princess Yang Gui Fe in Li Tai Pe).
 JOVITA FUENTES
(National Artist for Music (1976)
(February 15, 1895 – August 7, 1978
◦ In recognition of these achievements, she was given the
unprecedented award of “Embahadora de Filipinas a su Madre
Patria” by Spain.
◦ Her dream to develop the love for opera among her countrymen led
her to found the Artists’ Guild of the Philippines, which was
responsible for the periodic “Tour of Operaland” productions.
◦ Her life story has been documented in the biography Jovita Fuentes:
A Lifetime of Music (1978) written by Lilia H. Chung, and later
translated into Filipino by Virgilio Almario.
 JOVITA FUENTES
◦more about Jovita Fuentes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv8t36WbixA
◦Jovita Fuentes and Manuel Roxas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZPqjv_v24Y&t=136s
◦Ay, Ay Kalisud by Jovita Fuentes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbg_AsDifiI
 HONORATA “ATANG” DELA RAMA
National Artist for Theater and Music (1987)
(January 11, 1902 – July 11, 1991)
◦ Honorata “Atang” Dela Rama was formally honored as the Queen of
Kundiman in 1979
◦ At 74 years old, she was still singing the same song (“Nabasag na Banga”)
that she sang as a 15-year old girl in the Sarsuela, “Dalagang Bukid”. Atang
became the very first actress in the very first locally produced Filipino film
when she essayed the same role in the Sarsuela’s film version.
◦ As early as age seven, Atang was already being cast in Spanish zarzuelas
such as Mascota, Sueño de un Vals, and Marina.
◦ She counts though the role of an orphan in Pangarap ni Rosa as her most
rewarding and satisfying role that she played with realism, the stage sparkling
with silver coins tossed by a teary-eyed audience.
 HONORATA “ATANG” DELA RAMA
National Artist for Theater and Music (1987)
(January 11, 1902 – July 11, 1991)
◦ Atang firmly believes that the sarswela and the kundiman express
best the Filipino soul, and even performed kundiman and other
Filipino songs for the Aetas or Negritos of Zambales and the Sierra
Madre, the Bagobos of Davao and other Lumad of Mindanao.
◦ Among the kundiman and the other songs she premiered or
popularized were Pakiusap, Ay, Ay Kalisud, Kung Iibig Ka and
Madaling Araw by Jose Corazon de Jesus, and Mutya ng Pasig by
Deogracias Rosario and Nicanor Abelardo.
◦ She also wrote her own sarswelas: Anak ni Eba, Aking Ina, and Puri
at Buhay.
 HONORATA “ATANG” DELA RAMA
◦more about Honorata “Atang” Dela Rama
◦https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzkTDFNmW3M
◦Nabasag ang Banga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwBsd8TQb0Y
◦Pilipinas Kong Mahal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FePgMbtL3Sg
 Examples of Theater-Musical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk_ZMi5E
MXs
“Ang Huling El Bimbo” (Theater-Musical)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwB3Zx
h2gSE
“Miss Saigon” (Theater-Musical)
Group Activity: The World of Theater
Create your own blueprint of mini stage play using the given elements.
◦ Plot - a short structure of the play or story
◦ Characters - describe your 3-4 characters
◦ Theme – sci-fi; tragedy; comedy; romance; family-oriented;
horror
◦ Music - you can give a specific singer/composer & his/her 2-3
songs you desire
◦ Spectacle - what are the movements executed, the setting and
costumes
Group Activity: The World of Theater