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National Artist For Dance

This document summarizes the biographies and accomplishments of 5 national artists for dance in the Philippines: 1. Francisca Reyes Aquino (1973), a pioneer in researching and documenting folk dances in the 1920s and 1940s. 2. Ramon Obusan (2001), artistic director of the Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group which performed indigenous dances from many ethnic groups. 3. Leonor O. Goquingco (1976), a trailblazer who pioneered blending folk dance and ballet and was the mother of Philippine theater dance. 4. Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula (2001), a renowned dance choreographer and researcher who spent decades

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National Artist For Dance

This document summarizes the biographies and accomplishments of 5 national artists for dance in the Philippines: 1. Francisca Reyes Aquino (1973), a pioneer in researching and documenting folk dances in the 1920s and 1940s. 2. Ramon Obusan (2001), artistic director of the Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group which performed indigenous dances from many ethnic groups. 3. Leonor O. Goquingco (1976), a trailblazer who pioneered blending folk dance and ballet and was the mother of Philippine theater dance. 4. Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula (2001), a renowned dance choreographer and researcher who spent decades

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NATIONAL

ARTIST FOR
DANCE
I. Francisca Reyes Aquino (1973)
Researcher Folk Dance
about folk Pioneer
dances
1926 thesis titled
“Philippine Folk
Dances and Games
Central and
Northern Luzon for use by teachers and
(1920’)
playground instructors in
public and private schools
supervisor of physical
1940 education at the
Bureau of Education

received the Republic Award


of Merit late Pres. Ramon
Magsaysay for “outstanding
contribution toward the
1954 advancement of Filipino
culture”
Fundamental
Philippine
Gymnastics Dance Steps
National
for Girls (1947) and
Dances (1946)
Music (1948)

Dances for all Playground


Foreign Folk
Occasion (1950 Demonstratio
Dances (1949)
) n (1951)

Philippine Folk
Dances,
Volumes I to
VI.
II. Ramon Obusan

Artistic dancer
director

Stage Choreograp
designer her
Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group
(ROFG)
A dance company that reflects
the culture of Filipinos in
dance and music Cordillera,
The
Bagobo,
the Aeta,
Performed dance productions
and rituals from the
ethnolinguistic and indigenous Maranaw,
groups the T’boli
 “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
 “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”
FAMOUS
CHOREOGRAPHIES
1. The firebirds
2. The clown
3. Noli Dance Suite

FILIPINESCAS
Philippine Life, Legend
and Lore in Dance in
1960
III. Leonor O. Goquingco (1976)
Pioneered the
blending of
folk dance and
Trailblazer ballet

Mother of Phil. Theater Dance

Dean of Filipino Performing Arts Critics


IV. Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula
dance
choreographer researcher
educator 

spent almost four decades in the discovery


and study of Philippine folk and ethnic
dances
a Bayanihan signature
 Singkil number based on a
Maranao epic poem

a dance honoring Filipino


Vinta sailing prowess

a tale of tribal conflict


Tagabili
a four-day harvest
Pagdiwata festival condensed into a
six-minute breath-taking
spectacle
Salidsid a mountain
wedding dance

Idaw,
Banga an
d 
Aires de
Verbena
V. Alice Reyes
Elementary to
Maryknol college
l College AB History &
Foreign Services
 Cinderella
 Romeo and Juliet
 Amada
 Itim-Asu
 Bayanihan Remembered
 Mga babae

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