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DANCE
FRANCISCA REYES-AQUINO (MARCH 9, 1899 –

NOVEMBER 21, 1983) WAS A FILIPINO FOLK DANCER
AND ACADEMIC NOTED FOR HER RESEARCH ON
PHILIPPINE FOLK DANCE. SHE IS A RECIPIENT OF
THE REPUBLIC AWARD OF MERIT AND THE RAMON
MAGSAYSAY AWARD AND IS A DESIGNATED
NATIONAL ARTIST OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR DANCE
LEONOR OROSA GOQUINGCO
National Artist for Dance
(July 24, 1917 – July 15, 2005)
Dubbed the “Trailblazer”, “Mother of Philippine Theater Dance” and “Dean of

Filipino Performing Arts Critics”, Leonor Orosa Goquingco, pioneer Filipino
choreographer in balletic folkloric and Asian styles, produced for over 50 years highly
original, first-of-a-kind choreographies, mostly to her own storylines. These include
“TREND: Return to Native,” “In a Javanese Garden,” “Sports,” “VINTA!,” “In a
Concentration Camp,” “The Magic Garden,” “The Clowns,” “Firebird,” “Noli Dance
Suite,” “The Flagellant,” “The Creation…” Seen as her most ambitious work is the
dance epic “Filipinescas: Philippine Life, Legend and Lore.” With it, Orosa brought
native folk dance, mirroring Philippine culture from pagan to modern times, to its
highest stage of development.
LUCRECIA REYES-URTULA
National Artist for Dance (1988)
(June 29, 1929 – August 4, 1999)
Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula, choreographer, dance educator and researcher, spent almost four
decades in the discovery and study of Philippine folk and ethnic dances. She applied her
findings to project a new example of an ethnic dance culture that goes beyond simple
preservation and into creative growth. Over a period of thirty years, she had choreographed
suites of mountain dances, Spanish-influenced dances, Muslim pageants and festivals, regional
variations and dances of the countryside for the Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company of
which she was the dance director. These dances have all earned critical acclaim and rave
reviews from audiences in their world tours in Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa.
Among the widely acclaimed dances she had staged were the following: Singkil, a Bayanihan
signature number based on a Maranao epic poem; Vinta, a dance honoring Filipino sailing
prowess; Tagabili, a tale of tribal conflict; Pagdiwata, a four-day harvest festival condensed into
a six-minute breath-taking spectacle; Salidsid, a mountain wedding dance ; Idaw, Banga and
Aires de Verbena.
RAMON OBUSAN
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR DANCE (2006)
(JUNE 16, 1938 – DECEMBER 21, 2006)
RAMON OBUSAN 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 GROP (ROFG), HE HAD
EFFECTED CULTURAL AND DIPLOMATIC
EXCHANGES USING THE MULTIFARIOUS ASPECTS
AND DIMENSIONS OF THE ART OF DANCE.
FILM
Gerardo de León (September 12, 1913 –
July 25, 1981) was a Filipino film director and
actor. He was posthumously conferred as a
National Artist of the Philippines for Film in
1982
Catalino Ortiz Brocka (April 3, 1939 – May 22,
1991) was a Filipino film director. He is widely regarded
as one of the most influential and significant filmmakers
in the history of Philippine cinema. He co-founded the
organization Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP),
dedicated to helping artists address issues confronting the
country, and the Free the Artist Movement.[1][2][better
source needed] He was a member of the Coalition for the
Restoration of Democracy.[3]
ISHMAEL BERNAL
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR CINEMA (2001)
(SEPTEMBER 30, 1938 – JUNE 2, 1996)
ISHMAEL BERNAL WAS A FILMMAKER OF THE FIRST ORDER AND
ONE OF THE VERY FEW WHO CAN BE TRULY CALLED A MAESTRO.
CRITICS HAVE HAILED HIM AS “THE GENIUS OF PHILIPPINE
CINEMA.”
HE IS RECOGNIZED AS A DIRECTOR OF FILMS THAT SERVE AS

SOCIAL COMMENTARIES AND BOLD REFLECTIONS ON THE
EXISTING REALITIES OF THE STRUGGLE OF THE FILIPINO. HIS ART
EXTENDS BEYOND THE CONFINES OF AESTHETICS. BY POLISHING
ITS VISUALS, OR INNOVATING IN THE MEDIUM, HE MANAGES TO
SEND HIS MESSAGE ACROSS: TO FIGHT THE CENSORS, FREE THE
ARTISTS, GIVE JUSTICE TO THE OPPRESSED, AND ENLIGHTEN AS
WELL AS ENTERTAIN THE AUDIENCE.
AMONG HIS NOTABLE FILMS ARE “PAHIRAM NG ISANG UMAGA”

(1989), “BROKEN MARRIAGE” (1983), “HIMALA” (1982), “CITY
AFTER DARK” (1980), AND “NUNAL SA TUBIG” (1976).
HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE DECADE OF THE

1970S BY THE CATHOLIC MASS MEDIA AWARDS; FOUR-TIME BEST
DIRECTOR BY THE URIAN AWARDS (1989, 1985, 1983, AND 1977);
AND GIVEN THE ASEAN CULTURAL AWARD IN COMMUNICATION
ARTS IN 1993.
EDGAR SINCO ROMERO, NA (JULY 7, 1924 – MAY 28,
2013), COMMONLY KNOWN AS EDDIE ROMERO, WAS A
FILIPINO FILM DIRECTOR, FILM PRODUCER AND
SCREENWRITER.
Manuel Conde (born Manuel

Pabustan Urbano; October 9, 1915 –
August 11, 1985) was a Filipino actor, director
and producer. As an actor, he also used the
screen name Juan Urbano during the 1930s
aside from his more popular screen name.
He was the father of Filipino actor-comedian

Manuel "Jun" Urbano, Jr.
7. VISUAL ARTS- PAINTING, SCULPTURE,
PRINTINGMAKING, PHOTOGRAPHY, INSTALLATION
ART, MIXED MEDIA WORKS, ILLUSTRATION, GRAPHIC
ARTS

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DANCE

FRANCISCA REYES-AQUINO (MARCH 9, 1899 –

Dubbed the “Trailblazer”, “Mother of Philippine Theater Dance” and “Dean of

HE IS RECOGNIZED AS A DIRECTOR OF FILMS THAT SERVE AS

AMONG HIS NOTABLE FILMS ARE “PAHIRAM NG ISANG UMAGA”

HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE DECADE OF THE

Manuel Conde (born Manuel

He was the father of Filipino actor-comedian

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