Phil Arts Module 10

• Dancing has been a favorite activity of many Filipinos, with some doing so for entertainment and others, as a form of expression.
• Francisca Reyes Aquino is recognized as the Mother of Philippine Dancing.
• Francisca Reyes Aquino researched folk dances at the rural communities in Central and Northern Luzon to use in class in her early years as a student assistant and assistant instructor.
• Dr. Aquino research continued, as she published her findings in Philippine Folk Dances and Games, where she included previously unrecorded forms of local celebrations, rituals, and sports.
• Dr. Aquino took to heart her mission to enrich Philippine culture by passing along knowledge of performing folk arts. She discovered and taught dances such as Tinikling, Maglalatik, Lubi-Lubi, and Polka sa Nayon.
• Dr. Aquino founded the Philippine Folk Dance Society to bring together physical education students, teachers, administrators, and individuals interested in folk dancing.
• Dr. Aquino received numerous awards, including the Philippine Republic Award of Merit for her outstanding contribution to the advancement of Filipino culture in the field of dance. She was also awarded the Cultural Award, UNESCO of the Philippines, the Rizal Pro-Patria Award, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, and an award for outstanding alumna from the College of Education at UP.
• Dr. Aquino's other notable dances include Alahoy, Apat-Apat, Ba-Ingles, Basulto, Binadyong, Himig sa Nayon, Kalapati, Manang Biday, and Tiklos.
• Ramon Obusan is a Filipino Dancer, choreographer, STAGE DESIGNER, and artistic director. He is acknowledged for his work in preserving Philippine culture by promoting Philippine traditional dance and cultural work. He is also an accomplished archivist, researcher, and documentary filmmaker.
• In 1971, Obusan founded the Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group, which was recognized for fidelity and authenticity in presenting Filipino traditional dances.
• In 1982, Obusan became the Artistic Director of the first Asian dance Company and directed a documentary for the CCP titled Sayaw in the same year.
• Obusan's documentary Sayaw won the Grand Prix award in the International Video Dance Competition in France.
• Obusan recieved the Patnubay ng Kalinangan award in 1992 given by the City of Manila for his contribution to the preservation of traditional Filipino dances.
• Alice Reyes is a renowned dancer, choreographer, TEACHER, director, and producer. She is a well known founder of Ballet Philippines, together with Eddie Elejar.
• Reyes is recognized for her efforts to popularize contemporary dance through the Alice Reyes Dance Company.
• In 1970, the Alice Reyes Dance Company staged the first modern dance concert at the CCP Main Theater. This company later became Ballet Philippines.
• Reyes is best known for Bungkos Suite, Carmen, Carmina Burana, Romeo and Juliett, Rama Hari, Cinderella, Amada, Itim-Asu, and Tales of the Manuvu - all nuanced with Filipino Culture, gesture, and grace.
• One of Reyes's notable accomplishments is the creation of a distinctly Filipino modern dance idiom that integrated and incorporate Filipino materials and subject matter, intertwined with movements and styles from Philippine Indigenous dance, modern dance, and classical ballet.
• Among Reyes's other major works are Amada (1969), at a Maranaw Gathering (1970), Tales of the Manuvu (1977), and Bayanihan Remembered (1987).
• Leonor Orosa-Goquingco is an author, mentor, dancer, and CRITIC. During her lifetime, she earned numerous titles such as Trailblazer, Mother of Philippine Theater Dance, and Dean of Filipino Performing Arts Critics.
• Orosa-Goquingco is known for breaking tradition within dance and for being the forerunner of Filipino choreographers in balletic folkloric and Asian styles.
• Through Orosa-Goquingco's works, folk dance was put on the theatrical stage with a touch of ballet.
• Orosa-Goquingco created the Filipinescas Dance Company and the Philippine Theater Dance Group.
• Orosa-Goquingco was also the Honorary Chair of the Association of Ballet Academies of the Philippines (ABAP) and was a founding member of the Philippine Ballet Theater.
• Orosa-Goquingco was also a writer, notably writing about the history of Philippine dance in Dances of the Emerald Isles 1980.
• Orosa-Goquingco's works were published by the Philippine Cultural Foundation and Philippine under her own name and her pen name, Cristina Luna.
• Orosa-Goquingco's articles were published in periodicals abroad, such as the Arts of Asia (Hong Kong), Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo (Rome, Italy), and Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
• Orosa-Goquingco also recieved numerous awards, including the Patnubay ng Sinig at Kalinangan Award in 1964 and 1969, Rizal Centennial Award in 1962, Republic Cultural Heritage Award in 1964, Presidential Award of Merit in 1970, and Tandang Sora Award and Columbia University Alumni Association Award in 1975.
• Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula is a dance educator choreographer, theater director, and RESEARCHER on ethnic dance. She is also the founding director of the Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company.
• Over a period of 30 years, reyes-Urtula worked on researching, discovering, and studying Philippine folk and ethnic dance.
• Reyes-Urtula inserted varations and additional creative touches to these dances and translated them into the realm of theater. These choreographies were presented worldwide in the Bayanihan's tours in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa, and consequently, received recognition.
• Reyes-Urtula likewise receieved numerous recognitions such as the Best ASEAN Cultural Effort from the ASEAN Tourism Association in Pattayas, Thailand (1990); Tandang Sora Award for the Arts (1982); Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award from the City of Manila (1973); International Women's Award in UNAP's Women of Distinction (1963); Republic Cultural Heritage Award for Research in Folk Dance (1963).
• She recieved the title Bai Kiokmay (meaning "most active princess in the arts") in a ritual performed by the Mandaya tribe of Davao, attended by the tribed of Agusan, and participated in by 16 datus (1963). Who is she?


  Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula
• Among the widely acclaimed dances Reyes-Urtula staged were Singkil, Vinta, Tagabili, Pagdiwata, Salidsid, and Idaw, Banga, and Aires de Verbena.
• While enjoying a variety of dance shows, costumes worn by dancers that add life to the performance do not go unnoticed. Some of these are distinguished as signature fashion for a particular performer of a certain dance.
• With a rich culture and creative people, Filipinos have established our own fashion overtime.
• Ramon Valera is the only artist to have recieved the National Artist for fashion design recognition to date.
• Valera rose to prominence for his formal Filipiniana designs.
• Considered to be Valera's greatest contribition to fashion is his creation and version of the terno.
• In 1940, Valera made a modiciation to the baro't saya, our national costume for women, and transformed it into a one piece suit from the original four-piece ensemble. There was an emphasis on the sleeves, with Valera transforming them to butterfly sleeves, which gave them a built-in but hidden support.