Group 1 November 16, 2019

12-Darwin Sir Eseteban

CPArts Assignment #2
Contemporary Artist – Dance and Music

Name: Alice Reyes

Birthdate: October 14, 1942

Occupation: Filipino choreographer, dancer, teacher, director, and producer

Awards: National Artist of the Philippines

Contributions:
- Chiefly responsible in popularizing contemporary dance
- Organized Ballet Philippines and staged the first modern dance cncert at the
Cultural Center of the Philippines Main Theater on February, 1970
- Best known for “Bungkos Suite”, “Carmen”, “Carmina Burrana”, “Romeo
and Juliet”, “Rama Hari”, and “Cinderella”, all nuanced with Filipino culture
- Also contributed major Filipino theater performances such as “Amada”, “At a
Maranaw Gathering”, “Itim-Asu”, “Tales of the Manuvu”, and “Bayanihan
Remembered”