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1.Fr
anciscaReyes-Aqui
no.Reyes-
Aquinoisconsi
der
edthemotherofFi
li
pinof
olkdance.Born
i
nBocaue, Bul
acan,Reyes-Aqui
nograduat
edwithaBSEducati
ondegreefr
om theUniversi
tyof
thePhil
ippi
nes.Shetrav
eledtovar
iouspart
softhecount
ryt
orecorddancesfr
om dif
ferent
prov
inces.

Reyes-
Aqui
no’sresear
chpr oducedanumberofbooks.She’ stheauthorofPhil
ippineFolk
DancesandGames( 1927),Phil
ippineNati
onalDances(1946),Gy
mnast i
csforGirls(1947),
Fundament
alDanceSt epsandMusi c(
1948),For
eignFolkDances(1949),Dancesf orAll
Occasi
ons(195),Pl
aygroundDemonst rat
ion(1951),
Phil
ippi
neFolkDancesi n6v olumes(1951-
1979),
Rhyt
hmi cActi
vit
ies(1952),andPhil
ippi
neFolkDancesandSongsasco- authorin1966.

Rey
es-
Aquinoi
salsoar
eci
pientofanumberofawards,i
ncl
udingtheRamonMagsay
sayAwar
d
i
n1962.ShewasnamedNati
onalArt
isti
n1973forhercont
ri
buti
ontodance.

2.Lucreci
aReyes-
Urtul
a.Lucreci
aReyes-Ur
tul
ast
artedherl
oveforfol
kdancewhenshewas
young.Borni
nIloi
l
o,Lucreci
awasexposedt omanyf ol
kdancesbecauseofherf
ather
,acol
onel
,
whowasst at
ionedinvari
ouspartsofthePhil
i
ppi
nes.

Shetookbal
l
etlessonsinBaguioandalsoappr
ent
icedunderFr
anci
scaReyes-
Aquino.She
graduat
edwit
hadegr eeinPhysi
calEducat
ionf
rom thePhi
l
ippi
neWomen'sUniver
sit
y(PWU)i
n
1950.

Lucreci
ast ar
tedteachingatPWUandwasact iv
ei ntheFil
ipi
nianaFol kArt
sGr oupasboth
teacherandstudent.In1955,thegroupattendedt heInt
ernati
onal Festi
valofDanceandMusi c
i
nDacca, Pakistan,whichi
nspiredherandt hegroupt oconti
nuer esearchi
nglocaldances.They
alsoreachedoutt omor ei
ndigenousgroupst olearnabouttheircultur
e.

Shet henbecamepartoftheBay ani

hanPhili
ppi
neDanceCompany .Lucr
eciawasal soi t
s
choreographeranddancedirect
or.I
nhertourswi t
hthegroup,Reyes-Urt
ulastart
ed
choreographingnotj
ustst
agebutal sof
il
m andt el
evisi
on.Lucreci
aalsoser v
edasar t
ist
ic
dir
ectorfordanceattheFol
kAr tsTheat
er,conceptuali
zedandmanagedt hePhil
ippineFolk
DanceSoci ety,
amongothers.Shewasawar dedNat i
onalArti
stforDancei n1988.

3.Al
iceReyes.Ali
ceReyescomesfr
om af
amilyofperformer
s.Herf
atherRicardoReyeswas
"MrFolkDancer"andapiani
st,
whi
l
ehermotherAdoracionwasvoi
ceteacher.Hersi
sters
Deni
saReyesandEdnaVi
daar
eal
sodancer
-chor
eogr
apher
s,whi
l
esi
ster
sBet
tyandCeci
l
ear
e
musi
cians.

Aftergraduati
ngfrom Maryknoll(
nowMi ri
am Coll
ege)wi t
hadegreei nHistoryandForei
gn
Affair
si i
n1964,shebegant oteachintheschoolandlater,t
ookagr aduatecourseatnearby
AteneodeMani l
aUniver
sit
y.Shewoul dlat
eronear nvari
ousscholarships,i
ncludi
ngagrant
fr
om t heJohnD.Rockefell
erI I
IFund.Shelat
ercompletedhermast er'
sdegr eeinFi
neArts
maj orindanceatSarahLawr enceColl
ege.

Reyeswasalreadyexposedt
odanceatanearlyage,havi
ngdancedwi
thherf
atherwhenshe
wasbarely14.Shebecameadancerandchoreographerf
oranumberofTVshowsand
product
ionsandperfor
medinvar
iouspar
tsofthewor l
d.

I
n1969,shefoundedt
heAli
ceReyesandModer
nDanceCompany ,whi
chperfor
medatt
he
Cul
tur
alCent
erofthePhi
l
ippi
nes.Rey
eswoul
dlateror
gani
zedanceworkshops.

Hergrouppav edt
hewayfort
hefor
mat
ionoft
heCCPDanceCompany,nowknownasBal
let
Phi
li
ppines.Shewoul
dlat
erserv
easar
ti
sti
cdi
rect
orofBal
l
etPhi
l
ippi
nesfr
om 19970t
o1991.

Amongherwell
knowndancechoreogr
aphi
esincl
udeTalesoftheManuvuandRamaHari,
whi
chsheworkedonwithRyanCayaby
ab.Herworkwit
hBalletPhi
l
ippi
neshasbeenr
ecognized
wor
ldwi
de,wi
thitsuseofFi
l
ipi
noandAsiant
hemesandmusi c.

Forherworkindance,Reyes,wasgiv
enanumberofawards,
incl
udi
ngtheGawadCCPparasa
Si
ningandin2012,wasawar dedt
heGawadBuhayOutst
andi
ngChoreopgr
ahyf
orDancef
or
RamaHar i
.Shewasr ecognizedasaNat
ional
Art
istf
orDancein2014.

4.LeonorOrosa-
Goquingco.Orosa-Goquingcoisknownast he"MotherofPhili
ppi
neDance
Theat er
"and"
DeanofFili
pinoPerformingArtsCr i
ti
cs.
"BorninJol
o,Sulu,Orosa-
Goqui
nco
fi
nishedaBSEducati
ondegr ee,summacum l audeatSt.Schol
ast
ica'
sCollege.Shet
hentook
graduatecour
sesintheat
ercraft,
drama, andmusi catColumbi
aUni v
ersi
tyandTeachers
CollegeinNewYork.

At17, Orosa-Gonqui
ngcost ar
tedexperi
menti
ngwi t
hdance.Amongtheproducti
onsshe
producedi ncl
udeCircl
ingtheGlobe,DancePanorama,andTheEl
ements.Aft
erWor ldWar2,
sheor gani
zedt hePhil
ippi
neBallet
,whereshebroughttol
if
eNoli
MeTanger eonstage.I
n1958,
shef oundedt heFil
i
pinescasDanceCompany ,whichwouldgoonvari
oustoursaroundthe
world.

5..Li
gayaFer
nandoAmilbangsa.LigayaAmil
bangsaisaRamonMagsaysayawardee,
knownfor
herresear
chonthepangalayorigal,
apre-
Isl
amictr
adit
ional
danceamongtheet
hnicgroupsi
n
t
heSout
her
nPhi
l
ippi
nes.

Ami l
bangsaf irstlearnedofthedancewhensheherhusband, DatuPunj unganAmi l
bangsa
mov edt oSulu.Capt ivatedbythepangal aydance,shebegant oresear chabouti tandlater
studiedculture,musi c,andthev i
sual ar
tsoftheSamaandSamaDi laut(Badjao),JamaMapun,
andt heTausug.Hernamebecameknownt hankstothewor kshedi dindocument i
ngt he
pangalay/igaldancest yl
eoftheYakanknownaspamansak.Af terherr esearches,Amilbangsa
establi
shedt heAmi lbangsaInstruct
ionMet hod(AIM),whichgav echildrenandadul t
st he
oppor t
unit
yt ost udyt hepangalayinasci enti
fi
candsy st
emat i
cform.Sheal sopubl i
shedtwo
books, Pangalay: Tradit
ionalDancersandRel atedFol
kAr ti
sti
cExpr essions(1983)andUkki l:
VisualArtsoft heSul uAr chi
pelagoin2005.

InManil
a,shestagedthepangalayandlunsaydancesf
ort
heHwaYi
Ethni
cDanceCent
erand
co-
foundedtheAlunAlunDanceCircl
ein1999,whichai
mstopr
omot
epangal
aythr
ough
per
formances,r
esearch,anddancetrai
ning.

Herworkhasbeenr ecogni
zedbothl
ocal
andint
ernat
ionali
ncludi
ngUNESCOandt he
Int
ernat
ional
DanceCompet it
ioni
nSeouli
n1994,whereherpangalaychor
eogr
aphywont
he
sil
verawardundert
hef ol
kdancecat
egor
y.