People of Philippine Contemporary Art

Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions

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1. Introduction

5. Ramon Arevalo Obusan

2. Alice Garcia Reyes

6. Francisca Reyes-Aquino

3. Leonor Orosa-Goquingco

7. Thanks

4. Lucrecia Reyes-Urrula

Group 4: members

"Movement, change, light, growth, and decay are the life-blood of nature, the energies that I try to tap through my work."- Andy Goldsworthy

Angeline Kaye PornuevoMa. Necita Nicole Mercado Micaela Ruth Bulanadi Eunicia Coleen Soriano Ben Jayson Mateo Hazzie Edriel Obillo

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leonor orosa-goquingco

alice garcia reyes

Born: October 14, 1942Died: Feb 17, 2016

Born: July 24, 1917 in Jolo, SuluDied: July 15, 2005 due to cardiac arrest following a cerebro-vascular accident at the age of 87.

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LUCRECIA REYES- URRULA

RAMON AREVALO OBUSAN

Born: June 29, 1929Died: August 4, 1999

Born: June 16, 1938, Legazpi CityDied: December 21, 2006, Makati

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FRANCISCA REYES AQUINO

Born: March 9, 1899, Bocaue, BulacanDied: November 21, 1983, Manila

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Works

• “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”

Life and Experiences

• Her pen name was Cristina Luna and she was known as:
• Trailblazer
• Mother of Philippine Theater Dance
• Dean of Filipino Performing Arts Critics.
• Her parents were Sixto Orosa and Serverina Luna, both physicians who graduated from the University of the Philippines.

Awards

• ASEAN Tourism Association for the Best ASEAN Cultural Effort, 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)

• Conferred a title, "Bai Kiokmay" (means, most active princess in the Arts) in a ritual performed by the Mandaya tribe of Davao, attended by the tribes of Agusan participated in by 16 datus. (1963)

Awards

• Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award (1969 & 1964)
• Rizal Centennial Award (1962)
• Republic Cultural Heritage Award (1964)
• Presidential Award of Merit (1970)
• Tandang Sora Award and the Columbia University Alumni Association Award (1975)
• National Artists for Dance (March 27, 1976)

Works

• La Jota Paragua
• Abaruray de Catanauan
• Sinnkiki
• Kasanduayan
• Takiling

Awards

• Gawad CCP para sa Sining (2012)
• Gawad Buhay Outstanding Choreography for Dance for Rama Hari
• National Artist for Dance (2014)

Awards

• Republic Award of Merit, Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1954
• Order of National Artists of the Philippines in 1962

Works

• "Philippine Folk Dances and Games"
• Philippine National Dances (1946)
• Gymnastics for Girls (1947)
• Fundamental Dance Steps and Music (1948)
• Foreign Folk Dances (1949)
• Dances for all Occasion (1950)
• PIayground Demonstration (1951)
• Philippine Folk Dances, Volumes I to VI.

Awards

• Order of National Artist for Dance by President Glona Macapagal-Aroyo at the Malacañan in 2006.
• Parangal : Sayaw Bulawan, Philippine Folk Dance Society in 2005.
• Folkloric Group, Aliw Awards Foundation Inc. (AAFI).
• Folkloric Group, Consumers' Choice Awardee, Most Outstanding Artistic Dance Group, Consumers Choice and Dangal ng Pilipinas Annual Awards in 2003.
• Gawad CCP Para sa Sining Award in 1993.
• Patnubay ng Kalinangan Award by City of Manila in 1992.
• Folkloric Group, Golden Scroll Awardee, 1991 Golden Scroll awards GSA in 1991.
• • Outstanding Achiever of Camarines Norte in the field of ARTS and CULTURE I987.

Life and Experiences

• Occupation: dancer, choreographer, stage designer and artistic director. He is also an acclaimed archivist, researcher and documentary filmmaker who focused on Philippine culture.
• Credited for his work in promoting Philippine traditional dance and cultural work.

Life and Experiences

• Reyes-Aquino's most noted works is her research on folk dances and songs as a student assistant at University of the Philippincs (UP).
• Pursuing her graduate studies, she started her work in the 1921 traveling to remote barrios in Central and Northern Luzon.
• Published a thesis in 1926 entitled "Philippine Folk Dances and Games" where she noted on previouslyunrecorded forms of local celebration, ritual and sports.
• Reyes-Aquino discovered and taught dances through her books such as Tinikling, Maglalatik, Labi-hubi, Polka sa Nayon.
• The education body distributed her work and adapted the teaching of folk dancing in an effort to promote awareness among the Filipino youth regarding their cultural heritage.
• Her contributions to physical education also introduced the subject to the American school curriculum.

Works

• Amada (1969)
• At a Marinaw Gathering (1970)
• Itim-Asu (1971)
• Tales of the Manuvu (1977)
• Rama Hari (1980)
• Bayanihan Remembered (1987)

Life and Experiences

• Reyes took up lessons in classical ballet at Maryknoll College where she completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Foreign Services.
• She further trained under the guidance of Leonor Orosa Goquingco and Ricardo Casell of the Philippine Women's University (PWU).
• Married to Dick Upton, the current treasurer of Ballet Philippines (BP), but they separated in 1982.
• Retired from Ballet Philippines (BP) in 1985 but still served as its artistic director until 1989.

Works

• Singkil
• Tagabili
• Pagdiwata,
• Salidsid
• IdawBanga

Life and Experiences

• Occupation: choreographer, theater director, teacher, author and researcher on ethnic dance. She was the founding director of the Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company.
• Named National Artist of the Philippines for dance in 1988.
• She worked to translate folk dancing into the realm of theater. She adapted indigenous dance traditions to the demands of the modern stage, and performances of her works received intenational attention.
• Daughter of Antonia Faustino, a nurse, and Col. Leon S. Reyes of the Philippine Constabulary (PC), who later served as a brigadier general and a military govenor.She grew up amidst music and dance. Her mother's family included many musicians and her musician father could play many instruments. He was a regular participant at fiestas and special occasions in his hometown of Calamba.