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Filipino rituals are often shown in dance, because for Filipinos, dance is the highest symbolic form. It transcends language and is able to convey emotions, collective memory, and articulate their purpose. Dance in this case, is the fundamental expression of their complex message and intention.
The dance has a similarity to classical Balinese and Thai dances, [7] [8] where it is also the most distinctively Asian of all the southern Philippine dances because dancers must have dexterity and flexibility of the shoulders, elbows, and wrists [9] – movements that strongly resemble those of "kontaw silat".
Leonor Orosa-Goquingco was born on July 24, 1917, in Jolo, Sulu. She was a Filipino national artist in creative dance. She played the piano, drew art, designed scenery and costumes, sculpted, acted, directed, danced and choreographed. Her pen name was Cristina Luna and she was known as Trailblazer, Mother of Philippine Theater Dance and Dean of ...
Lucio Diestro San Pedro, Sr. (February 11, 1913 – March 31, 2002) was a Filipino composer and teacher who was proclaimed a National Artist of the Philippines for Music in 1991. [3] Today, he is remembered for his contribution to the development of Filipino regional band music [4] and for his well-known compositions such as the Filipino ...
Folk music musical instruments. The music of the Philippines' many Indigenous peoples are associated with the various occasions that shape life in indigenous communities, including day-to-day activities as well as major life-events, which typically include "birth, initiation and graduation ceremonies; courtship and marriage; death and funeral rites; hunting, fishing, planting and harvest ...
Ballet Manila. Ballet Manila is a classical ballet institution [1] and dance company in the Philippines. It currently [when?] highlights more than fifty highly trained dancers in the highly rigorous Russian (Vaganova) [1] method of classical ballet. Locally the company has performed in 47 cities [1] holding more than 4,100 [1] performances.
Order of National Artists of the Philippines. 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.
Vocals. Years active. 1963–2004. Musical artist. Andrea Ofilada Veneracion (or Ma'am OA; July 11, 1928 – July 9, 2013) [1] was a Filipino choral conductor and a recipient of the 1999 National Artist for Music award. [2] She founded the Philippine Madrigal Singers in 1963. [3] She was also an adjudicator in numerous international choral ...