Filipino National Artists in Dance
1. Francisca Reyes Aquino
― UP alumna
― Bocaue, Bulacan
― a folk dancer and PE teacher
― compile and research on the ethnic and
colonial dances of the Philippine regions.
2. Ramon A. Obusan
― A dancer, a choreographer, a stage
designer, and an artistic director
― Ramon Obusan Folkloric Dance Group
― promoted the unique and graceful dances of
the Philippines
3. Alice Reyes
― founder of Ballet Philippines (1969), the
official resident dance group of the Cultural
Center of the Philippines,
― dancer, a teacher, a director, and an
administrator to propel ballet training and
performances in the country.
― Sita in the ballet show Rama Hari.
4. Leonor Orosa Goquingco
― Jolo, Sulu
― versatility
― stage actress, classical ballerina, and
director
― founded the Philippine Ballet Theater in
1987
― her articles about dance were published
abroad like in Dance Magazine (New York),
Enciclopedia della Spettacolo (Rome), and
Arts of Asia (Hong Kong).
5. Lucrecia Reyes Urtula
― Iloilo City
― dancer, teacher, and researcher.
― executive director of the Bayanihan Dance
Group
― brought to the local and foreign spotlight the
following ethnic dances ― Singkil, Vinta,
Tagabili, Pagdiwata and Salidsid.
Filipino National Artists in Theater and Film
1. Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
― Ermita, Manila and the Ateneo community
― published and produced 41 plays as a
playwright, a teacher, an actor, and a
director
― humor, love, moral dilemmas and the use of
local idioms and colloquialisms
― Wanted: A Chaperon, Half an Hour in a
Convent, Three Rats, and Basketball Fight!
2. Lamberto V. Avellana
― Bontoc, Mountain Province
― post-war stage and film director
― 1939, Sakay, the first Filipino hero movie.
― In 1956, Anak Dalita, Best Film in the Asia
Pacific Film Festival.
― 1957,Badjao
3. Daisy Avellana
― top post-war stage actress and theater
director
― Roxas City, Capiz
― together with Lamberto Avellana, the Vivien
Leigh and Laurence Olivier of the
Philippines
― Candida in Nick Joaquin’s Portrait of a
Filipino Artist
4. Honorata Atang de la Rama
― Tondo, Manila
― “queen of zarzuela and vaudeville”,
― Dalagang Bukid, epitome of all Filipino
zarzuelas
― singer, she popularized native folk songs
and kundimans.
5. Rolando S. Tinio
― poet, essayist, critic, actor, dramatist, and
teacher
― Tondo, Manila.
― “father of Taglish poetry”,
― translated into Tagalog the drama plays of
Shakespeare, Sophocles, Chekhov, and
Ibsen.
6. Severino Montano
― playwright, actor, and director
― Laoag, Ilocos Norte ― more than 500 compositions.
― 50 plays in his lifetime ― Ana Maria and Hatinggabi.
― The Love of Leonor Rivera, Gabriela Silang, ― taught at the UP Conservatory of Music
and The Merry Wives of Manila ― founded the CEU String Quartet
― 1953, founded the Arena Theater, officially 5. Andrea O. Veneracion
the Philippines’ first formal venue for ― Manila
theatrical performances. ― Filipina singer, composer, and conductor
7. Salvador F. Bernal ― founder of the award-winning choral group
― Dagupan, Pangasinan, the Philippine Madrigal Singers.
― “father of theatrical stage and set design”. 6. Jose M. Maceda
― more than 300 productions ― Manila
― use of local and indigenous materials like ― a composer and ethnomusicologist
the abaca, bamboo, rattan, etc. ― devoted years touring the regions of the
country researching and developing Filipino
Filipino National Artists in Music: ethnic music.
1. Lucio San Pedro ― Pagsamba (worship music utilizing 100
― Angono, Rizal instruments) and Suling-Suling (10 flutes,
― musical compositions for band music, 10 bamboo buzzers, 10 flat gongs)
concertos, cantatas, choral music, chamber ― First to use only bamboo as an instrument
music, and film scoring.
― Lahing Kayumanggi, Lulay, Sa Ugoy ng
 
Duyan, and Sa Mahal Kong Bayan.
2. Levi Celerio
― A prolific composer and lyricist
― Tondo, Manila
― credited for around 4,000 songs
― Pasko na Naman, Ang Pasko ay Sumapit,
Misa de Gallo, Saan Ka Man Naroroon,
Kahit Konting Pagtingin, Waray Waray,
Pitong Gatang, and Kapag Puso’y
Sinugatan.
3. Lucrecia R. Kasilag
― Eminent pre- and post-war composer and
pianist
― San Fernando, La Union
― 200 pieces of music in folk, opera, and
orchestra forms.
― the use of indigenous instruments to her
orchestral productions.
― First Filipina orchestra composer
4. Antonio J. Molina
― Quiapo, Manila
― “dean of Filipino composers”