Leonor Orosa Goquingco
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Leonor Orosa Goquingco is a pioneer choreographer of the Philippines. One of the foundations of Philippine dance, Goquingco helped establish the Philippine Ballet Theater and founded the Filipinescas Dance Company. (National Artist, 1976)
[edit] Major works
- Trend: Return to Native, 1941
- Filipinescas: Philippine Life, Legend and Lore in Dance, 1961
- Philippine Youth in Ballet
- Noli Dance Suite
- The Magic Garden
- Sabong
- VINTA!
- The Clowns
- Firebird
- The Flagellant
- The Creation
[edit] Publications about her
Joaquin, Nick. La Orosa : the dance-drama that is Leonor Goquingco. [Pasig] : Anvil Publishing, 1994.
_____. "The Making of Filipinescas." 13 October 2003. National Commission for Culture and the Arts. April 13, 2004
[edit] External links
- <http://www.ncca.gov.ph/culture&arts/infocus/filipinescas.htm>.National Artist Profile: Leonor Orosa Goquingco. 2002. National Commission for Culture and the Arts. April 15,
- 2004 <http://www.ncca.gov.ph/culture&arts/profile/natlartists/dance/goquingco.htm>
