National Artists

(Music, Dance, Theater)

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Senior High School
Award Giving Bodies

• National
Comission for
Culture and the
Arts
• Cultural Center of
the Philippines
MUSIC

• Antonio R. Buenaventura
• Jose Maceda
• Lucrecia R. Kasilag
• Ernani J. Cuenco
• Ramon Santos
Antonio R. Buenaventura

• National Artist for Dance

• Philippine folk songs and
dances in 1935
• Wrote songs and musical
arrangement based on
folk songs
 Jose Maceda

• focused on understanding
and popularizing Filipino
traditional music
• researches and fieldworks
on traditional music
• composed songs inspired
by traditional music
Lucrecia R. Kasilag

• reinforces the Filipino's appreciation

to music by fusing Western
influences to Philippine Ethnic Music
• Director of Bayanihan Dance
Company
• Integrated ethnic instruments in her
orchestral production
 Ernani J. Cuenco

• remarkable singer, composer, film

scorer, and musician in his time
• incorporates kundiman elements in
his ballad love songs
• cellist in Manila Symphony Orchestra
• soloist Manila Chamber of Orchestra
Ramon Santos

• highlights Asia's and Philippines' rich

artistic tradition and features
elements from western and non-
western areas
• combined Philippine indigenous
instruments and vocals to orchestral
instruments and other instruments
from foreign nations
Dance

• Francisca Reyes Aquino

• Ramon Obusan
• Alice Reyes
• Leonor Orosa Goquingco
• Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula
Francisca Reyes Aquino

• researced on different folk

dances
• Folk Dance Pioneer of the
country
• published many books and
reseach regarding Philippine
dances
 Ramon Obusan

• promoted Philippine ethnic

dances and performed them
with respect and authenticity
• researched on different
ethnic groups throughout the
country
• Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group
Alice Reyes

• development of unique Filipino

modern dance idiom

• interweaved Philippine ethnic

dance, modern dance, and ballet
producing a one kind of
contemporary routine
 Leonor Orosa Goquingco

• Trailblazer
• Mother of Philippine Theater Dance
• Dean of Filipino Performing Arts Critics
• developed distinct productions using
balletic folkloric and Asian Styles
Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula

• studied the country's folk

and ethnic dances for four
decades and developed ethnic
choreographies

• Dance director of Bayanihan

Philippine Dance Company
Theater

• Daisy Avellana
• Rolando Tinio
• Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
• Salvador F. Bernal
• Severino Montano
Daisy Avellana

• First Lady of the Philippine

Theater
• classic Filipino and international
theater productions and plays
• Founded Barangay Theater Guild
• Philippine Theatera and
Dramatic Arts
Rolando Tinio

• stage director, pot, thespian,

and playwright
• director of Ateneo
Experimental Theater
• handled Teatro Pilipino
• National Artist for Literature
aside from theater
Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero

• theater teacher and artist

• mentored and trained many

performing artist

• introduced and popularized philippie

theater to different parts of the
country
Salvador F. Bernal

• theater designer
• local materials in producing
creative and unique sets and
costumes
• established PATDAT
(Philippine Association of Theater
Designers and Technicians)
Severino Montano

• Titan of the Philippine Theater

• promotes legitimate theater
• developed graduate programs
for theater arts
Take Away

MUSIC
• Antonio R. Buenaventura
• Jose Maceda
• Lucrecia R. Kasilag
• Ernani J. Cuenco
• Ramon Santos
Take Away

DANCE
• Francisca Reyes Aquino
• Ramon Obusan
• Alice Reyes
• Leonor Orosa Goquingco
• Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula
Take Away

THEATER
• Daisy Avellana
• Rolando Tinio
• Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
• Salvador F. Bernal
• Severino Montano