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)
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
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 <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>