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LEONOR GOQUINGCO
24 July 1917 to 15 July 2005
Leonor Goquingco was appointed Philippine National Artist in creative dance in 1976.
In 1939, Leonor was the only dancer sent on the first cultural mission to Japan, at the age of 19. She created ‘The Elements’ in 1940, the first ballet choreographed by a Filipino to commissioned music. She also created ‘Sports’ during the same year, featuring cheerleaders, a tennis match and a basketball game.
The first Philippine folkloric ballet, ‘Trend: Return to the Native’, was choreographed by Goquingco in 1941. After the Second World War, she organized the Philippine Ballet and brought the famous Filipino novel, Noli Me Tangere, to life.
National Stamp Collecting Month 2010 #3337b, 10 Nov 2010
part of a se-tenant block of 4
National Artists of the Philippines Birth Centennials #xxx, 13 Dec 2018
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