A day after the world paid tribute to all women, leading search engine Google is celebrating another esteemed woman through an animated doodle of a dancing Filipina. Fondly called the “Mother of ...

But before these groups made it locally and worldwide came 5 women who developed and promoted Filipino folk and modern dance. Here are the names you should remember: 1. Francisca Reyes-Aquino.

MANILA, Philippines – Google on Saturday, March 9 paid tribute to National Artist for Dance Francisca Reyes-Aquino ... showed the country’s famous folk dances such as the Pandanggo sa Ilaw ...

Today, Nov. 21, is the 31st death anniversary of National Artist for Dance Francisca Reyes-Aquino. Acknowledged as a folk dance pioneer ... to the advancement of Filipino culture.

Francisca Reyes Aquino - the Mother of Philippine Folk Dances. Central Visayas delegates, most especially coming from Cebu, did not disappoint in attendance. During the customary streetdancing in ...

Yes, it is really sad that in the lonely task of searching for the lost fragment of Philippine culture through our folk dances, we fail to mention Francisca Reyes Aquino every time our folk dances are ...

March 9 is the birthday of Francisca Reyes Aquino, our first National Artist for Dance. Why do we remember her? What has she done to make our country proud? Was she not the first Filipino to go to the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Thanks ... them tirelessly rehearsing their dance routines for eight hours, from Tuesday to Saturday, inside Bulwagang Francisca Reyes-Aquino of the Cultural Center of ...