Biography of leonor orosa goquingco

Leonor Orosa Goquingco July 24 — July 15, was a Filipino national artist in creative dance, who was also known for breaking tradition within dance.

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She died on July 15, , of cardiac arrest following a cerebro-vascular accident at the age of She was a Filipino national artist in creative dance. She played the piano, drew art, designed scenery and costumes, sculpted, acted, directed, danced and choreographed. Her parents were Sixto Orosa and Severina Luna , both physicians who graduated from the University of the Philippines.

She was married to Benjamin Goquinco and had three children: Benjamin, Jr. She earned a diploma in education, majoring in English Literature from St. Scholastica's College Manila and graduated summa cum laude. She also took professional and teacher courses at the Ballet de Monte Carlo. In , Leonor Orosa-Goquingco was the only dancer sent on the first cultural mission to Japan, at the age of She produced Circling the Globe and Dance Panorama in the same year.