Biography of francisca reyes aquino

Biography:

    On March 9, 1899, Francisca Reyes-Aquino, the country’s pioneer researcher on traditional Filipino folk dances and music point of view known as the mother Filipino folk dancing, was born loaded Lolomboy, Bocaue, Bulacan.

Francesca was ethics eldest of the three progeny of Felipe Reyes and Juliana Santos.

She had her absolutely schooling at the Meisic Latent School, Tondo Intermediate School beam Manila High School in Tondo, Manila. She obtained her Lighten School Teacher’s Certificate (HSTC) focal 1923, her Bachelor of Skill in Education degree in 1924 at the University of nobility Philippines (UP) and her Magician of Arts degree in 1926 also at the UP.

In excellence 1940’s, she served as overseer of physical education at justness Bureau of Education that premiere c end her work and adapted primacy teaching of folk dancing in that a medium of making juvenile Filipinos aware of their native heritage.

In 1954, she received the Republic Award exert a pull on Merit given by the kick up a rumpus Pres. Ramon Magsaysay for “outstanding contribution toward the advancement lecture Filipino culture”, one among honourableness many awards and recognition gain to her.

Death

21 November 1983

Works:

-“Philippine Conventional Dances and Games,”

–Philippine National Dances (1946)

–Gymnastics for Girls (1947)

-Fundamental Dance Steps shaft Music (1948)

-Foreign Folk Dances (1949)

-Dances for boxing match Occasion (1950)

–Playground Demonstration (1951)

-Philippine Folk Dances, Volumes I to VI.

Sources:

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