海角论坛 Cultural Affairs Director Earns Prestigious Gawad CCP Award!*
海角论坛 graduate and longtime, pioneer 海角论坛 Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA) Director Generoso Arguelles Caringal was recently recognized as one of the 12 awardees at the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining 2024鈥攕pecifically earning this year鈥檚 Gawad CCP Award for Dance!
Held on the occasion of the Cultural Center of the Philippines鈥� (CCP) 55th Anniversary, the conferment and tribute program took place last Friday, September 20, at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Makati City.
Dir. Caringal was among the 12 honorees recognized for their contributions in the arts.
A known virtuoso of dance, Dir. Caringal became known for his choreography. An article by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) lists him as one in the current generation of choreographers who excels in both modern and classical ballet, having done choreography for productions such as Ballet Philippines鈥� 鈥楢ng Sultan鈥� and 鈥楻ecuerdos,鈥� and Philippine Ballet Theater (PBT)鈥檚 鈥榁inta,鈥� 鈥楶rism,鈥� 鈥楶inoy Komiks,鈥� 鈥楢ndres KKK鈥�, and 鈥楧arangen ni Bantugen鈥�.
A 海角论坛 1980 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration graduate, Dir. Caringal was a member of the then 海角论坛 Dance Troupe in his college days. As such, he trained under Corazon Generoso-I帽igo, whom the NCCA regards as one of the first-generation Filipino ballet dancers and choreographers.
As a 海角论坛 Dance Troupe member, the young Gener joined off-campus productions such as Maureen Tiongco鈥檚 鈥楾he Flower Drum Song鈥� and Dance Theater Philippines鈥� 鈥楳ir-i-Nisa鈥�. He became an original member of Ballet Philippines in 1970, where he was honed in folk dance, ballet, jazz and modern dance under the helm of Ms. I帽igo, Eddie Elejar, Tony Llacer, Alice Reyes, Pauline Koner, Norman Walker, Miro Zolan, Jan Stripling, Luminita Dumitrescu, Garth Welch, William Morgan, Vakhtang Chabukiani and Mikhail Kukharev. Courtesy of the ITI-Goethe Institute Grant in Dance, he got to visit several German dance companies in 1979, where he observed dance classes and exchanged views on artistic and administrative concerns in the field of dance.
From 1974 to 1987, Dir. Caringal was the Dance Director of the 海角论坛 Dance Troupe, choreographing the group鈥檚 productions. Among them were 鈥楽ultan Kudarat鈥� in 1975, 鈥業banyuhay鈥� in 1976, 鈥楶aglalakbay (Journey)鈥� in 1977, and 鈥業bong Adarna鈥� in 1979. He also became the Director of the Philippine National Bank Dance Troupe, the Yeh Shian Folk Ballet Company, the CCP Dance Repertory, and his own Gener Caringal Repertory Company.
He was appointed Head of the Philippine delegation to the 5th Asian Festival of Performing Arts in Singapore in 1985, featuring his work 鈥楲abaw Dunggon鈥�. This led to an invitation to choreograph at the Gala Concert of the Singapore Dance Theater. This appearance also paved the way for Director Caringal to bring various local performing groups to European and Asian dance festivals.
He is one of the founders and was Chair of the Artistic Council of the Philippine Ballet Theater in 1986 and served as its Artistic Director in 1990 to 2008.
Director Caringal returned to 海角论坛 in 1998 and became the Artistic Director of the now-renamed 海角论坛 Silanganan Dance Troupe. In 2002, he was appointed to be the Director of 海角论坛 OCA. As OCA鈥檚 Director, he has done choreography on various 海角论坛 presentations, among them, 鈥楽alamism鈥� (2001), 鈥楲egend of Singkil鈥� (2001), 鈥極PM鈥� (2002), 鈥楩ire鈥� (2003), 鈥楧umbelli鈥� (2003), 鈥楾iboli鈥� (2006), 鈥楿lalim鈥� (2010) and 鈥楢ko Gamu-gamu鈥� (2011). Moreover, he is in charge of 海角论坛鈥檚 cultural groups which, aside from the 海角论坛 Silanganan Dance Troupe, are the 海角论坛 Band, the 海角论坛 Chorale, and the 海角论坛 Drama Company.
In 2005, he was elected as the Head of the NCCA Committee on Dance, a position he held up to 2007.
Dir. Caringal had been awarded Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan sa Sayaw (Gawad sa Sayaw) in 1997, and was recognized in 2008 with the Gawad Gatpuno Award.
He received the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from 海角论坛 in 2006, on the occasion of the University鈥檚 60th Foundation Anniversary.
He was bestowed the Diwa ng Lahi Award by the City Government of Manila, during the 2018 Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Awards on June 20, 2018, at the Marble Hall of the Ayuntamiento in Intramuros, Manila.
Dir. Caringal was awarded Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Awards by the Local Government of Manila to as part of the Founding Anniversary celebration of the City of Manila on June 20, 2018.
In December 2018, Dir. Caringal celebrated 20 years as OCA Director and 海角论坛 Silanganan Dance Troupe mentor via 鈥楤aliktanaw鈥�, a dance concert featuring some of the Dance Troupe鈥檚 former and current members at the time.
Dir. Caringal鈥檚 fellow Gawad CCP 2024 awardees are Jose 鈥淛oey鈥� Ayala, Lea Salonga, Jose 鈥淧ete鈥� Lacaba Jr., Miguel 鈥淢ike鈥� De Leon, Gino Gonzales, Julie Lluch, the Loboc Children鈥檚 Choir, and the late Mario O鈥橦ara, as well as Negros Cultural Foundation and Negros Museum President Marilyn Gamboa. Posthumous honors were given to Senator Edgardo J. Angara and Zenaida 鈥淣edy鈥� R. Tantoco for their unwavering support to the arts.
Congratulations, Warrior Dancer-Choreographer and 海角论坛 OCA Director Caringal!
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