DAVAO CITY – Dance icon Agnes Dakudao Locsin of Davao City is among eight National Artists for 2022 named by President Rodrigo Duterte through Proclamation 1390 on Friday.
Like Locsin, Ang Kiukok was a Dabawenyo, and so was Edades, dubbed “father of modern Philippine Art.” Born in Davao City in 1931, Ang Kiukok passed away in 2005 in Quezon City while Edades, who was born in Dagupan in1895, retired in Davao City where he died in 1985. Goquinco, described as “Trailblazer,” “Mother of Philippine Theater Dance” and “Dean of Filipino Performing Arts Critics,” was born in Jolo, Sulu in 1917. She passed away in 2005. Her father, Dr. Sixto Y.
As a student at the Ateneo de Davao in the late 1970s, Locsin collaborated with artists Joey Ayala and Al Santos for the rock opera, “Sa Bundok ng Apo,” where she did the choreography for Santos’ lyrics and Ayala’s music. They would collaborate again in “Encantada.” Before Locsin, five others had been named National Artist for Dance: Francisca Reyes Aquino , Ramon Obusan , Alice Reyes , Leonor Orosa Goquingco and Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula .
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