Dennis marasigan biography

No one was surprised when Dennis Marasigan, a big name in Philippine cultural administration, theater, and movies was named Vice President and Artistic Director of the Cultural Center of the Philippines last November 2022.
 
Through the years, from his student days at the University of the Philippines to his early professional life, he had always proven himself capable in the performing arts.
 
His fascination for the arts began when he was a child.  In an interview with the Daily Tribune Dennis related, “My parents were public school teachers who later became principals and supervisors and, as a dancing pair, they taught folk dance to their pupils who were performing in mass demonstrations and school convocations.

Actually, my parents studied under Cielo Paz Belmonte, the dance exponent of the era. 

“And so, when my siblings and I were growing up and were enrolled in the public school, we learned several folk dances. We even had a family folk dance group compos