Leonor Orosa Goquingco, who continued her teachers' work of blending folk dances and classical ballet inTrend: Return to Native, Noli Dance Suite, Filipinescas;

Remedios de Oteyza, who was known for her abstract ballets to music Rhapsody in Blue, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Serenade for Strings, Cappriccio Espagnol; 

Inday Gaston Mañosa with Four Elements, Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra with Eli Jacinto;

Rosalia Merino Santos, who would later on concentrate on modern dance and produced What is Dance, Feminine Gender, Ugaling Pilipino, Halina't Maglaro, Of Cocks and Kings

Julie Borromeo with Zagalas de Manila, Mir-i-nisa, Babae at Lalake, Philippine Revue, Merry Widow, who later became one of the leading exponents of jazz

Corazon Generoso Iñigo with Lam-ang, Jubilation, Gabriela, Sisa, Baile de Ayer

Alice Reyes with Amada, Itim-Asu, Company, Tales of the Manuvu, Rama, Hari, Romeo & Juliet, The Nutcracker;

Eddie Elejar with Masks, Juru Pakal, Kapinangan, Misang Pilipino, Rigodon Sketches, May Day Eve;

Tony Llacer with In the Beginning, Les Patineurs, Quintet, Triad, Hijinks, Variacciones, Movements Cinq;

Israel Gabriel with Duetto, Jazz Piece on Ice, Le Printemps Eternel, Rashomon, Caprice;

Fe Sala Villarica with The Diadem, Zodiac, The Santo Niño, Philippine Panorama;

Felicitas Layag Radaic with Mir-i-nisa, May Day Eve, The Prey, Nan-Pangkat, La Innamorata, Tanan, Tubig!;

Effie Nañas with Variations d'Amour, Images, Parvatti, Chopin Piano Concerto, Snow White;

Lydia Madarang Gaston with Buntot Pagi, Tree of Life, Halad, Anak Bulan;

Alcuin Pastrano aka as Al Quinn;

Manolo Rosado with Claire de Lune, Arms Etude, Serenata d'Amore;

Rose Borromeo;

Joji Felix-Velarde;

Kristin Jackson with Field, Arctic Archipelago, Mail Order Bride, Still Waters; and

Lulu Puertollano with Diego Silang

The second generation of dance artists were born with the subsequent formations of dance companies and opening of dance schools.  De Oteyza founded the Classic Ballet Academy in 1947, Orosa-Goquingco theFilipinescas Dance Company and Merino Santos the FEU Experimental Dance Group in 1958, Fe Sala Villarica the Queen City Junior Ballet in 1963, both in 1968 de Oteyza and Gaston-Mañosa formed the Hariraya Ballet Company; and Borromeo, Elejar and Layag-Radaic the Dance Theater Philippines.  These companies would produce significant choreographers like:
 

Modern dance was given an impetus by Alice Reyes with the CCP Dance Company (later Ballet Philippines).  Her company strove to excel both in modern and classical ballet thereby creating an expansive and impressive repertoire. With established and young choreographers were given an avenue for their artistic creations.  Most of the current choreographers came from the ranks or were developed in this company:
 

Innovative works have also been produced by the following, who all continue their choreographic pursuits in their respective regions.
 

Since the time of Adameit, Kane and Dubsky, several foreign choreographers would follow but three would stand out by enriching Philippine dance with their body of works:
 

1. Madame Sulamith Messerer who restaged Paquita, La Bayadere and Esmeralda

• Norman Walker - Season of Flight, Songs of a Wayfarer, Wanderings of a Wayfarer, Nijinsky
1. William Morgan - Ang Pilya, Cincerella, Nuances
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