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List Of Filipino Americans
This is a list of Filipino Americans who have made significant contributions to the American culture, politics, or society. It also includes those with notable mentions in the American media. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Filipino American or must have references showing they are Filipino American and are notable. List Arts and letters Dance *Stella Abrera – ballet dancer *Cheryl Burke – ballroom dancer, participant in ''Dancing with the Stars'' * Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido – member of Quest Crew and alumnus of ''So You Think You Can Dance'' *Jeffrey Cirio - ballet dancer *Napoleon D'umo – hip-hop choreographer on ''So You Think You Can Dance'' since season four and supervising choreographer for ''America's Best Dance Crew'' *Angelica Generosa – ballet dancer *Cris Judd – choreographer *Charles Klapow – choreographer for all three ''High School Musical'' films, '' The Ice Tour'', and ''The Cheetah G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipino Americans
Filipino Americans ( fil, Mga Pilipinong Amerikano) are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipinos and other Asian ethnicities in North America were first documented in the 16th century as slaves and prisoners on ships sailing to and from New Spain (Mexico) and a handful of inhabitants in other minute settlements during the time Louisiana was an administrative district of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Mexico). Mass migration did not begin until the 20th century, when the Philippines was a U.S. territory. As of 2019, there were 4.2 million Filipinos, or Americans with Filipino ancestry, in the United States with large communities in California, Hawaii, Illinois, Texas, and the New York metropolitan area. Terminology The term ''Filipino American'' is sometimes shortened to ''Fil-Am'' or '' Pinoy''. Another term which has been used is ''Philippine Americans''. The earliest appearance of the term ''Pinoy'' (feminine ''Pinay''), was in a 1926 issue of the ''Filipino Student Bulle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Klapow
Charles "Chucky" Klapow (born July 5, 1980) is an American choreographer and dance instructor who has performed and choreographed for various performers and several television and stage productions. He is also known for his teachings on the mental approach to dance. Klapow's mother is Filipino, and his father is European-American. Life and career Klapow began his dancing career aged 12, dancing for Patti LaBelle, Celine Dion, Sheila E., Salt-N-Pepa, Melissa Etheridge, and others in an all-star concert for the Pediatric AIDS Foundation. This included a dancing spot in the Paula Abdul music video "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah". By the time he was 15, Charles was an assistant to Choreography, choreographer and mentor Marguerite Derricks. He assisted Marguerite and danced in ''Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'' (1997), ''3rd Rock from the Sun'', ''Fame L.A.'', among others. Charles created a dance company with partner Wade Robson in the mid-1990s called L.A. Images. In the fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Elynia S
Ruth (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France Switzerland * Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny United States * Ruth, Alabama * Ruth, Arkansas * Ruth, California * Ruth, Louisiana * Ruth, Pulaski County, Kentucky * Ruth, Michigan * Ruth, Mississippi * Ruth, Nevada * Ruth, North Carolina * Ruth, Virginia * Ruth, Washington * Ruth, West Virginia In space * Ruth (lunar crater), crater on the Moon * Ruth (Venusian crater), crater on Venus * 798 Ruth, asteroid People * Ruth (biblical figure) * Ruth (given name) contains list of namesakes including fictional * Princess Ruth or Keʻelikōlani, (1826–1883), Hawaiian princess Surname * A. S. Ruth, American politician * Babe Ruth (1895–1948), American baseball player * Connie Ruth, American politician * Earl B. Ruth (1916–1989), American politician * Elizabeth Ruth, Canadian novelist * Kristin Ruth, American judge * Nancy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrado Gempesaw
Conrado "Bobby" Gempesaw is an academic administrator who served as the 17th president of St. John's University in New York City. He is the first layperson to hold the position since the university's establishment in 1870, as all 16 prior presidents were Vincentian priests. Early life and education Gempesaw is a native of the Philippines and immigrated to the U.S. in 1980 after earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Ateneo de Davao University. After settling in the United States, he earned a Master of Science in Agricultural Economics degree from West Virginia University and a Ph.D in Agricultural Economics from Pennsylvania State University. Career Gempesaw is the second Filipino-American to serve as a college president of a doctoral research university in the United States. Prior to his role as president, he served as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He also served as dean and tenured professor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best public universities in the United States. Founded in 1870 as the state's land-grant university and the ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862, Ohio State was originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College and focused on various agricultural and mechanical disciplines, but it developed into a comprehensive university under the direction of then-Governor and later U.S. president Rutherford B. Hayes, and in 1878, the Ohio General Assembly passed a law changing the name to "the Ohio State University" and broadening the scope of the university. Admission standards tightened and became greatly more selective throughout the 2000s and 2010s. Ohio State's political science department and faculty have greatly contri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jose B
Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. * Jose ben Abin * Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galilean *Jose ben Halafta *Jose ben Jochanan *Jose ben Joezer of Zeredah * Jose ben Saul Given name Male * Jose (actor), Indian actor * Jose C. Abriol (1918–2003), Filipino priest * Jose Advincula (born 1952), Filipino Catholic Archbishop * Jose Agerre (1889–1962), Spanish writer * Jose Vasquez Aguilar (1900–1980), Filipino educator * Jose Rene Almendras (born 1960), Filipino businessman * Jose T. Almonte (born 1931), Filipino military personnel * Jose Roberto Antonio (born 1977), Filipino developer * Jose Aquino II (born 1956), Filipino politician * Jose Argumedo (born 1988), Mexican professional boxer * Jose Aristimuño, American political strategist * Jose Miguel Arroyo (born 1945), Philippine lawyer * Jose D. Aspiras (1924–1999), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Moines Metro Opera
Des Moines Metro Opera is an opera company in Indianola, Iowa, a town of approximately 14,000 inhabitants which lies some south of Des Moines, Iowa. It was founded by Robert L. Larsen and Douglas Duncan in 1973. The director is Michael Egel. During its annual summer opera festival, the company performs three mainstage operas in rolling repertory during June and July. Programming Most of the company's opera productions are performed at the Blank Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Simpson College. In 1986 the company presented a new opera based on Shakespeare's ''The Tempest'', with music by Lee Hoiby and a libretto by Mark Shulgasser. The company's first performance of an opera in a language other than English was ''Tosca'' in 1998, at the Civic Center in Des Moines. Singers Singers who had their start with the company include Kimm Julian Kimm is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bruce Kimm (born 1951), American baseball player, manager and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Nebraska Omaha
The University of Nebraska Omaha (Omaha or UNO) is a public research university in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1908 by faculty from the Omaha Presbyterian Theological Seminary as a private non-sectarian college, the university was originally known as the University of Omaha. Originally meant to provide a Christian-based education free from ecclesiastical control, the university served as a strong alternative to the city's many successful religiously affiliated institutions. Since the year 2000, the university has more than tripled its student housing and opened a 450-bed student dormitory and academic space on its Scott Campus in 2017. It has also recently constructed modern facilities for its engineering, information technology, business, and biomechanics programs. UNO currently offers more than 200 programs of study across 6 different colleges and has over 60 classroom, student, athletic, and research facilities spread across 3 campuses. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Castro Baguyos
Jeremy Castro Baguyos (born 1968 in Quezon City, Philippines) is a musician-researcher specializing in the realization of live interactive computer music. Based at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (USA), he is a Professor of Music. His most notable contributions to the field are in the area of live performance combined with interactive computer technology. For the state of Nebraska (USA), Baguyos established the state's first interactive computer music ensemble, Ensemble A.M.I. (Artificial Music Initiative), in conjunction with its first and only electronic music festival featuring interactive computer music, Virtual Music Week. For his own instrument, the double bass, he was one of the early practitioners of interactive computer music performance on the double bass. Inspired by the early electronic pioneers such as Robert Black and Bertram Turetzky and building on foundational studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Baguyos studied computer music at the Peab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken San Jose
Kenneth Paul San Jose (born April 10, 2002) is an American dancer. He finished 3rd place in the final round of ''World of Dance Philippines''. Career San Jose was born on April 10, 2002 in Los Angeles. In 2014, he decided to dance instead of singing and started to train in formal hip-hop. He currently learns dancing from various studios, including Movement Lifestyle and Millennium Dance Complex. He changed some dance instructors in order to learn some more moves. He appears on several TV ads and videos for Kidz Bop 27 & 29 TruTv’s Fake Off, 2015 ABC Mouse, 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards and MTV Mexico. In 2018, he joined ''World of Dance Philippines'' to become a more popular dancer. He entered the Juniors Division and made it to the finals. In April 2019, he released the singles "Lose Control." In 2020, he released "A Chance To Hold." Later in 2020, he released a Taglish single called Halma. Personal life San Jose's father, Cres San Jose, an Ilonggo from Bacolod, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Sandoval
Dominic Kyle Sandoval (born October 15, 1985), better known as D-Trix, is an American dancer, YouTube personality, television personality, and actor. He is a member of Quest Crew and former member of Fallen Kingz. Sandoval was a contestant on the third season of ''So You Think You Can Dance'', in which he placed in the Top 8. He then won the third season of ''America's Best Dance Crew'' as a part of Quest Crew. After his win, he became a judge on the show. In 2012, Sandoval became the host of the online web series ''Dance Showdown''. In 2019, Sandoval returned to ''So You Think You Can Dance'' as a judge on the 16th season. He was also one of the choreographers for the ''World of Dance'' season 2 winning team, The Lab along with Valerie Ramirez, the owner of The Lab Creative Arts Studio, Carrie Calkins, and several other crews. Early life Sandoval was born in Roseville, California to Filipino American parents. He was adopted by his step-father Conrad Pete Sandoval at the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Puspos
Brian Puspos is a Filipino-American choreographer & recording artist from Houston, Texas. He was a member of SoReal Cru, who were declared runners up in Season 2 of the America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC) championship in 2008. Later, in season 7 of ABDC, Puspos performed with Most Wanted Crew in 2012. In 2012 and 2014, he received the Male Choreographer of the Year title by World of Dance. Early life Puspos was born and brought up in Houston, Texas. A Filipino by heritage, he went to Cypress Creek High School (Harris County, Texas). Puspos looked to shows such as ''Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' and ''Martin'' as a source of influence and inspiration into his choreography. He spent his childhood years as a backup dancer, choreographing and performing at local talent shows and for various upcoming Houston artists. Career Puspos conducts workshops, teaches and performs in more than 40 countries across the world. He has worked with and choreographed videos for various popular artists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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