31/03/2026
CINBETH ENRIQUEZ-ORELLANO is CEO of Knapsack Company, which operates Knapsack Dance Studio & Café and offers production, artist management, and marketing services—bringing business savvy to the performing arts.
She is General Manager of Miss Asia Pacific International and a trustee of the Dance Council of Cebu. Her affiliations include Hip Hop International, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and Comjukai Aikijutsu (Combat Aikido instructor). She also serves as creative director of Sugbo Performing Arts and the Knapsack Dancers.
A longtime cultural leader in Cebu, she has served as Executive Director of the Cebu City Tourism Commission, Commissioner of the Cebu City Tourism and Sister City Commission, board member of the University of Southern Philippines Foundation Alumni Association, and overseer for the Sinulog Foundation Inc.
She launched and produced major events—Tartanilla sa Kilumkilum, Korea Day K‑Pop, Xin Nian/Red Lantern Festival, Diwali, Sinulog World Tent City, and Pasundayag—and helped organize Pasiyo sa Kabilin, Miss Cebu, and Lakbay Lingaw. As Cebu’s Protocol Officer she initiated the “Adopt a Flyover” project and a protocol seminar for Central Visayas LGU frontliners.
With 30+ years as an artistic director and 25 years as a choreographer and TV floor director for ABS‑CBN Cebu, she has performed with the Knapsack Dancers for over 33 years and toured internationally. Her team won Gold and awards for Best in Creativity and Excellence at the Powerful Daegu Festival (Korea) in 2024 and 2025.
Celebrating Women’s Month — one step, one story, one powerful movement at a time.
