The Chameleon Dance Theatre was established by Jojo Lucila and Ida Beltran in 1989 with the vision that its dancers be proficient in different styles of dance, as a dancer, a choreographer and teacher. Thus the inspiration to name it after the animal chameleon. Today the company is best known for its modern transformation and interpretation of Philippine folk movements, universal issues, personal arguments in narrative, abstract, intellectual conceptions in forms of Pop-Art Surrealism and new experimentation "Udol".
The artists of the company are trained in modern and classical ballet, with special training in jazz, folk dance, improvisation/composition and pedagogy. They have worked with various teachers and choreographers, as part of the company's goal to develop a wide range of repertoire that would showcase the dancer's strength and versatility- like Nonoy Froilan, Edward Malagkit, Joy Coronel, Melvin Martinez, Stanley Canete, CorazonJ. Inigo, Margie Gillis, Sheron Wray. They have also worked with several theatre directors like Tony Espejo,,Bart Guingona, Anton Juan, and Oscar Atendido. CDT members have been granted scholarships to Hongkong Academy of the Arts, England's Laban School of Movements, and New York's American Dance Festival. The
company have toured to different parts of the world exposing the Philippine cultures to countries like Germany, France, Italy, North America, U.S., Malaysia, Singapore, Japan etc.
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