Dance artist Japhet Mari 'JM' Cabling majored in Philippine Folk Dance at the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA) and graduated cum laude from the University of the Philippines (UP) with a degree of Bachelor of Music (Dance). JM is the first graduate of the CCP Choreographers Series with his work 'Bent' (1st place in the Wifi Body New Choreographers Competition 2014), 'Nothing Special' (premiered in KoryoLab 2017; finalist at the 2019 Yokohama Dance Collection 2019 and recipient of Alvin Erasga Tolentino Koryograpiya Award), and 'Ang Lihim ni Lea' (as one of the featured artists of NeoFilipino 2019).

Currently, JM is the Program Director of Hiraya Fellowship Program and full-time dance faculty at Guang Ming College Tagaytay.