Abad, Ricardo G. and Santamaria, MCM (2015) Reconfiguring Folk Perfromance for the Contemporary Stage: Sintang Dalisay and the Igal of the Sama-Bajau in Southern Philippines. In: Folk Performing Arts in ASEAN, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Sintang Dalisay (Pure Love), a theatrical production based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and a Filipino metrical romance written in 1901, deployed the igal, a dance tradition of the Sama-Bajau, a Muslim community in Southern Philippines, as its movement motif. The use of this motif dictated other production elements, specifically the kind of music to be used, the decision to relocate the play in a Muslim community, the design of set and costumes, and the change of character names to more local appellations. The production adopted a collaborative approach to theater-making, working with local dance masters and musicians to teach actors and to align the reconfiguration of the dance with community practice. The result of this collaborative effort, laudable in general to audiences, also met with resistance from several fronts. This paper assesses the reception of the work, and finds that the task of reconfiguring folk performance, must contend with issues of cultural and political representation.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | theatre, Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Igal, theatre performance, Sintang Dalisay |
| Depositing User: | Machine Whisperer |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Oct 2017 06:45 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2017 06:45 |
| URI: | http://philippineperformance-repository.upd.edu.ph/id/eprint/2204 |
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