IPAG’s Ramayana transcreation Sita: The Ramayana Revisited marks a milestone in Philippine Theater, being arguably the most performed Philippine Ramayana version in its place of its origin, India. IPAG’s Sita has enthralled audiences in New Delhi, Kolkata, Bangkok, Singapore, and Ayodhya, Rama’s sacred birthplace.
The documented video is the full-featured production of IPAG as Philippine representative in the 1st Mumbai Ramayana International Festival and chronicles the ways our Sita have been widely accepted. This performance performed with three other countries including the Cambodia’s Royal Ballet, Indonesia, and the host India. The performance took place at the large MMRDA, G-TEx ground, BKC Kalina, hosted by the Maharastra government.
Sita would have performed its Philippine premiere for the 2020 International University Theatre Association (IUTA) Festival at the CCP in August, including two other international festivals, but the pandemic has cancelled these appearances.
We have uploaded the video in installments, Part 1 (Introductions and Prologue) streamed today, July 2. Part 2 (Acts 1 and 2), and Part 3 (Act 3 and Epilogue) follows. We will announce the dates for broadcast of the next two parts.