EXPERIENCE THE MOMENT
๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฃ๐๐โ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐: ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ก๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐
๐๐น๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ. ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐!
The same experience is repeated in all other nations where this production has been performed to, where the epic is Heritage.
A complete cycle of Transcreation. Meanings of a 3,000-year-old epic are reformed from its original Sanskrit text into modern-day languages, adapted to our Philippine settings, and now embracing communities of its origins.
โโฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ โฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ โฆ … ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโฆ” ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ก, Karnataka, I๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ
Between her husband RAMA and abductor LAWANA, SITA weighs her options. She has been freed by LAWANA to return to safety but decides to stay with her abductor to warn Rama of impending danger by Lawanaโs cunning plan. She risks being caught between the warring armies. Rama, his brother Lacsamana, and ally Hanuman are ready to attack, but Lawana confident of his immortality knows he will thwart the invasion and kill Rama.
Book & Mise-en-SceneSTEVEN P.C. FERNANDEZ ChoreographyIPAG CREATIVE COLLECTIVEย Choreography EnhancementsLEILANI FERNANDEZย & MELVIN PASCUBILLOย MusiGEEJAY LANGOISย andย STEVEN P.C. FERNANDEZย (arrangements and orchestration) DesignsVICMAR PALOMA,ย HERMI DICO, andย TRES CARTERAย Production Management and MarketingARLEM ABANESย Technical DirectorANDREW SALAZARย AnimationCHRISTIAN JAY LEGASPI
The Ramayana Album
2019 Dipotsava Festival, Ayodha, Uttar Pradesh, India
Oct. 24-26
REVIEWS
AYODHA
โโฆ a unique piece โฆ from (the) core of your heart and respect. Ramlila โฆ is not only about the showcasing (of) your actions or movement, it is always tuned with utmost devotion and insightโฆ . your performance was not only magnificent but also divineโฆ .โ
Anita Bose , Ramayana scholar and author (Ramayana: Footprints in SouthEast Asian Culture and Heritage):
MUMBAI
โโฆ fascinatingโฆ. I was enthralled by the performanceโฆ .โ โ Anand Neelakantan, award-wining novelist-screenwriter
KOLKATA
โMindblowing expressionsโฆ and the audience is awestruck!โ โ Indian Council on International Relations
โโฆbrilliant, mesmerizing, the best Ramayana Iโve seenโ โ Goutam De, Regional Director, Indian Council for Cultural Relations
NEW DELHI
โPowerful, energetic, flamboyantโฆ oh! What a performance โฆ . They left the audience gasping and wanting for more. They truly stole the show.โ โ Indian Council on Cultural Relations, New Delhi
โWhen the performance ends, โฆ the audience gather around โฆ the troupeโฆ . a standard gesture โฆ of respect and affectionโฆ . โฆ . the Philippines throws open a beautiful path to Valmikiโฆ .โ โ Sumati Mehrishi, Swarajya
BANGKOK
โThe Philippinesโ Ramayana was the bestโฆ India should watch your Ramayana.โ โ Dr. Saroja Vaidyanathan, foremost Bharatanatyan guru, India
โAwesome! Awesome!โ Thava Rani K Thavapragasam, Company Manager, Bhaskarโs Arts Academy, Singapore
โVery Impressive!โ โ Deputy Prime Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn
SINGAPORE โโฆ every way delightful. You name it- great, spectacular, powerfulโฆ. just great!โ โ Sarah Miller, University of Wollongong, Australia
โโฆ brilliantly appropriated โฆ. seamless staging, โฆ a proud and nostalgic momentโฆ.โ Dr. Joel Navarro, famed Philippine conductor and musician, Professor of Mathematics, Singapore Bible College after Calvin College