La MaMa LiveTalks: RENAYUNG
Featuring:
Dr. Federico Magdalena, PhD (University of Hawaii)
Dr. Elin Anisha Capal Guro, PhD (Mindanao State University)
Kinding Sindaw Artists
La MaMa LiveTalks: RENAYUNG
La MaMa presents La MaMa LiveTalks, conversations with artists, activists and thought leaders from around the country and around the world who join in discussions about art and life in times of crisis.
RENAYUNG: the magical boat from Derangen epic (Mindanao, Philippines). The cultural encounters and tracings of origins.
Serial Episodes of dances, kulintang music, chants and interviews of tradition bearers, artists and scholars. The convergence of ancient epics and unwritten histories that originated from far continents and past centuries and now has aligned to become the healing energies to face the current times of uncertainties.
It is the anchor of resilience and rebirth of the new empowerment of the people displaced and in diaspora. This episode is the review of Bembaran Intertwined with Perang sa Bayang. (La MaMa, 2007)
Featuring:
Dr. Federico Magdalena, PhD (University of Hawaii)
Dr. Elin Anisha Capal Guro, PhD (Mindanao State University)
Kinding Sindaw Artists
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Kinding Sindaw Melayu Heritage is a non-profit dance theater organization based in NYC, founded in 1992 . Their mission is to assert, reclaim, preserve , and re-create the legends, epics, myths and unwritten history of the Philippines. The dances of Kinding Sindaw originate from the royal court dances of the Maranao Sultanate - a repertory of the sacred, classic, and secular.
La MaMa LiveTalks
La MaMa LiveTalks are conversations with artists, activists and thought leaders from around the country and around the world who join in discussions about art and life in time of crisis. La MaMa will continue to use emerging technologies to create a new venue for artistic expression that questions how art can function and how we as a society can survive challenging periods of history.
Online Happenings
Presented by La MaMa and CultureHub, La MaMa is exploring ways to respond creatively to a situation that is potentially changing how we gather as a community in our theatres. La MaMa is working with CultureHub to provide online streaming of select productions and events on Howlround Theatre Commons.