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The New York Ramayana : Indian, Burmese, Filipino, three cultures in New York City / Lotus Fine Arts Productions ; producer and artistic director, Kamala Cesar.
LIBRA VHS GV1783.5 .N49 2001 pt. 1-2
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vālmīki--Film adaptations.
- Vālmīki.
- Dance.
- Philippines.
- Burma.
- Rāma (Hindu deity)--Drama.
- Rāma.
- Rāma (Hindu deity).
- Multiculturalism and dance.
- Dance--India.
- India.
- Dance--Burma.
- Dance--Philippines.
- Pantomimes with music.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videocassettes (125 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Ramayana
- Indian, Burmese, Filipino, three cultures in New York City
- Three cultures in New York City
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Lotus Music & Dance, 2001.
- Language Note:
- In English and undetermined Asian language(s); includes English subtitles that tell the story as the dancers perform it.
- System Details:
- VHS - NTSC
- analog
- magnetic
- stereo
- VHS
- Summary:
- Dance interpretation of Valmiki's Ramayana, an epic storywhose popularity spans south Asia. This performance brings together Indian, Burmese, and Filipino dancers, who alternate in presenting the story's various episodes in their own dance idiom, music, and costumes. A narrator, accompanied by a modern dancer, introduces segments of the story. Descriptive subtitles also clarify the action onstage.
- Contents:
- Part 1. Young Rama (Indian)
- The archery contest (Burmese)
- The wedding (Filipino)
- The conspiracy (Indian). Part 2. Exile in the forest (Burmese)
- The golden goat (Filipino)
- The abduction (Filipino)
- The search for Sita (Burmese)
- Hanuman's army (Indian)
- The battle (Filipino)
- The test of fire (Indian)
- The reunion (Indian/Burmese/Filipino)
- Finale (Indian/Burmese/Filipino).
- Participant:
- Narrator, Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore.
- Filipino dancers: Eric Reid (Rama), Desiree Seguritan (Sita), Jason Trinidad (Lakshmana), Frank Ortega (Ravana), Akim Ndlouu (Hanuman) ; Indian dancers: Bani Ray (King Dasartha), Nalini Singh (Rama), Myna Mukherjee (Sita), Nandini Sikand (Lakshmana) ; Burmese dancers: U Win Maung (Rama), Khine Zar Pwint (Sita), Tin Maung Cho (Lakshmana), Kyaw Tha Hla (Ravana), Ni Ni Hlun (Ravana's sister) ; modern dancer, Jaan R. Freeman.
- Credits:
- Artistic director (Filipino), Polri Ranka Manis ; artistic director (Burmese), U Win Maung ; artistic director (Indian), Bani Ray ; all music composed and recorded in Myanmar by Shweman Thabin Theatrical Orchestra, U Ko Ko and orchestra, The National Orchestra of Myanmar, and others.
- Notes:
- Recorded in performance at John Jay College, New York, N.Y., on November 3, 2001.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 53258442
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