L2: Ballet in The Phlippines

• the medium of dance and ballet to interpret novels, folktales, and stories provides visual excitement as the characters come alive not in spoken dialogue but in body movements
• much of the communication is relayed in pantomine
• PANTOMINE - a performance in which a story is told without words by using body movements and facial expressions
• Filipino ballets vividly present folktales based on local fables
• LOLA BASYANG - a ballet adaptation of Severino Reyes' folktales Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang
• LOLA BASYANG - meant to instill and rekindle the interest of the Filipino youth in the beauty, richness, and heritage of Philippine literature
• 3 KWENTO NI LOLA BASYANG FEATURED THE FF STORIES:

  • Ang Kapatid ng Tatlong Marya
  • Ang Mahiwagang Biyulin
  • Ang Prinsipe ng Mga Ibon
• RAMA HARI : KING RAMA
• RAMA HARI - Philippine adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana set to music, dance, and drama
• RAMA HARI - originally presented on February 8-17, 1980
• RAMA HARI - creative team

  • Ryan Cayabyab (music, conductor)
  • National Artist Alice Reyes (choreo)
  • National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera (literature)
  • National Artist Salvador Bernal (theatre design)
  • CCP Philharmonic Orchestra