The Ten Mats of Sintang Dalisay; or, How Romeo and Juliet Became Rashiddin and Jamila

• Main Author: Abad, Ricardo G.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: Intercultural theater; collaborative intercultural theater; intercultural Shakespeare; Asian Shakespeare; Philippine Shakespeare; igal; Sama Bajau; Muslim–Christian relations
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/paha/vol10/iss1/2; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/paha/article/1078/viewcontent/PAHA_2010.1_202_20Preface_20__20Abad.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Based on Romeo and Juliet and a 1901 awit adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, the theater production Sintang Dalisay deploys, as its movement motif, the igal, a dance tradition of the Sama Bajau of the southern Philippines. The use of the motif influences other elements in the production, specifically...