Transforming Tradition in the Dance Drama Realizing Rama, 1997–2004: Documenting the Process of “Inter-Creation” in an ASEAN Production

• Main Author: Tiongson, Nicanor G.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: Ramayana; ASEAN; Southeast Asian theater; dance theater; Southeast Asian contemporary dance; Southeast Asian contemporary music; ASEAN performing arts; ASEAN Committee of Culture and Information
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/paha/vol9/iss2/1; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/paha/article/1296/viewcontent/PAHA_209.2_201_20Article_20__20Tiongson_20__202024Update.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This article seeks to illumine two aspects of the pioneering production Realizing Rama (1997-2004), a collaboration among artists from the ASEAN. First, it will describe and critique the process of inter-creation among traditional and modern artists that gave birth to a production style that was pal...