Localizing Shakespeare as Folk Performance: Romeo and Juliet, Sintang Dalisay, and the Igal of the Sama Bajau in Southern Philippines

• Main Authors: Abad, Ricardo G, Santamaria, M. C. M.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Intercultural theater; collaborative intercultural theater; intercultural Shakespeare; Asian Shakespeare; Philippine Shakespeare; igal; Sama Bajau; Muslim–Christian relations; Anthropology; Religion; Sociology; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies; Theatre and Performance Studies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/101; https://ajolbeta.ateneo.edu/paha/articles/223/2522
• 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...