Coffeehouse Chronicles #127: Kinding Sindaw

The final Coffeehouse Chronicles of the season will focus on Kinding Sindaw. 

The dances of Kinding Sindaw originate from the royal court dances of the Maranao Sultanate- a repertory of the sacred, classic, and secular combining grace and vigor, dances that directly reflect their rich natural environment. Dancers imitate the graceful movements of birds, fish, butterflies, rivers, streams, and ocean trekking boats, celebrate fertility in vigorous choreography, sway delicately using colorful fans and scarves, and dramatically inspire through the martial art of silat.

Moderator: 

Ellen Anisha Guro

Panelists include: 

Potri Ranka Manis

Anne Berryl 

Corotan Naguit

Malaika Queano

Corky Lee (Photographer)

Special Guest:
Kira Danganan-Azucena
Deputy Consul General,  Philippine Consulate of New York

Performances include:

Yakan

Tiboli

Meranao

Maguindanao

Silat Martial Arts

Kulintang Ensemble | music pieces

Chants for Lemlynay | the epic of the Tiboli people

Chants for Darangen | the epic of the Meranao people

Coffeehouse Chronicles Curator: 

Michal Gamily 

La MaMa presents
Coffeehouse 
Chronicles #127: 
Kinding Sindaw

Saturday, June 13rd, 2015 @ 3pm
(The day after  Philippines Independence Day!)

Tickets: FREE!

The Club @ La MaMa
74A East 4th Street
(between Bowery & Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003

For Free Reservations & Info: CLICK HERE

Front Row Center on Pagbabalik

George Crowley of Front Row Center gives Kinding Sindaw's Pagbabalik 5-STARS:

"LaMaMa is the most extraordinary place. Our country may have no Ministry of Culture (except, unofficially, for ITI and the NEA) and no ongoing governmental commitment to the arts, but we have and have, for some time, had LaMama, where international boundaries of culture and tradition vanish, where the late Ellen Stewart was historically able to bring all manner of extraordinarily financed and visa’d artists to these shores, beyond the pale of what we all knew to be commercial or even commercially viable. The tradition continues. The Kinding Sindaw Melayu Heritage group is an ongoing resident artist group at LaMaMa ETC, founded over 20 years ago by Artistic Director Potri Ranka Manis to assert and reclaim her indigenous culture and empower and educate Filipinos through the use of ancient art forms."

Read the full review: HERE