Dulang UP's Ang Nawalang Kapatid Online

I suspended my expectation of the power of film as a a medium watching Dulaang UP’s collaborative work of 2 theater geniuses, Dexter M. Santos and Floy Quintos in their adaptation of an Indian epic “Mahabharata. I convinced myself I was not watching a movie nor a musical but a play at UP Diliman.

Streamlined on YouTube is the 1994 play #AngNawalangKapatid Familiar with the duo’s previous theater works, the  online broadcast of a full edition high definition video capture is the theater groups’ contribution to keep the citizen at home during their uncertain CoVid-19 lockdown for the healing of the nation in time of stress and loss; indeed the play not only made me stay at home, it kept me glued me at my seat for almost 2 hours.

I followed the epic's story unfold without a souvenir program understanding the profound Indian epic message and appreciating the spectacular theatrical production. At home without the threat of the virus, I was already awed at the spellbinding work of creative art, the mesmerizing and stunning war scene and dramatic closing, more so had I experienced it at the front row of Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater.

Thank you for bringing one of the glories of world literature executed exceptionally well by Santos, Quintos, Javier, actors and Dulaang UP ensemble online.

It leaves a strong impression relevant during this time, "after the bloodbath and the journey to afterlife, there is a new dawn waiting."

Act One ends with “Ito na ang katapusan.”

Ang Nawalang Kapatid closes with this transcribed message:

“Ang lahat ng dumaan ay pumapanaw. Walang talo at lalong walang panalo. At doon sa kanilang panororooan, muli silang nagkita lahat. Di na nila maalala ang kanilang pinagawayan. Hindi na nila matandaan ang dating galit ang dating sama ng loob. Ang lahat ay walang saysay, walang halaga. 
At doon sa kanilang pinarooan, muli silang naging mga bata. Walang ganid. Walang panama Payapa at walang hanggang pagasa.

Kaibigan . . ., kaaway . . . Bukas puso nilang minasdan ang isang mundo, ang isang bagong mundo di na nila wawasakin.

Tama si Krishna, ang lahat ng nangyari ay para sa ikabubuti at sa inyong nakanood sa dakilang kasaysayang ito, tandaan, isapuso at isabuhay.”

Namaste!

Posted 29 March 2020, it has been viewed by 12k when I followed it.

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“'Ang Nawalang Kapatid' was a musical adaptation of the great Indian epic, The Mahabhrata by Floy Quintos, with original music by Ceejay Javier, directed and choreographed by Dexter Martinez Santos.

The musical featured an all- student cast essaying the roles of mythic and archetypal characters, all executing the breathtaking choreography led by Santos and his team. It was the highlight of Dulaang UP's 38th Theatre Season when it opened in February of 2014. The show was met with outstanding reviews and audience reactions that it revived in June of the same year as the opener of the 39th Theatre Season.

We are proud to bring you the show in its entirety. Hopefully the epic's message of harmony, achieved after a period of adversity, will ring true in these times.”

https://youtu.be/vISTL9hHTcc

https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/152188/the-spellbinding-ang-nawalang-kapatid/

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