[NYTr] Bembaran--A Darangen Episode opening tonight, 12/6/07 LaMama NYC

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sent by Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory - Dec 6, 2007


NYC:Bembaran--A Darangen Episode opening tonight, 12/6/07

Come see Bembaran: A Darangen Episode, opening tonight at La MaMa ETC
http://www.lamama.org/, 74-A East Fourth Street (between Second and
Third Avenues), New York City.

Bembaran: A Darangen Episode is presented and performed by Kinding
Sindaw http://www.kindingsindaw.org/ with concept, choreography and
direction by Potri Ranka Manis.

Potri Ranka Manis is the founder and Artistic Director of Kinding
Sindaw, a company dedicated to asserting, preserving, reclaiming, and
re-creating the traditions of dance, music, martial arts, storytelling,
and orature of the indigenous peoples of the Philippines.

She is also a facilitator/trainer with the Theater of the Oppressed
Laboratory (TOPLAB) http://www.toplab.org and will present a workshop
called De-masking Stereotypes: An Approach to Healing through
Storytelling, from February 15 through February 17, 2008. Contact TOPLAB
at toplab at toplab.org for more information.

Kinding Sindaw is a dance theater ensemble in residence at La MaMa ETC
since 2000 and is currently celebrating its fifteenth year.

Bembaran: A Darangen Episode will be presented Thursdays through
Sundays, December 6 through December 23, 2007 at 7:30 pm (with an extra
performance on Sundays at 2:30 pm). Tickets are $20 and can be
purchased online at http://www.lamama.org/ or at the La MaMa box
office, 74-A East Fourth Street in Manhattan.

***

"Kinding Sindaw created magic...so enchanting that one hopes the
company can repeat it next year at this time...as fine wintertime
entertainment for the families who have overdosed on "The Nutcraker".
                                             --The New York Times

Come with Kinding Sindaw into the magical world of Bembaran. Bembaran
is a mythic place among the People of the Lake, known to be peerless in
its splendor and power. It is an episode from Darangen, a proclaimed
world treasure.

The story of the kingdom where the sun rises is a rare gem of cultural
survival. Ancient Filipino wisdom is portrayed in lyrically and
rhythmically, with grace and through lore. This is an epic about undying
loyalty and honor, a repository of ancient wisdom where we can look back
at the past while reaching our destiny to embody the jewels of morality
and high values. Intertwined with Perang sa Bayang 1902, a period in
Philippine history as yet unwritten but a vital missing link.

"The dancers interpreted the indigenous themes gracefully and
persuasively." --The Village Voice

Performed by Kinding Sindaw

Concept, choreography and direction by Potri Ranka Manis

Music by Ali Hadji Usman, Yukio Tsuji, Lisa Parker, Nur Noni Queano

Lights by Federico Restrepo, set design by Jun Maeda and stage
management by Shuhei Kinoshita

Featuring Amira Aziza, Amalia Suryani, Malaika Queano, Diane Camino,
Eugene the Poogene, Oliver Torretejo, Zeana Llamas, Reina Garnder,
Isabel Castillo, Christopher Jornales, Emil Almirante, Anisha Guro, Ali
Hadji Usman, Frank Ortega, Brian P. Glover, Brian Ortega, Kim Toscano,
Ezra LeBanc, Nodia Biruar, Zeb Dimaporo, Macky Datugan, Elinisha Rojan
Guro, Schaharazhed Guro, Joseph Ocasio, Ken Schatz, Annie Llamas


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"My fellow Americans, major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the
battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed."
                                        --George W. Bush, May 1, 2003

"...I told the American people that the road ahead would be difficult,
and that we would prevail. Well, it has been difficult--and we are
prevailing."
                                        --George W. Bush, June 28, 2005

"Our cause in Iraq is noble and necessary....America is engaged in a new
struggle that will set the course for a new century. We can and we will
prevail."
                                        --George W. Bush, January 10,
2007

"Prevailing in Iraq is not going to be easy."
                                        --George W. Bush, March 19, 2007

+U.S. military fatalities through May 1, 2003: 140
+U.S. military fatalities through June 28, 2005: 1743
+U.S. military fatalities through January 10, 2007: 3017
+U.S. military fatalities through March 19, 2007: 3217
+U.S. military fatalities as of December 6, 2007: 3886 (this figure
exceeds the number of people killed in all of the incidents that
occurred on September 11, 2001)

+Iraqi deaths due to the US invasion, as of September 2004 (estimated by
The Lancet): 100,000+
+Iraqi deaths due to the US invasion, as of July 2006 (estimated by The
Lancet): 654,965
+Iraqi deaths due to the US invasion, as of December 6, 2007 (estimated
by Just Foreign Policy): 1,127,552*

*These figures are based on the number of deaths estimated in The Lancet
(the British medical journal) study through July 2006, and then updated
based "on how quickly deaths are mounting in Iraq". To do that, Just
Foreign Policy multiplies The Lancet figure as of July 2006 by the ratio
of current deaths reported by Iraq Body Count (IBC), divided by IBC
deaths as of July 1, 2006. The IBC numbers, considerably lower than
those cited by The Lancet, Opinion Research Business (a British polling
firm which estimated 1.2 million Iraqi deaths as of September 2007),
and even the Iraq Ministry of Health, are based on the number of
fatalities cited in various news reports and have been criticized, with
much justification, for not giving an accurate assessment of the real
Iraqi death count. The much more rigorous and statistically-reliable
study, conducted by teams from Johns Hopkins University, Columbia
University and Al-Mustansiriya University, and published in The Lancet
in September 2004, put the figure at around 100,000 civilians dead.
However, that data had been based on "conservative assumptions",
according to research team leader Les Roberts, and the actual count at
that time was credibly assumed to be significantly higher. For example,
The Lancet study's data greatly underestimated fatalities in Fallujah
due to the surveying problems encountered there at that time. The
second Lancet study, released on October 10, 2006, indicated that
654,965 "excess" deaths of Iraqis have occurred since the outbreak of
the aggression and genocide committed by the United States against the
people of Iraq. The current figures provided by Just Foreign Policy
seem to be logically consistent with the increasing rates of death from
2003 to 2004, and 2004 to 2006.

Sources: http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
http://icasualties.org/oif/
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/
http://www.zmag.org/lancet.pdf
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1338749,00.html
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/Iraq_war.html
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php4?article_id=6271
http://olm.blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/Week-of-Mon-20041025/008279.html
http://www.thelancet.com/webfiles/images/journals/lancet/s0140673606694919.pdf

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