From www.livemint.com
From pre-schoolers and kindergartners dancing and prancing on the stage as forest animals to high school students delivering long dialogues and melodies as the main protagonists, the annual production Ramayana by the California-based Mount Madonna School as its end-of-year performance is a feast of sorts.
The 46th-year production is a revered and loved tradition by not only the school’s students but also the teachers, parents, non-teaching staff, and alumni who volunteer at the school’s annual production.
The longest-running Broadway-style show in the western hemisphere, based on the ancient epic, took place this year at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose from 5 June through 8 June. An amalgamation of varied skills of the students, ranging from ballet moves, traditional Indian classical dancing and acrobatics to singing and acting, was all on display via creatively intermingled dance choreographies, songs and other parts. The school show evolves annually, mingling the old parts with the new.
