
Man@ng is Deity is a live dance performance and film project by SF Legacy Artist Awardee and DanceUSA Fellow Alleluia Panis with original music by Joshua Icban and cinematography by Wilfred Galila.
Man@ng is Deity pays tribute to the lives of the 'manong' generation—the first wave of cheap imported Pilipinx laborers who powered the ever expanding needs of the developing United States empire. Inspired by real-life accounts of Pilipinx Americans between the 1910-1940s, this performance and film draws from public and personal narratives of their 8,000-mile immigration journey to America.
“Man@ng is Deity is a beautifully rendered experience that had me in tears by the very end. It runs the gamut of emotional experiences and history of the time of the manongs - helping us experience a history that many didn’t know existed.”
PERFORMANCES
