In the picture (left to right) Alex Kawisenhawe Rice, grasping
our cultural concepts and Jonathan Joss, hoping for better weather.
THE QUEST FOR MADOC ENDS IN HOLLYWOOD Dalier Sylw travelled to Hollywood to hold auditions for Y MADOGWYS
(THE QUEST FOR MADOC). And some of Hollywood’s most popular Native American
actors and actresses turned up to the auditions held in Los Angeles
in December . THE QUEST is a new musical production to celebrate the bicentennial of Welshman John Evans’ journey from North Wales to remote parts of America in search of the descendants of 12th Century Welsh Prince Madoc – ‘the Welsh Indians’. Performed in Welsh, English, and Native American, the production is full of spectacle, ritual, storytelling, song and dance. With a cast of ten performers of Welsh and of Native American descent, Dalier Sylw gives contemporary relevance to a shared history. introduction
to Y Madogwys | SÊR HOLLYWOOD YNG NGHYMRU Yn ystod mis Rhagfyr llynedd, aeth Cwmni Theatr Dalier Sylw i Hollywood
i gastio. A daeth rhai o actorion brodorol enwocaf yr Amerig i’r clyweliadau
yn Los Angeles ar gyfer Y MADOGWYS. Cynhyrchiad newydd cerddorol yw Y MADOGWYS i ddathlu 200 mlwyddiant taith y Cymro John Evans o Waunfawr ger Caernarfon i ardaloedd anghysbell yr Amerig i chwilio am ddisgynyddion Madog ap Owain Gwynedd – "Yr Indiaid Cymraeg". Perfformir Y MADOGWYS yn y Gymraeg, Saesneg, a iaith yr Indiaid Brodorol. Mae’r cynhyrchiad yn creu gwead o’r hen a newydd; y traddodiadol a chyfoes; y Cymru ar Indiaid Brodorol; dawns a chan. Gyda chast o ddeg perfformiwr o dras Gymreig ac Indiaid Brodorol, mae Dalier Sylw yn darganfod arwyddocâd cyfoes i hanes ein pobloedd. cyflwyniad
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