“I am Mother”
iNay: Circle of Leaders and Learners
Metta gave birth to iNay. iNay means “I am Mother” and Metta is “Spirit of Loving Kindness”. iNay Metta, We are mothers and loving kindness is our spirit. We, in a circle is healing. We become each other’s healing. We are both doctor and medicine to each other.
iNay programs:
Kindness Kitchen | Entheos Oneness Retreat | Entheos Kindness Retreat | Artist Mentoring Program | Dance Your Prayer | Talking Circles | Salamat Space Gratitude Meditation | Culinary Classes | Meditation Circle | Breaking In Casting
Thank you for forming a circle with us! 🙏❤️
#iNayCircle #IamMother #MettaAssumption #LovingKindness
Metta Venues: Ballet Room
“Dancing is an art. The floor is my canvas and I am the brush. And whatever I create comes from the heart.” — Unknown
The Metta Ballet Room is located at the 2nd floor of Assumption College, San Lorenzo, Sports Complex; few steps away from the Mother Rose Auditorium (MRA). The room is ideal for dance lesson, training and rehearsals for more than 20 persons. It is well-equipped with air condition, lights, mirrors on the side, good sound system that could fill the entire room.
Metta Ballet Classes and Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Exams are held here at the Ballet Room. The public may lease the Ballet Room as a venue for dance lessons and rehearsals.
The Ballet Room is used for the Ballet Program of Metta. The Baby Ballet up to Intermediate Foundation students are trained using the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) technique in the said venue. Teacher Corina Vallejos, RAD certified teacher, teaches the fundamentals of ballet techniques through engaging floor exercises, balance workouts, coordination challenges, basic ballet position and a lot more.
“You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams.” — Gene Kelly
#MettaVenues #MettaBalletRoom #MettaAssumption
Metta’s William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet 2019 Fight Director - Joaquin Valdes
“Conflict is what creates drama. The more conflict actors finds, the more interesting the performance”. — Michael Shurtleff
Cast member of the UK and International Tour of "Miss Saigon" and "The King and I” — Joaquin Pedro Valdes staged the fight choreography for Romeo and Juliet 2019. Joaquin is one of the young veteran of the Philippine theater scene. He worked with some of the country’s top companies over the last 20 years. He was recently seen as “Mr. Wormwood” in Atlantis Theatrical’s Asian premier of Matilda.
Together with Joaquin, Batche Tan (Metta fight director and choreographer) ensures that every stunt works are safe and every fight scene looks realistic. Teaching the craft of staged combat also helped the actors to familiarize theatrical staging and combat techniques such as martial arts, swordplay, mock gunfights, and physical combat.
A good fight choreography can improve the overall quality of a play exponentially.
#MettaFightDirector #FightChoreography #RNJ2019 #MettaAssumption
Metta Dance Theater won the National Dance Competition for three consecutive years (2012-2014)
Metta Dance Theater (MDT), is multi-awarded school-based dance company of Assumption College. Its style is predominantly Modern Contemporary with cross-training in other disciplines: Ballet, Street Dance, Hip Hop, Jazz and Neo Filipino. Students are trained by Coach Jun Saagundo, after school for two hours daily in the different dance genres.
MDT is an After-School program that is focused on developing the complete performer: body, mind, heart, emotion, and spirit; providing extraordinary performing exercises that educate and inspire young people to the spirit of working together. Our creative contribution is for the transformative education of our students and audiences.
MDT began in 2006 when a group of students travelled to Tianjin, China for a festival of song and dance. The following year, they performed at the Sala Nervi in the Vatican for an audience of 7,000 pilgrims attending the canonization of Assumption foundress St. Marie Eugenie of Jesus. In school year 2008-2009, MDT embarked on a national tour performing at the St. Louis Theater in Baguio City, Assumpta Tech in San Simon, Pampanga, Assumpta Theater, Antipolo City and The Mall of Asia, Pasay City.
On the first attempt of Metta Dance Theater in 2012 National Dance Competition, they won first place under the Jazz category. The ladies of Metta Dance Theater won three consecutive years in National Dance Competition (2012-2014) under Jazz catergory and won other awards such as: Overall Most Original Dance Routine, Best Original Choreography and Best Costume Design.
Most recently, the girls shared their light and talent, and won First Runner-Up in 2019 National Dance Competition, Senior All Girls Jazz Category.
“Don’t clip their wings. Direct their flight.” – St. Marie Eugenie of Jesus
#MettaDanceTheater #MDT #NationalDanceCompetition #NDC #MettaAssumption
Investiture of Dr. Carmen Lourdes "Pinky" Valdes as the 9th Assumption College President, August 3, 2016
“A woman who leads in the axial age makes mystics. A mystic is someone who sees the world through different eyes.”— Dr. Pinky Valdes
Dr. Carmen Lourdes Valdes is a former nun and the first lay President of Assumption College, San Lorenzo. She was inaugurated as the 9th President of Assumption College, San Lorenzo last August 3, 2016.
Dr. Pinky was a symbol of a new era of Assumption oneness and spiritual partnerships of lay and religious, expressing a new awareness of life as one. She has an extensive background in spirituality, education, corporate executive, and a lot more. With her adaptive leadership, Assumption Community experienced innovation, quality and transformative education and love and compassion for people.
She is the first awardee of the Bravo Empowered Women for Education in recognition of her unwavering commitment to leadership and service. Also, she was one of the first two to receive the International Marie Eugenie Award at the Sala Nervi in Vatican, Rome for her role as project head and composer in "Assumption Together" during the canonicalization of St. Marie Eugenie in June 2007.
With her innovative perspective on education, through ABLe (Ability-Based Learning) that is authored by Dr. Valdes, Assumption College became more holistic, adaptive to change and expanded the educational system; to make education fun and transformative.
“The time has come for the kind of education that will give students. The opportunity to try different things. By trying different things, they will begin to learn which is their best gift and to catapult them on their own gift.” — Dr. Pinky Valdes
#DPVInvestiture #DPVInauguration #AssumptionCollege #TransformativeEducation
#FirstLayPresidentOfAssumption
Central Services Division (CSD) Gratitude Video for Assumption College President, Dr. Pinky Valdes "Heaven on Earth"
“Heaven On Earth” is a gratitude video for Dr. Carmen Lourdes “Pinky” Valdes for her compassionate, transformative, and innovative leadership and service to Assumption College, San Lorenzo. This wonderful gift is from Assumption College, Central Services Division (CSD).
“You have been a blessing. You are a blessing. I pray and I believe that you will always be a blessing wherever you are.” — Sr. Jo Concepcion, r.a.
Dr. Pinky Valdes, thank you for your vision of Assumption Education. Thank you for awakening us. We wish you more awakenings to the people you touch in the heart.
We believe that this is not the end. We believe that this is a calling to an even higher mission.
The God in me, loves the God in you. The God in you, loves the God in me. And if we all love one another, it has a name, “Heaven On Earth”.
“Your energy was amazing. Because of you Dr. Pinky, Assumption will forever be changed for the good.” — Mely Diaz
Song title: Miracles
Composer & lyricist: Dr. Pinky Valdes
Sung by: Leanne Mamonong
“Spectrum of Love” and “Falling into Love” Choreography by Lope Lim (for William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet 2019)
Dancer and Studio Company Member of The Washington Ballet — Lope Lim choreographed “Spectrum of Love” and “Falling into Love” for Metta’s Romeo and Juliet last November 2019. Lope dances classical ballet and contemporary dance. He is the son of Metta Artistic Director — Ana Valdes Lim.
As a guest choreographer, Lope enjoyed choreographing a free-style flowing movement to the play that requires the actors to be intimately knowledgeable of his body and to acknowledge how far and how tight it can move. The choreography allows Lope and the Romeo and Juliet cast to fruitfully and harmoniously collaborate.
“Dance are just so versatile and innovative that you can’t help but want to dance for more.” — Lope Lim
Video: An excerpt from “The Spectrum of Love” by Alan Watts
Music by: Nino Rota
Directed by: Ana Valdes-Lim & Erwin Gaspar
Choreographed by: Lope Lim
Video created by: Joseph Andal & Kate Paredes
“Spectrum of Love” and “Falling into Love” Choreography by Lope Lim (for William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet 2019)
Dancer and Studio Company Member of The Washington Ballet — Lope Lim choreographed “Spectrum of Love” and “Falling into Love” for Metta’s Romeo and Juliet last November 2019. Lope dances classical ballet and contemporary dance. He is the son of Metta Artistic Director — Ana Valdes Lim.
As a guest choreographer, Lope enjoyed choreographing a free-style flowing movement to the play that requires the actors to be intimately knowledgeable of his body and to acknowledge how far and how tight it can move. The choreography allows Lope and the Romeo and Juliet cast to fruitfully and harmoniously collaborate.
“Dance are just so versatile and innovative that you can’t help but want to dance for more.” — Lope Lim
Video: An excerpt from “The Spectrum of Love” by Alan Watts
Music by: Nino Rota
Directed by: Ana Valdes-Lim & Erwin Gaspar
Choreographed by: Lope Lim
Video created by: Joseph Andal & Kate Paredes
Marie Eugenie Theater of the Assumption (Metta).
Metta takes its name from the Pali word for “Loving-Kindness” and “Friendliness For All”. In the same essence, the Marie Eugenie Theater of the Assumption or Metta, combines drama, dance, and music to allow every artistic possibility.
Established in 2004, Metta was born at the same time the Mother Rose Auditorium (MRA) was undergoing major renovations. Named after St. Marie Eugenie of Jesus, Foundresses of the Religious of the Assumption, Metta exists so that each child realize their full potential.
Metta takes its cue from the Assumption education, whose vision is to develop women of character, faith and substance; women who will help transform society. St. Marie Eugenie, who passionately believed in the transformation power of education, encouraged her congregation to "discover the specific talents and grace of each child". With this vision, Metta encourages, nurtures and celebrates the creativity of children with productions that would raise the consciousness of the students and the public in general.
Juilliard-trained actress and Assumption alumna, Ana Valdes-Lim was invited in 2004 by the College President, Sr. Josefina Magat, r.a., to oversee the theater construction and run the theater organizations as Metta Artistic Director.
Originally designed as a student-based theater group, it slowly evolved to encompass the Assumption College, San Lorenzo community and has since been carrying on as a community theater. The programs not only create extraordinary experiences that educate, challenge and inspire young people, it united the Assumption Community in the spirit of volunteerism, and act as a catalyst for community involvement, inspiration and support.
In 2018, Metta gave birth to iNay with Kindness Kitchen, Entheos, Artist Mentoring Program, Dance Your Prayer, Meditation Circles, Salamat Space and Awakin Circles.
Marie Eugenie Theater of the Assumption (Metta).
Metta takes its name from the Pali word for “Loving-Kindness” and “Friendliness For All”. In the same essence, the Marie Eugenie Theater of the Assumption or Metta, combines drama, dance, and music to allow every artistic possibility.
Established in 2004, Metta was born at the same time the Mother Rose Auditorium (MRA) was undergoing major renovations. Named after St. Marie Eugenie of Jesus, Foundresses of the Religious of the Assumption, Metta exists so that each child realize their full potential.
Metta takes its cue from the Assumption education, whose vision is to develop women of character, faith and substance; women who will help transform society. St. Marie Eugenie, who passionately believed in the transformation power of education, encouraged her congregation to "discover the specific talents and grace of each child". With this vision, Metta encourages, nurtures and celebrates the creativity of children with productions that would raise the consciousness of the students and the public in general.
Juilliard-trained actress and Assumption alumna, Ana Valdes-Lim was invited in 2004 by the College President, Sr. Josefina Magat, r.a., to oversee the theater construction and run the theater organizations as Metta Artistic Director.
Originally designed as a student-based theater group, it slowly evolved to encompass the Assumption College, San Lorenzo community and has since been carrying on as a community theater. The programs not only create extraordinary experiences that educate, challenge and inspire young people, it united the Assumption Community in the spirit of volunteerism, and act as a catalyst for community involvement, inspiration and support.
In 2018, Metta gave birth to iNay with Kindness Kitchen, Entheos, Artist Mentoring Program, Dance Your Prayer, Meditation Circles, Salamat Space and Awakin Circles.
Marie Eugenie Theater of the Assumption (Metta).
Metta takes its name from the Pali word for “Loving-Kindness” and “Friendliness For All”. In the same essence, the Marie Eugenie Theater of the Assumption or Metta, combines drama, dance, and music to allow every artistic possibility.
Established in 2004, Metta was born at the same time the Mother Rose Auditorium (MRA) was undergoing major renovations. Named after St. Marie Eugenie of Jesus, Foundresses of the Religious of the Assumption, Metta exists so that each child realize their full potential.
Metta takes its cue from the Assumption education, whose vision is to develop women of character, faith and substance; women who will help transform society. St. Marie Eugenie, who passionately believed in the transformation power of education, encouraged her congregation to "discover the specific talents and grace of each child". With this vision, Metta encourages, nurtures and celebrates the creativity of children with productions that would raise the consciousness of the students and the public in general.
Juilliard-trained actress and Assumption alumna, Ana Valdes-Lim was invited in 2004 by the College President, Sr. Josefina Magat, r.a., to oversee the theater construction and run the theater organizations as Metta Artistic Director.
Originally designed as a student-based theater group, it slowly evolved to encompass the Assumption College, San Lorenzo community and has since been carrying on as a community theater. The programs not only create extraordinary experiences that educate, challenge and inspire young people, it united the Assumption Community in the spirit of volunteerism, and act as a catalyst for community involvement, inspiration and support.
In 2018, Metta gave birth to iNay with Kindness Kitchen, Entheos, Artist Mentoring Program, Dance Your Prayer, Meditation Circles, Salamat Space and Awakin Circles.
Metta iNay: After the Lockdown. Life goes on. The spirit lives on. Thank you for forming a circle with us. ❤️
Music: Heaven On Earth
Words and music: Dr. Carmen ‘Pinky’ Valdes
Singers: Vida Mirang and Maddie Delgado
Videography:
Kate Paredes and Joseph Andal
Directed by:
Ana Valdes-Lim
Metta iNay: After the Lockdown. Life goes on. The spirit lives on. Thank you for forming a circle with us. ❤️
Music: Heaven On Earth
Words and music: Dr. Carmen ‘Pinky’ Valdes
Singers: Vida Mirang and Maddie Delgado
Videography:
Kate Paredes and Joseph Andal
Directed by:
Ana Valdes-Lim
Metta iNay: After the Lockdown. Life goes on. The spirit lives on. Thank you for forming a circle with us. ❤️
Music: Heaven On Earth
Words and music: Dr. Carmen ‘Pinky’ Valdes
Singers: Vida Mirang and Maddie Delgado
Videography:
Kate Paredes and Joseph Andal
Directed by:
Ana Valdes-Lim
Metta iNay: After the Lockdown. Life goes on. The spirit lives on. Thank you for forming a circle with us. ❤️
Music: Heaven On Earth
Words and music: Dr. Carmen ‘Pinky’ Valdes
Singers: Vida Mirang and Maddie Delgado
Videography:
Kate Paredes and Joseph Andal
Directed by:
Ana Valdes-Lim
Metta iNay: After the Lockdown. Life goes on. The spirit lives on. Thank you for forming a circle with us. ❤️
Music: Heaven On Earth
Words and music: Dr. Carmen ‘Pinky’ Valdes
Singers: Vida Mirang and Maddie Delgado
Videography:
Kate Paredes and Joseph Andal
Directed by:
Ana Valdes-Lim
Metta iNay: After the Lockdown. Life goes on. The spirit lives on. Thank you for forming a circle with us. ❤️
Music: Heaven On Earth
Words and music: Dr. Carmen ‘Pinky’ Valdes
Singers: Vida Mirang and Maddie Delgado
Videography:
Kate Paredes and Joseph Andal
Directed by:
Ana Valdes-Lim
Metta iNay: After the Lockdown. Life goes on. The spirit lives on. Thank you for forming a circle with us. ❤️
Music: Heaven On Earth
Words and music: Dr. Carmen ‘Pinky’ Valdes
Singers: Vida Mirang and Maddie Delgado
Videography:
Kate Paredes and Joseph Andal
Directed by:
Ana Valdes-Lim
Youth Night in Rome (2007)
During the the canonization of Assumption’s Mother Foundress, St. Marie Eugenie, in Vatican, Rome, Italy; Sr. Diana Walters, Mother General of the Religious of Assumption was impressed with "Voice of Hope" - a musical performance about the life of St. Marie Eugenie. It was performed by Assumption College, San Lorenzo, students, faculty and staff.
Sr. Diana Walters requested Ana Valdes-Lim and Metta to direct the Youth Night in Rome. The Youth Night was attended by 20 countries from North America, Latin America, East and West Africa, and Europe.
It was a wonderful gathering of friends and Assumption Family, brought together by the holiness and passion of Mother Foundress, St. Marie Eugenie of Jesus. ❤️
“Be all Jesus wants you to be.” — St. Marie Eugenie of Jesus
Youth Night in Rome (2007)
During the the canonization of Assumption’s Mother Foundress, St. Marie Eugenie, in Vatican, Rome, Italy; Sr. Diana Walters, Mother General of the Religious of Assumption was impressed with "Voice of Hope" - a musical performance about the life of St. Marie Eugenie. It was performed by Assumption College, San Lorenzo, students, faculty and staff.
Sr. Diana Walters requested Ana Valdes-Lim and Metta to direct the Youth Night in Rome. The Youth Night was attended by 20 countries from North America, Latin America, East and West Africa, and Europe.
It was a wonderful gathering of friends and Assumption Family, brought together by the holiness and passion of Mother Foundress, St. Marie Eugenie of Jesus. ❤️
“Be all Jesus wants you to be.” — St. Marie Eugenie of Jesus
