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October 12-14, 2005 Mallika Sarabhai: Hot Talas, Cool Rasas

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

October 12, 2005 Wednesday 7 PM
NATARAJA VANDANAM:
A celebration of Bharata Natyam, the ancient South Indian classical style, highlighting its power, strength, vigour and rythmic syncopations. The essence of this 2000 year old style is distilled in a fast paced half hour.
Dancers	Mallika Sarabhai, Akshay Patel, Arundhati Singha, Manoj Bagga, Sonal Sonaki, Revanta Sarabhai, Meenakshi Baria and Padmakumar.
Music	Darpan Musicians.
Lighting Design	Yadavan Chanadran.
INTERMISSION
CELEBRATION:
With music by famed violinist Dr. L Subramaniyam, this piece jubilantly couples Bharat Natyam dancers and jazz dancers in an exuberant finale of movement and rhythm.
Choreography	Mallika Sarabhai and Revata Sarabhai.
Dancers	Mallika Sarabhai, Akshay Patel, Arundhati Singha, D Padmakumar, Manoj Bagga, Sonal Solanki, Revanta Sarabhai.
Lighting Design	Yadavan Chanadran.

MY WORLD:
A contemporary duet inspired from the martial art form of Kerala, Kalaripayattu.
Choreography	D Padmakumar.
Dancers	D Padmakumar and Akshay Patel.
Music	Darpan Musicians.
Lighting Design	Yadavan Chanadran.

BIRD IN MY CEILING:
A series of 4 poems from famed actor Dipti Naval’s book Black Wind. The poems were written after the poet lived through the Hindu Muslim riots in Mumbai in 1992-93.
Concept & Choreography	Mallika Sarabhai.
Dancers	D Padmakumar, Akshay Patel, Arundhati Singha, Minakshi Baria, Sonal Solanki.
Music	Mallika Sarabhai.
Lighting Design	Yadavan Chandran and Mallika Sarabhai.

I RISE:
Mallika Sarabhai interprets Maya Angelou’s famous poem in an adaptation of a work created with Jonathan Hollander.
Dancer	Mallika Sarabhai.
Original Music	Frank Carlberg.
Adaptation	Mark Haydon.
Vocals	K Jayan.
Lighting Design	Yadavan Chandran.

October 13-14, 2005 Thursday / Friday 8 PM
MARKING THE SPACES:
An exploration of space, through bodies, movement and rhythm.
Choreography	D Padmakumar.
Dancers	D Padmakumar, Manoj Bagga, Akshay Patel, Sonal Solanki, Arundhati Singha, Minakshi Baria.
Music	Darpana Musicians
Lighting Design	Yadavan Chandran

TATTUKIZHI:
The Tattukizhi is the rounded stick, considered sacred, with which the nattuwanar (teacher) beats time in Bharata Natyam class. It beats the rhythmic, tala, from the dancer’s first steps to the end of her/his training. Tradition has it that God Brahma beat the rhythm for Shiva Nataraja when he danced. The stick is meant to be 3 ½ spans in length with five divisions, each blessed by the deities Indra, Rudra, Vishnu, Brahma and Surya. It is kept with great reverence and the student before commencing his/her classes bows to it. Similar to the conductors ‘baton’ in Western classical music, the Tattukizhi is wielded by the guru to play the various talas of Bharata Natyam. Here the choreographer celebrates the syncopation and syllabic variations in Bharata Natyam, playing with the intricate rhythms of 3, 5, 7 and 9 beats, combining them at times, at times, pitting them against each other, against the spoken syllable and the movement.
Concept, Choreography and Costumes	Mallika Sarabhai
Dancers	Mallika Sarabhai, Akshay Patel, Arundhati Singha, Manoj Bagga, Sonal Solanki.
Musicians	Jayan Nair, D Padmakumar, Revanta Sarabhai.
Lighting Design	Yadavan Chandran.

CELEBRATION:
With music by famed violinist Dr. L Subramaniyam, this piece couples Bharata Natyam dancers and contemporary dancers in an exuberance of movement and rhythm.
Choreography	Mallika Sarabhai and Revanta Sarabhai.
Dancers	Mallika Sarabhai, Akshay Patel, Arundhati Singha, D Padmakumar, Manoj Bagga, Sonal Solanki, Revanta Sarabhai
Lighting Design	Yadavan Chandran
INTERMISSION
KAUN:
Set to the music of India’s popular pop group, Indian Ocean, this Sufi poem questions the mores of society where, in hiding behind masks of wealth and power, we have lost the ability to look within ourselves.
Choreography	Mallika Sarabhai
Dancers	Mallika Sarabhai, D Padmakumar, Akshay Patel, Arundhati Singha, Manoj Bagga, Revanta Sarabhai, Sonal Solanki, Meenakshi Baria.
Music	Indian Ocean
Lighting Design	Yadavan Chandran.

I RISE:
Mallika Sarabhai interprets Maya Angelou’s famous poem in an adaptation of a work created with Jonathan Hollander.
Dancer	Mallika Sarabhai.
Original Music	Frank Carlberg.
Adoptation	Mark Haydon.
Vocals	K Jayan.
Lighting Design	Yadavan Chandran.

BIRD IN MY CEILING:
A series of 4 poems from famed actor Dipti Naval’s book Black Wind. The poems were written after the poet lived through the Hindu Muslim riots in Mumbai in 1992-93.
Concept & Choreography	Mallika Sarabhai.
Dancers	D Padmakumar, Akshay Patel, Arundhati Singha, Minakshi Baria, Sonal Solanki.
Music	Mallika Sarabhai.
Lighting Design	Yadavan Chandran & Mallika Sarabhai.

MY WORLD:
A contemporary duet inspired from the martial art form of Kerala, Kalaripayattu.
Choreography	D Padmakumar.
Dancers	D Padmakumar and Akshay Patel.
Music	Darpan Musicians.
Lighting Design	Yadavan Chandran.

TIC TOC:
Celebrating the power of movement.
Choreography	Mallika Sarabhai.
Dancers	Mallika Sarabhai, D Padmakumar, Akshay Patel, Arundhati Singha, Manoj Bagga, Revanta Sarabhai, Sonal Solanki, Meenakshi Baria.
Music	Revanta Sarabhai.
Lighting Design	Yadavan Chandran.

Post-performance discussion with Mallika & dancers moderated by Asha Uttara Coorlawala.

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