| October 12, 2005 Wednesday 7 PM |
| NATARAJA VANDANAM: |
30
mins |
A
celebration of Bharata Natyam, the ancient South Indian
classical style highlighting its power, strength, vigour
and rhythmic syncopations. The essence of this 2000 year
old style distilled in a fast paced half hour. Mallika
Sarabhai and the Company. Music recorded. |
10 minute intermission |
| CELEBRATION: |
11 mins |
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 by Mallika Sarabhai, costumes by Jodie Fried and lighting by Yadavan Chandran. |
| MY WORLD: |
7 mins |
A contemporary duet inspired from the martial art form of Kerala, the Kalaripayattu. Choreography D Padmakumar. Performed by D Padmakumar and Akshay Patel. |
| BIRD IN MY CEILING: |
12 mins |
Based on poems written from a mental asylum and those inspired by Hindu Muslim riots by Dipti Nawal, the piece is choreographed by Mallika Sarabhai and performed by the company. |
| I RISE: |
6 mins |
Mallika Sarabhai interprets Maya Angelou in an adaptation of a
work created with Jonathan Hollander. |
| |
| October 13-14, 2005 Thursday / Friday 8 PM |
| MARKING
THE SPACES: |
8
mins |
Choreographer
Padmakumar explores space through bodies, movement and
rhythm. |
| THATTUKIZHI: |
12 mins |
The Thattukizhi is the rounded stick, considered sacred, with which the nattuwanar (teacher) beats time. 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 1/2 spans in length with five divisions, each blessed by the dieties Indra, Rudra, Vishnu, Brahma and Surya. It is kept with great reverence and the student before commencing his / her classes bows to it, in reverence. Similar to the conductors 'baton' in western classical music, the Thattukzhi is wielded by the guru to beat the various talas of the 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 others, pitting them against each other, against the spoken syllable and the movement. Concept, choreography and costume by Mallika Sarabhai and lighting design by Kay Jamieson. |
| CELEBRATION: |
11 mins |
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 by Mallika Sarabhai, costumes by Jodie Fried and lighting by Yadavan Chandran. |
10 minute intermission |
| KAUN: |
7
mins |
Set
to the music of Indian Ocean, this sufi poem questions
the mores of society where hiding behind masks of welath
and power we have lost the true mirror to ourselves. Choreography
by Mallika Sarabhai. Performed by Mallika Sarabhai and
the Company. |
| I RISE: |
6 mins |
Mallika Sarabhai interprets Maya Angelou in an adaptation of a
work created with Jonathan Hollander. |
| BIRD IN MY CEILING: |
12 mins |
Based on poems written from a mental asylum and those inspired by Hindu Muslim riots by Dipti Nawal, the piece is choreographed by Mallika Sarabhai and performed by the company. |
| MY WORLD: |
7 mins |
A contemporary duet inspired from the martial art form of Kerala, the Kalaripayattu. Choreography D Padmakumar. Performed by D Padmakumar and Akshay Patel. |
| TIC
TOC: |
4 mins |
It
is a celebration of rhythm and movement. Choreography
by Mallika Sarabhai and music by Revanta Sarabhai. |
