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Jothi Raghavan
10/31/2007
Solo Dance Theater
Concept, choreography, performance: Anita Ratnam
Choreographic consultant: Hari Krishnan (inDance, Canada)
Music design: Anil Srinivasan, KSR Aniruddha
Voice: Sikkil Gurucharan, O.S.Arun
Sacred chant: Pradeep Chakravarthy & Revathy Sankkaran
Costume & visual design: Rex
Lighting design: Victor Paulraj
Date: Sunday 11th November2007
Time: 4:30 pm
Venue: Sorenson Theater, Babson College, Wellesley, MA
Tickets: $35,$25, $15 ($15 tickets for students and senior citizens at $10)
Buy Tickets: www.lokvani.com/AnitaRatnam
About the Dancer
As a choreographer, collaborator
and scholar, Anita Ratnam's solo and group performances reflect a
unique ability ot combine the traditional and the contemporary streams
of India's dance history. Her personal movement style is called NEO
BHARATAM, which draws from the early 6th century sacred aural and
gestural language and arcs forward into 21st century to theatre
and staging influences.
In a quest for universal
harmony, she explores the full range of classical and contemporary
dance, spanning east-west rhythms, purity and promiscuity, space-time
equations and gender issues.
Visit Anita Ratnam's website www.arangham.com
Neelam - The Dance Theater
A solo psalm of music and movement painted in the many hues of the
skies and oceans, praising and adoring the Lord: Sriman Narayana /
Vishnu
A suite of dances inspired by the meditative corridors of Vishnu temples.
Nambi and Sri, Andal and Madhusudhana, Krishna and Radha and finally,
Rama and Sita are the characters who draw a historical arc from
the 8th to the 18th centuries, creating moments of passion and
devotion, re-imagined by Anita for a modern audience.
Drawing from ritual, liturgical and temple texts, Anita Ratnam has
created an evening length work that is and rich in imagery and allegory.
The visual and costume design reflects the androgynous male/female qualities that appear in India’s sacred texts.
charge tickets on line www.lokvani.com/AnitaRatnam Contact :Jothi Rghavan (978)392-4677
jothi@indianperformingarts.org
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