Samyoga - T0475327616Southbank Centre is delighted to present Nrityagram's first ever UK performance as part of Alchemy 2015. A world-renowned centre for the practice and teaching of Odissi dance, based outside Bangalore in India, their holistic practice has earned them an international reputation. In Samyoga, ancient wisdom, sacred rituals and divine transformation are unveiled and interpreted through electrifying dance. Watch and witness a sacred transfiguration: from stage to temple, from woman to goddess. | |
| 19 May 15 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L0426985509 |
Sriyah - T0121106018In vibrantly coloured traditional costumes of deep crimsons, ochres and greens, The Nrityagram Dance Ensemble transports you to the ornately carved surroundings of a traditional Indian temple - and make it spring to life. With a title derived from the sanskrit word Sri meaning ‘the divine female principle' Sriyah is a selected programme of works created by the company over the past decade. Aakriti is an abstract dance, accompanied by a singer repeating a simple refrain, starting slowly and building to a crescendo of intricate patterns created by dancers with bells on their feet. The lyricism and curved body lines of Indian temple sculptures are evoked in the fluid,sensuous movements. The intimate, understated beauty of Srimayi is inspired by a 12th-century romantic poem. Vibhakta, named by The New Yorker as Best Dance of the Year at its premiere in 2008, brings the programme to a life-affirming climax. The piece is both love song and celebration of the ‘duality' of the human spirit as one voice and one dancer become joyously, endlessly entwined. Duration: 2hrs approxChoreographer Surupa Sen. Music Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi. Music Srinibas Satapathy (rhythm composer). Music Dhaneswar Swain (rhythm composer). Music Surupa Sen (rhythm composer). Lighting Lynne Fernandez. Costume Ghulam Rasool Tailor. | |
| 26 Aug 11 to 29 Aug 11 | King's Theatre, Edinburgh :: V601 listing details L01123054069 |
