Bijayini’s new solo explores the mind of a woman
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May 06, 2021 22:36 IST
The Odissi exponent’s new work ‘Call of Dawn’ combines three musical pieces in raag Ahirbhairav
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The Odissi exponent’s new work ‘Call of Dawn’ combines three musical pieces in raag Ahirbhairav
“I do not want to be clever. It will be very simple, just a perfect turn is sufficient,” says Odissi exponent Bijayini Satpathy, when asked about conceptualising and choreographing her latest solo work, ‘Call of Dawn’. “I am not resorting to the typical movements of Odissi. It has a rich vocabulary. I am allowing my body to flow with the music.”
Abhishek Majumdar’s play Desdemona Rupakam is a mix of Shakespeare, feminism and traditional art
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April 09, 2021 14:32 IST
The play, featuring musicians MD Pallavi and Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy, will be staged in Ranga Shankara on April 10 and 11
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MD Pallavi and Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy
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The play, featuring musicians MD Pallavi and Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy, will be staged in Ranga Shankara on April 10 and 11
Desdemona Rupakam, directed by playwright Abhishek Majumdar, is a concert theatre piece that examines feminist narratives within Shakespeare’s Othello and traditional Indian mythologies.
The play, which will be staged in Ranga Shankara on April 10 and 11, looks at a scenario in Desdemona’s (Othello’s wife) life if she had made her choices and voiced her views on what is happening around her. It questions the absence of female voices that could have provided a deeper insight of Desdemona s