Choreography by Padmini Chettur
The ‘Varnam’ in the traditional dance repertoire of Bharatanatyam occupies the central position of any performance. In this work that re-engages this iconic material and music, a group of six dancers – some classically trained, others not – begin to unravel the meaning of the text, to re-physicalize the known language. Into the grid of the Varnam they bring references of contemporary text and their own personal voices of womanhood, body and sexuality.
The performers search for the parallel, often dissonant voice. Eventually the movement language that has been recognized for decades as the ‘Varnam’ is replaced by a body vocabulary that matches the rawness that the music holds.
Translation: Vivek Narayanan
Singer (recorded): Brindha Manickavasakan
Music: Maarten Visser, Dancers: Aditi Bheda Sharad, Madhushree Basu, Aarabi Veeraraghavan, Sravanthi Vakkalanka, Ramya Shanmugam, Padmini Chettur
Co-produced by: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea and India Foundation for the Arts
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