While the world is running behind modernism, we have three people in the city who are holding onto tradition while not letting go of their passion. Poornima Kaushik, Vikram and Aparna, hailing from three diverse art backgrounds, have found a common platform to share their expertise with the world. They have come together to put up a performance The Dancing Tales, which will tell the story of Ghatotkacha.
The play promises to be a perfectly-weaved performance around our tradition and uses dance as its key ingredient. For the dance the trio have used a fusion of Bharathanatya and semi-classical movements. The music, they say, is a potpourri of Carnatic vocal, Hindustani tabla and Western classical keyboard.
“It is a challenge for the performers as well as the audience,” says Poornima. This one-hour performance will have artistes aged between 10 and 18 years, excluding Vikram, who dons the role of a storyteller. Even the choreography is to be a perfect blend of aesthetics and traditional values, which come across strongly through the costume, music, and story line. “Though our practise was through Skype as we had to work with a large group, in the performance we have used limited technology,” explains Aparna.
The Dancing Tales Ghatotkacha promises to give the younger generation a peek into our past culture and tradition and in its way also touches the child in each of us.
The performance is scheduled at Atta Galatta on June 28 at 6.30 p.m. Tickets, priced at Rs. 250, (it includes an Amar Chitra Katha book) are available at bookmyshow.com and at the venue. Call 41600677.
