Jatakmala - Dance Ballet On Jataka Tales: Events in Hyderabad

REVIEW FOR JATAKMALA - DANCE BALLET...

Bhoomika Creative Dance Centre, Delhi, in association with Sloka - The Hyderabad Waldorf School, is presenting a dance ballet Jatakmala, on 26th January, at the Ravindra Bharathi auditorium. Juliet Wurr (Public Affairs Officer, US Consulate, Hyderabad) will be the Chief Guest.

10 dancers from Bhoomika will take part in this ballet - Sumit Roy, Mukesh Sharma, Mudra Sharma, Neha Gupta, Anita Kumari, Pratima Dhankar, Rajdev Kumar Pandit, Deep Kumar Dasgupta, Sharmila Pandey and Vijesh Kumar Sharma. The choreography, design and music is by Bharat Sharma, and the lighting is by Murli Basu.

The troupe will present the dance ballet in 3 parts, as below:

Jatakmala - an artistic impression of readings of the Jataka Tales of the Buddhists.

The original tales (numbering over 540) touch upon a range of issues of its times - ecology, animal world, human relations and wisdom stories. The choreography of this piece will depict specific stories, images and impressions of reading these tales, and elucidates their underlying meaning to several common ideas that run through the narrative.

Rangavali - This part has a nationalist element in its depiction. Dancers represent the 3 colors of the Indian national flag and the 'Chakra'. The artistic interpretation is woven through individual and group movements, and celebrates the national flag as a symbol of our solidarity as Indians.

Abstract Dance - This piece is a dance of joy and exuberance.

Bhoomika Creative Dance Centre is a national performing arts organization that started over 3 and a half decades ago, and has been in the field of infusing a new spirit in Indian dance. Founded by choreographer and dancer Narendra Sharma, Bhoomika