Unsuni is a physical, musical theatre piece based on Harsh Mander's book Unheard Voices. It gives voice to five of India's millions of voiceless people through a series of monologues. These are the marginalized, the unseen; these are the real lives of the faces and hands of the beggars knocking at our car window at the traffic light, or the children running across the street delivering chai to the offices.
In an energy packed performance, you meet people who have confronted life on their own terms but have never accepted fate lying down. These are stories of struggle and courage. And of victories.
In this rendition of the ancient Indian story, Sarabhai retells through movement, theatre, and puppetry, a story that raises modern day issues about life and the artificial reconstruction of it, and the constant debate of mind versus body. What unfolds is a powerful story of friendship, romance, jealousy, guilt and sacrifice.
From this adaptation of the Indian epic, The Mahabharata, comes the story of a boy determined to learn archery. Rejected by the great guru Drona, Eklavya builds a clay idol of him and prays to it as he practises on his own. His skill as an archer brings him to the attention of Drona who asks of Eklavya the ultimate sacrifice. What unfolds is a powerful tale of influence, morality, honour and humility.
A dazzling array of rhythms and styles that show the glorious vista of classical and contemporary dance in India. The pieces range from the very classical, to the abstract, from the funny, to those exploring fusion in music and form, and others dealing with social issues and human values. Performed to electrifying music by popular composers, including L. Subramaniam and Indian Ocean, the programme is punctuated by exhilarating and dynamic percussive sounds and rhythms created live onstage by the dancers. Breathtaking performance that has the audience clapping and tapping...
