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 Shankarananda Kalakshetra presents Dancing Tales… Panchatantra Experimental Theatre, 7pm May 26, 2012 Mumbai Photos: Murali May 17, 2012  As part of NCPA’s ongoing Summer Fiesta festival, Shankarananda Kalakshetra presents its dance theater work DANCING TALES ... PANCHATANTRA On Saturday 26th May 2012 at 7pm At the Experimental Theatre, NCPA, Mumbai Dancing Tales…Panchatantra brings alive some of the most well-known tales from Panchatantra. The production showcases the morals, values and humour of the parables of the Panchatantra in a dance theatre format, where through parable and allegory, the production talks about friendship, bravery, quick wittedness, foolishness, leadership and freedom. In this lyric free production laced with humour and wit, the conventional and the contemporary meet and disperse in kaleidoscopic designs combined with a rich movement vocabulary and imagery. Credits: Concept, Direction & Choreography: Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant Music Direction & Composition: Prema Ramamurthy Script: Jayant Dwarakanath Produced by: Shankarananda Kalakshetra Dancers: Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant, Sneha Magapu, Krithika Varsha, Aparna Sharma, Anisha Datla, Aditi Rao, Aditi Nigam, Jinnakaraj MP, Raghav Thirumala, Sen Jansen Children: Srikruthi P, Raghavi Shankarguhan, Srividya Voice: Jayant Dwarakanath Costumes: Ganesh Nallari Stage: Purna Chandrashekar Digitally mastered at Joshi Digitals by J Dattatreya e-mail: ananda.jayant@gmail.com Website: www.anandashankarjayant.com Press reviews  Selecting danceable tales illustrating "friendship, courage and quick
wittedness, foolishness, vile and guile, leadership and freedom",
Ananda under her institution Shankarananda Kalakshetra has produced a
clean winner - peppy, and full of humour. What must have been
kinetically challenging, through a blend of movements, conventional and
original, exuding the mixed flavours of Kathakali, Bharatanatyam and
Kuchipudi has evolved a dance collage, where ensemble scenes are most
convincing in aesthetic terms and in creating typical characters. … Leela Venkatraman, The Hindu, New Delhi Ananda Shankar Jayant said it with finesse. And no words were necessary. The enchanting movements of dance did all the talking. Story telling has never been better. . Everyone sat charmed. ...Hyderabad Times, Times of India The gait, character and mood of each animal is skillfully portrayed without compromising classical technique, and grammar. - The New Indian Express Andhra Pradesh's most creative and chic dance choreographic creation of the season. Not to mention, the quality of dance and choreography that can be summed up with superlatives like intellectual, energetic and thoroughly entertaining!! - Pratima Sagar, www.narthaki.com |
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