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 Anita Ratnam presents Avani….a handful of dust At Alliance Francaise, 7.15pm September 15 & 16, 2012 Chennai August 25, 2012  Anita Ratnam presents a dance theatre presentation AVANI...A HANDFUL OF
DUST, a homage in words and movement to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. The
choreography, music and film design draw inspiration from Tagore’s
poetry and its inflections, focusing on its nuances and subtleties. The First Handful - Dust (Longing, Remembrance, Hope) Second Handful - Words (Ethereal, Divine, Inseparable) Third Handful - Flowers (Spring, Colour, Life) Fourth Handful - Leaves (Magic, Blue, Green) Fifth Handful - Gold (Nature/Nurture - Chaos, Calm) Avani uses a combination of contemporary and classical soundscapes, spoken text. The choreography draws upon diverse vocabularies such as Kathakali, Bharatanatyam, Butoh, meditative movement, rehearsed improvisations and theatrical interventions. After successful shows in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Santiniketan, Bengaluru and Palghat... now in Chennai… Co-presented by Arangham Trust and Alliance Francaise, Chennai Dates: September 15 & 16, 2012 Time: 7.15 pm Venue: Eduoard Michelin Auditorium, Alliance Francaise, College Road, Chennai Credits Principal Player: Gurudev Tagore’s Words Concept/Performance/Co- Choreography: Anita Ratnam Choreography and Direction: Hari Krishnan Set/Visual and Film Design: Rex Actors: Akhila Ramnarayan, Averee Chaurey Stage Manager: L Subhasri Video Editing: Boyd Bonitzke Costumes: Paromita Bannerjee Lighting Design: Victor Paul Raj For details: Arangham: 9884036140 (Vidhya); 28521059 (Radhika) Alliance Francaise: 28279803 / 28271477 (Madhu) e-mail: arangham@gmail.com www.arangham.com  “AVANI held us with its freshness, quite different from the mush that Tagore is often reduced to. Its interwoven texts, rich-voiced singing, and modern sensibility, combined to charm, and, most importantly, to make Tagore sharply relevant.” - Shanta Gokhale, Mumbai Mirror “A perfect grasp of Tagore’s spirit of liberal thought.” - Sharmila Basu Thakur, The Telegraph, Kolkata “Anita Ratnam’s AVANI manages to break the barriers between Bengal and South India creating another cultural bond. The production has a quality of timelessness and can relate to all eras and still convey relevance.” - Veejay Sai, culture critic, Bangalore |
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