(Verushka
Pather)
The acclaimed South Africa dance-drama
production Sri Krishna Leela will
tour seven Indian cities in December. Written and directed by Verushka Pather,
artistic director of Natya Ananda Temple of Dance, it has played to
appreciative audiences across Southern Africa.
The production is set to elegant verses
drawn from the Srimad Bhagavatam and the Bhagavad Gita. Its storylines revolves around the playful
pranks of Sri Krishna. It also features compelling Bharat Natyam sequences
especially choreographed to bring out the richness in the poetry and religious
texts.
“The tour is supported by the Indian
Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and features dancers from India and South
Africa,” said Verushka Pather who also acknowledged the generous support of the
ICCR in promoting South African artists to Indian audiences. “This has been a
wonderful journey to share our work and experiences as dances from South Africa
and the Tharanginee School of Dance, Chennai. Krishna Leela is a vibrant display of colour, emotion, radiance and
the blissful experience of Love for God through Dance. We are grateful to ICCR
and the KZN Department of Art & Culture for affording us this great
opportunity and for their vision for Arts in our country and internationally.”
The performances will start on December 13 at
ISKCON in Chennai and then move to Goa, Delhi, Vrindavan, Mumbai and end at the
Shilpagram Festival, Udaipur on December 26.
The company includes Verushka Pather; Hariganesh
Muralidaran; Smagele Magudulela; Anita Venkatesh; Indu Seshadhri; Kalpana Sivaramakrishnan;
Visweswara Krupaa Lakshmi; Uthra Shankaran; Jananai Vignarajan and Seetha
Venkatadri. They will be accompanied by sound, light & prop technician, Vijay
Saravanan.
For more information contact ICCR New Delhi
on 011 233 70471 or Verushka Pather on 083 360 0037 or email: info@natyananda.co.za or visit www.natyananda.co.za
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