PREYASI
Radha, In Love
In the season of spring, Vasanta, meandering in the mystical forests, Kantara, is the nimble Radha in love, experiencing a gamut of emotions on her journey.
Reminiscent of the good times that were spent in love…
Hopeful of the good times to come…
Consumed by the tormenting fleeting memories…
Radha sees her beloved everywhere around her, within herself too. Hope crumbles yet again with the passage of time. But, empowered by love, she sets out to seek and claim her beloved – not secretly, but as a warrior on the conquest of love.
Preyasi is a voyage through the enchanting realm of Radha’s emotional landscape in the ‘Ashtanayika Avastha’ (eight archetypal states of a protagonist in love), as described in the poetically esoteric masterpiece from 12th century – Jayadeva’s Gita Govindam.
CREDITS
Concept, Choreography, Performance Divya Ravi
Music Composition, Vocals
Sharan Subramanian
Resource Scholar
Dr. Anupama Kylash
Duration – 60 minutes
Performed with 2-3 live musicians
Suited for intimate spaces / black boxes
PAST PRESENTERS
Hemantika Festival, UK
Hat Factory, Luton
ICFA, Bangalore
Ananya Nruthya Neerajana
“The emotional landscape covered requires an extraordinary degree of skill and aesthetic sensibility. Divya surpasses all expectations. She can conjure up the enchanting forest in one line describing the creepers; she can display rage with one lift of the finger; she can seduce with a backward glance or hold stillness for a moment’s eternity. The same movement of grinding sandalwood paste in Ravi’s hands looks unique and original, as if having mastered the hastas from the Natya Shastras she no longer needs them. Each gesture is imbued with a significance that goes beyond the physical.” Sanjeevini Dutta (Pulse Magazine)
I dreamt of Radha, who was dreaming she was me…
