PREVIEW: Himanshu Srivastava and Deepali Salil+Sayani Chakraborty present a double bill of Bharatanatyam choreographies about looking within
On 12 September 2024, Thursday, at 7pm, ODDBIRD Foundation is presenting a double bill of concept-based choreographies in Bharatanatyam. Dr. Himanshu Srivastava presents ‘The Abandoned Gopi’ and Deepali Salil and Sayani Chakraborty present ‘Breath’ , two different works that make us think about how we look at the body, mind and soul. Himanshu, a skilled soloist whom I have watched, heard and admired for a few years now, uses recorded music for his own presentation but then immediately joins the succeeding two in the orchestra for their performance. He told me more about both choreographies: ‘My presentation is “The Abandoned Gopi”. It’s my own vision and visuals of visiting Vrindavan and watching many thousands of people coming to this sacred spot with absolutely no intention, and yet trying to find the real Vrindavan, which is actually, silently, within us. That is one place within us where we discover the inner voice, which we call Krishna, and the raas which keeps happening within u
