Playwright: Dr. J. Sreenivasa Murthy,Director: Joseph John,Group: Abhijnana Theatre Reasearch Foundation, Bangalore, Karnataka,Language: Multilingual (Sanskrit, English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam)
Group
Abhijnana Theatre Research Foundation’ was established to explore the traditional and contemporary forms of Indian theatre, to re-look into the ancient Indian texts with a new perspective, and to explore the visual dimensions of strictly verbal texts. The group proceeds in search of new acting methods and theatre texts without clinging to set patterns. It focuses on re-examining the set paradigms of Indian theatre and criticism
Conceptualized by Dr. J Srinivasa Murthy, a Sanskrit scholar and theatre analyst, Purushasukta is the group’s first production and sets out to explore the theatrical dimensions of Vedic Sukta through a creative visual translation.
Play
Purushasukta is the most popular hymn found in all Vedas and used in almost any ritual. The hymn speaks about the Supreme Being - thePurusha, who pervades all that we know and beyond. This world is seen as a small part of that Purusha, and is constantly changing for it is created and destroyed at every moment. Purushasukta is an open ended, multi-lingual play in which mantras have been used in their various traditional chanting forms and translations have been interwoven into the play. The angika is enacted through the use of traditional physical art forms such as kalaripayyat and chhau. The vachika is presented through different natural and creative sounds, music and chanting; the satvika is expressed through traditional theatre forms such as kudiyattam; and the aharya is represented through the use of rope and mallakamba. These elements of abhinaya blend together in contemporary style with rhythm and movement.
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