Pirouetting over folklore

The Capital gears up for the 12th edition of Festival of Ballets presented by Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra. The festival will commence on May 8 at Kamani Auditorium. 

The opening show will be Meera. Meera’s  whose glory lies in her ability to articulate through poetry the turbulence that transpired in her life. Her life seems to be a metaphor for most women, where centuries later, Meera’s name lives on. Wherever Meera went, she spread the message of liberation and urged an inner awakening, through the effervescence of her poetry. 

The act is directed by Shobha Deepak Singh and music is by Shubha Mudgal. 

The next act will be Karna taking the stage on May 9. Karna is a persona of the epic of Mahabharata where circumstances remained consistently hostile, where Karna’s life and times were frozen in their entirety and his misfortunes into a perpetual predicament. This ballet is dedicated to all the Karnas, who are denied the rightful place in the social milieu, seen in its correct perspective. Karna’s life was repetitively unfair, eliciting sympathy. His life in the epic is resplendent with magnificent misadventures and acts of valour. 

Shree Durga will be staged on May 12. Shree Durga whose personas resonate even in today’s context, where everyone reads daily about the atrocities on women.  Kaalchakra is the next act to be staged on May 15. Kaalchakra or the supreme light of consciousness, where the state of mind which is an integral part of the Indian psyche, plunges into and emerges from the cycle of human birth and death. Kumar Sambhava is an endearing story of the demon Tarak will be stage on May 16. Sambhava enjoyed sacred protection in the form of a boon of invincibility from Lord Brahma, of which he took blatant advantage and wreaked havoc on earth.