The Drishtikon Dance Foundation Presents "Within" Kathak dance choreography by Aditi Mangaldas at Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg > 7:30pm on 13th, 14th & 15th September 2013

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Time : 7:30 pm

Duration : 100 min. 
WITHIN is a performance in two parts:
KNOTTED: Contemporary dance based on Kathak  / 40 min. approx.
Interval / 20 minutes  
UNWRAPPED: Kathak / 40 minutes approx.

Entry : Donor passes of Rs. 100, Rs. 200, Rs. 300 and Rs. 450 available at : 
Online : BookMyShow
Offline : At the venue on the day of the performance
Note : Entry for 8 years and above.

Place : Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001
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Event Description : The Drishtikon Dance Foundation Presents 'Within' Kathak dance choreography by Aditi Mangaldas.
Do the times compel us to look ‘within’? To recognize our deepest, most complex emotions. To explore our innermost spaces where humanity and brutality, masculinity and femininity, good and evil seem to lie in half embrace. Waiting to be disentangled. Waiting to be recognized beyond the binaries. Waiting to find expression in ways that shape our lives, our actions, our self.
At the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Salman Rushdie recently said, “Classically, we have defined ourselves by the things we love. By the place which is our home, by our family, by our friends. But in this age we’re asked to define ourselves by hate. That what defines you is what pisses you off. And if nothing pisses you off, who are you?”
Is there another way to discover the sky, the eternity within us? Does inspiration lie in the image of the Jain statue that has attained ‘Sidhha’ (salvation)?
“To understand yourself you must create a mirror that reflects accurately what you are… Only in the understanding of what is, is there freedom from what is.” J. Krishnamurti

Choreographer’s note: Aditi Mangaldas
“Choreographing ‘WITHIN’ has been a very different experience from my last few works which were about more abstract concepts like Space and Time. But “Within” has been about delving into the self and exploring our deepest emotions, however disturbing they may be. Needless to say, the process of creating it has sometimes been almost too close for comfort. And that is the journey I invite you, as the viewer to take with us.
When I began conceptualizing the piece, I was looking at mythological tales in the context of the social turmoil of our times. Eventually these have become the subterranean stream that feeds the piece. Leaving “Within” both, ‘Knotted’ up with our innermost fears, aspirations, insecurities… and  ‘Unwrapped’ of them.

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