Unrequited

“Unrequited” consists of two parts. The first half of the performance will have the story of Shiva and Sati’s love shared through the course of a Traditional Varnam. ‘Swami Naan undan Adimai” in Nattakurinji. The second half of the performance breaks down the emotive content to pure physicality and an inferred narrative that is not literal.

 The performance utilizes the classical vocabulary of Bharatanatyam throughout the performance, but the context of usage is very different in the two halves. The same topic is explored through two very different and often opposing ideas of creation and presentation.

The contemporary half of Unrequited was premiered at Korzo theater, The Hague  in October 2018 and was well received.