Apr 18 2025 to Apr 18 2025 7 p.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

Apar-kaya, Expressing through Another Body is a story unfolding through the singing of the weavers who compare the rigid threads of the loom with Vedavati, and the emerging cloth, soft but resilient, with Sita. A tale of two women, existing in two time dimensions.

The two lives flow together, Sita – alive, and Vedavati – dead to the world, but alive indeed, in her passion for revenge.

Ultimately, Vedavati finds her liberation, not in revenge, but in her understanding of Sita.

Through the two lives of Vedavati, Apar-kaya touches a few issues which are very relevant in today’s world – the perception of morality and the perception of strength.

Credits:
Concept & Choreography – Sharmila Biswas
Script – Dolly Basu, Shreela Debi & Sharmila Biswas
Music – Dukhishyam Tripathy & Srijan Chatterjee
Rhythm – Bijaya Kumar Barik
Execution – Dukhishyam Tripathy, Srijan Chatterjee, Suramani Ramesh Chandra Das & Pradip Kumar Das
Research Guide – Members of Weavers’ Service Centre, Bhubaneswar, Govt. of India, Directorate of Textiles, Govt. of Odisha
Text – Purba Sengupta & Srijan Chatterjee
References – Balmiki Ramayan, Gangadhar Meher’s Tapaswini

Artiste

Shashwati Garai Ghosh
Performer
Shashwati Garai Ghosh is a leading Odishi dancer of this generation who has made a niche in her field. Coming from a family of artists has made her believe that art reflects life, and now she experiences life through the art of dance.

She is the senior most disciple of internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer Sharmila Biswas, whose association has groomed her to be the dancer she is today. She has also received special training with legends like Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan, Smt. Sonal Mansingh, Shri Durgacharan Ranbir and Dance Medicine Fitness training from Dr. Kannan Pughazendi.

Shashwati is the first recipient of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Yuva Pratibha Samman, along with other honours, she received the 2016 Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for Odissi.

Her institute Angashuddhi – Home for Odishi – based in Kolkata, is her initiative to explore, nurture and pass on the experience of learning Odishi to the next generation. She enjoys sharing her art to thoughtful minds and dance enthusiasts by conducting workshops, lecture – demonstrations at institutes, schools and colleges.