South Asian Theater Festival
The Encounter
Navarasa Dance Theater
&
Muktidham
Theatrix
WHEN: Saturday, November 20, 2010, at 7:30 PM
WHERE: NJPAC, Victoria Theatre, One Center Way, Newark
TICKETS: $26-$28. Purchase online or call the box office at 888.
For more on the 2010 South Asian Theater Festival click here.
Based on Draupadi by Magsaysay award-winning novelist Mahasweta Devi, The Encounter tells the poignant story of Dopdi and her unarmed fight against military powers that try to oppress indigenous communities—a tale relevant to the times in which we live, whether one looks toward India, Iraq, China or elsewhere. Choreographed and directed by Aparna Sindhoor and Anil Natyaveda, this production blends theater and music with Indian martial arts (kalaripayattu), folk dance (bharatanatyam) and yoga.
This double bill also includes the New Jersey-based Theatrix in Muktidham, an award-winning play from India, about a man determined to better his situation and how his relationship with his dying father forces him to rethink his definition of success. Performed in Hindi with English supertitles.
