Thari - The Loom | Malavika Sarrukai | Sumantra Ghosal | Kalavaahini

The path breaking dance production, Thari - The Loom is inspired by the sari, the unstitched garment from India. Choreographed by celebrated artist Malavika Sarukkai the production explores the artistic relationship of the dancer and the weaver to create a dynamic “dance cloth”.
At the root of traditional disciplines lie essential collective concepts that transform the specific to the universal. Thari - The Loom explores the fundamental concepts that are shared between the two seemingly different but essentially connected disciplines of dance and weaving: space, structure, proportion, relationship, alignment, opposition, conjunction, symmetry and motif. Interestingly, both disciplines work through co-ordination, rhythm, measurement and design.
Thari - The Loom is a confluence of traditional practice informed by contemporary sensibilities which extends the language of classical dance from India. Excellence and imagination defines the entire process from concept to production and final presentation with a collaboration from many artists.
Concept and Choreography- Malavika Sarukkai.
Creative Collaboration and Poems for Thari - Sumantra Ghosal
Composition
The Loom - Sai Shravanam
Warp and weft - Aditya Prakash
Sari - CV Chandrasekhar
Music Production & Sound Design - Sai Shravanam
Music Concept - Warp & Weft, Sari- Malavika Sarukkai
Light Design - Gyandev Singh
Technical Director- Niranjan Gokhale
Dancers
Malavika Sarukkai
Jyotsna Jagannathan
Aruna B
Aditya PV
Shreema Upadhyaya
Nidhag Karunad