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Patel puts on star show of Chitra, The Princess of Manipur at UWI Trinidad
The Trinidad Guardian | Shastri Boodan | 2011-12-03 19:03:
Priti Patel and her 11-member dance group from India gave an outstanding performance of Chitra, The Princess of Manipur last Sunday at the Daaga Auditorium at the UWI, St Augustine. The dance was filled with slow fluid movements, combined with bursts of energetic martial arts display. The somber mood created by the lighting and the music blended well to tell of the emotions of Chitra, who fell in love with Arjuna while hunting.
Chitra is based on a poem written by the legendary Rabindranath Tagore and was later expanded by the poet into a full fledged dance drama entitled Chitrangada. Patel has reinterpreted its nuances and linked it with a thousand silent questions that still arise in the hearts of women the world over. The choreography explores a woman’s mind: her interpretation of sorrow and joy, dejection and anger, love and self esteem and the choices created by them.
Patel and her troupe were in T&T courtesy the government of India to give three free performance. The group comes from the Indian state of Manipur where dance is not just a form of art, but a way of life and a medium of expression that is interwoven with the social fabric of the Manipuri society.
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