Monday

27June 2016

18:00 hrs

Auditorium

Indian Dance

KARNA - DESTINY'S CHILD
Bharatanatyam -South Indian classical dance

Bala Devi Chandrashekar

USA-based Bharatanatyam dancer Bala Devi Chandrashekar has been producing solo theme productions, which she presents at the 'season'.This year, Bala is here with her version of 'Karna', one of the fascinating characters of the Mahabharata - one who is a invincible, supreme warrior with immense strength and known for valour.
Bala says Karna is among the most popular and complex characters in the Mahabharata, showing both nobility and unjust behavior over the course of the epic.
This production explores all the hues of Karna's emotions trapped in moral dilemmas, the angst and the conflict with which he grew up with all his life (he was the first-born son of Kunti and abandoned at birth) - found by Adhiratha, a charioteer and his wife Radha who raised Karna as their own son and named him Vasusena.
In the Mahabharata war, Karna was obliged to fight from the side of Duryodhana as Duryodhana, recognizing his merits had made him a king and adopted him as a close friend. Karna fighting from Kauravas' side was a great worry of the Pandavas.
Karna exhibited godly traits – much like the sun – of dazzling brilliance and unending generosity, but in Karna’s life there was one fatal flaw. He kept his friendship and loyalty to Duryodhana at the cost of being unrighteous and such loyalty leads one to a tragic end. Karna's end was the culmination of holding on to adharma, resulting in Parasurma's curse, Draupadi's humiliation and Abhimanyu's treacherous killing. and ultimately, Lord Krishna rewards Karna with the Vishwaroopam, recognizing all his good deeds, his charity.
Bala Devi says her dance recital will explore the gamut of facets of Karna.
Concept and Choreography - Bala Devi Chandrashekar.

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Die USA-basierte Bharatanatyam-Tänzerin Bala Devi Chandrashekar hat thematische Solo-Stücke produziert, die sie in dieser Saison präsentiert: In diesem Jahr istBala hier mit ihrer Version von "Karna“, einer der faszinierendsten Figuren desMahabharata - derjenige, der ein unbesiegbarer Krieger mit immenser Kraft und für seine Tapferkeit bekannt ist.
Für Balagehört Karna zu den beliebtesten und komplexesten Charakteren in der Mahabharata, er zeigt sowohl gutes als auch ungerechtes Verhalten im Verlauf des Epos.
Das Stück erforscht alle Wesenszüge von Karna, seine Emotionen, Ängsten und Konflikten, mit denen er in seinem Leben aufwuchs.
Konzept und Choreografie: Bala Devi Chandrashekar.

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