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Abhimata – The Beloved
A Bharatanatyam solo by Rukmini Vijayakumar
Performer
Love, is the strongest human emotion. Joy, sorrow, desire and longing are all born of love. Love for the beloved is paralleled to the union with the ‘supreme consciousness’. In love, we give up the idea of ourselves and exist in surrender to the one that we love. This idea repeats in classical Indian dance in many ways and forms where the longing for the beloved is a representation of a longing to know the self.
Abhimata explores the love in union and separation through the representations of various stories from the Bhagavatam, the Ramayana and the Puranas.
Concept & Choreography:
Rukmini Vijayakumar
Light Design:
Pritham Kumar
Program:
Ardhanareeshwara
The Gopika
Srirama
Parvati Parameshwara
Tillana
Performer
Rukmini Vijayakumar
Rukmini Vijayakumar is a Bharatanatyam dancer and actor from Hyderabad, Telangana. She has studied the dance form from the age of eight under Guru Narmada, Guru Padmini Rao and Guru Sundari Santhanam. Rukmini holds a BFA degree from the Boston Conservatory in Ballet and Modern Dance. She is the Artistic Director of Raadha Kalpa, a dance company where she teaches, choreographs and creates new Bharatanatyam, Modern and experimental theatre work.
