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SUMMARY:Enchantment
DESCRIPTION:Shaped by Pandit Ravi Shankar’s own witty and poignant words\, Enchantment is a theatrical journey into the mind of the sitar maestro\, weaving theatre\, live dance and music into a richly immersive experience. Instead of a standard retelling of the global icon’s legendary career\, this bioplay steps into the inner world of his doubts\, regrets\, struggles\, and the fiery resolve that carried him from a boy dancer in Paris to one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Through moments of vulnerability and brilliance\, the play reveals how Ravi Shankar transformed adversity into artistic triumph. \nThe journey passes through the four stages in his life: \n\nthe boy in Paris\, acclaimed as a dancer in his brother’s troupe\nthe disciple undergoing relentless training in music in a remote Indian town\nthe zealous artist struggling to establish a career\nthe global icon\, putting Indian music on the world map.\n\nWritten and directed by Gowri Ramnarayan\, the production features Ravi Shankar’s original sitar recordings\, and also some of his own compositions\, rendered exclusively for Enchantment by lead vocalist Bombay Jayashri\, with Aditya Prakash and Vignesh Ishwar. Premiered in Chennai in September 2025\, this widely acclaimed play has just completed a coast-to-coast US Tour with 15 shows. \nDirector’s Note\n \nEvery play begins with a question. Enchantment asks – how do you conjure up a legendary artist of your own times on the stage\, whose life has been exhaustively documented on page and screen? \nOnly if I relied on personal interactions over the years with the maestro\, and his partner of 24 years\, Kamala Chakravarti\, and my interviews with him as a journalist. I had to focus on the protagonist’s doubts and regrets to transform biography into the universal human struggle to survive\, to succeed. I could use dance\, and the maestro’s own\nmusic to convey what words cannot express. \nTwo actors. Two dancers. A lighting person. They actualise an entire life story. The stage showcases a superstar. But audiences see a human being whose vulnerabilities are their own. \nProduction Credits \nRecorded Music: Bombay Jayashri with Aditya Prakash and Vignesh Ishwar; Sai Shravanam (tabla)\, Vishnu Vijay (flute)\nRecorded\, mixed\, and mastered at Resound India\nProduced by: JustUs Repertory\n \nSupported by:\n \nVenue: Auditorium\n\n\nA Magical Journey with Pandit Ravi Shankar\nRSVPs will open Fri\, Sep 11 at 6pm.\n*Performers*: Gowri Ramnarayan\, Yohan Chacko\, Aarabi Veeraraghavan\, G Narendra\, Anjana Anand\, Sneha Sheejith\n*Event Categories*: Biography\, Dance\, Music\, Performing Arts\, Theatre
URL:https://bangaloreinternationalcentre.org/event/enchantment/
LOCATION:Bangalore International Centre\, 7\, 4th Main Road\, Domlur II Stage\, Bangalore\, Karnataka\, 560071\, India
CATEGORIES:Biography,Dance,Music,Performing Arts,Theatre
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