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Parting with Words / न होना केवल शब्दों में
Good.to.Go. Death Literacy Festival
Performers
Hindi and English
There is an art to letting go with grace and compassion.
This evening TACT (Temporary and Contemporary Theatre) brings to you a uniquely bilingual theatrical performance of poignant poetry and visceral verses. As part of the Good.to.Go Death Literacy Festival, the Hindi and English pieces revolve around the finality of death, the reality of grief, and the relief of making peace.
Unlike your average recital, this intimate presentation features actors deliberately ‘reading’ poetry, creating space for you, the audience, to retreat, reflect and release. Music and silence accompany the readings to explore the many emotions that surround loss: fear, sorrow, hope, and even joy.
In a world that often rushes past discomfort, Parting with Words lingers. It doesn’t offer answers, but opens a space to sit with the difficult questions. And, maybe, to soften around them.
This performance is part of the two day Good.to.Go. Death Literacy Festival organised by Pallium India and Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy on behalf of the Advanced Care Planning Collective. The festival is supported by Microland Foundation and Ajit Isaac Foundation.
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Performers
Aanand Chabuskwar
Aanand Chabuskwar has been active in theatre and its application in education, community, and therapy for more than twenty years. He has been part of WCCL Foundation – an organization that pioneered ABT (arts-based therapy) in India. As a teacher and facilitator, he has worked with diverse groups in institutions and Universities across India, Europe, and SE Asia. He designed and teaches Applied Theatre at Centre for Performing Arts (Lalit kala Kendra) Savitribai Phule Pune University since 2007. His research and writings have been published internationally. He initiated TACT in 2004. He has a special interest in poetry, folktales, and training of young people. He is formally trained in Economics, Literature, and Dramatherapy.
Rupali Bhave
Rupali Bhave is an actress, author, translator, theatre facilitator and voice artist. She is the founder of Jacaranda – a theatre organisation for children. Jacaranda conducts a three year Certificate Course in Theatre in collaboration with a school in Pune. Jacaranda also stages productions that give a voice to children. Rupali has a post-graduate degree in management studies. She has formally studied French and is also proficient in English, Hindi and Marathi.
Ashwini Giri
Ashwini Giri is an alumnus of the National School of Drama, New Delhi. She worked with the National School of Drama Repertory Co from 1995-97, where she worked under major theatre practitioners including Barry John, Prasanna, Ratan Theyyam. She has acted in several critically acclaimed films including Shwas, Valu, Vihir, Restaurant, Shala, Chittthi, and Lathe Joshi. Shwas was an official Indian entry for the Oscars in 2005-06. She has many awards to her name including V. Shantaram Award (2006), Mama Varerkar Purskar (2005), and Zee Gaurav Purskar (2005) State Award (2017). Apart from working in Theatre and cinema, she also works as a teacher and is a visiting faculty at the Centre for Performing Arts (Lalit Kala Kendra) Savitribai Phule Pune University, and an adjunct faculty at Flame University since 2008.
