Rasa Unmasked
Wisdom of India, Invoked and SavouredRasa Unmasked – Australian Promo Video
Rasa Unmasked – the visuals, the music, the essence – in 30 seconds.
TO VIEW THE VIDEO: Click on the “Rasa Unmasked Australian Promo” box in the third column, to the right.
Take a bite now, then enjoy the whole feast later.
Fascinating images from the director of Lingalayam’s early career
Our Flickr stream has recently been updated with some amazing images from Anandavalli’s early career, featuring some of the legends of Indian classical dance and other surprising luminaries.
We think the pictures look best in a full screen slideshow.
Interview with Ramli Ibrahim in Times of India
No one who watched Ramli Ibrahim’s fluid movements trace the Dasa Mahavidyas doubted that the Malaysian Odissi exponent has transcended national, religious and ethnic boundaries. The dynamic artiste trained in western ballet, modern dance, Malay martial arts and Bharatanatyam before absorbing Guru Debaprasad Dass Odissi. What evolved out of the crossgenre training is not listless fusion but stunning Odissi: true to the fundamentals of Indian dance, but with a distinctive signature. Ibrahim spoke to Ratnottama Sengupta…
Packages are arriving
Artists, props, instruments, costumes… the plethora of material necessary for a classical Indian dance show is slowly arriving on Australian shores.
Alex Dea has arrived with his reba, a traditional Indonesian instrument, and is in daily rehearsals with Bala on tabla/mridangam and Aruna on Carnatic vocals. During his time in Sydney, Alex is staying with Anandavalli at the Lingalayam HQ, affectionately known as the Elephant House – due to the Ganapati sculpture peering out onto suburbia from the upper balcony.
Guna from Sutra Dance Theatre in Malaysia has arrived and is working with Anandavalli on elements of the dance. The rest of the Malaysian crew will arrive on Monday morning and then everyone goes into intense rehearsals. They too will be staying at the Elephant House, rehearsing, eating and sleeping in the same abode.
As Anandavalli would put it, the whole ‘jing bang’ will be here!
Tickets on sale for Australian leg of Rasa Unmasked
Sydney being one of the most sprawling cities in the world, there are two seasons of Rasa Unmasked to choose from for Sydneysiders.
The performance premieres in Western Sydney at the beautiful, new Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre on Saturday, March 7th. This will be the big opening of the tour so be sure to get down there and also visit the best new arts centre in Western Sydney. You can buy tickets on the Casula Powerhouse website.
Then we bump out and head east, into Sydney’s CBD. On Wednesday 11th March, the three artistic doyens of the collaboration, Anandavalli, Ramli Ibrahim and Alex Dea, will join one an arts and classics academic at the NSW Art Gallery’s ‘Art After Hours‘ on Rasa Unmasked, India, the Asia Pacific, the classical arts… and no doubt much more! Join in on the discussion, from 7pm onwards.
The Australian leg concludes at the country’s most recognised performing Arts Venue – the Opera House. On Friday March 13th, Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th Rasa Unmasked will play in the intimate Studio space. It will be a welcome return after Lingalayam’s sold out season there for the Asian music and dance festival. Tickets are available on the Opera House website.
Anandavalli in the New Indian Express
View the article at high reolution at: http://epaper.newindpress.com/NE/NE/2009/01/28/index.shtml#
Anandavalli on ABC Radio National, Australia, this Sunday
Anandavalli, director of Lingalayam Dance Company, was broadcast on Radio National, on the Encounter program last Sunday 14th, at 7AM. The program will be repeated this Wednesday the 17th at 7 PM.
Photo Shoot at Sutra Dance Theatre, in Malaysia
Today Shiva took some beautiful publicity shots featuring Ramli and Anandavalli for Rasa Unmasked. One of the photos quickly made it to being our header for the launch of the website!
