This production describes the touching bond between Mother and Child.
Manipur had been torn with strife for a number of years.
The youth have been lost looking for direction and a purpose in life. This is a message to help the young to find their way and give them a better future.
As the production unfolds itself, it exuberate beauty in its simplicity. It evolves splendid colors of happiness and the dark hues of dismal events and weaves them in its warp & weft.
Cloth indicates culture. It indicates the presence of cotton, silkworms. It indicates the presence of a spindle for spinning yarn and a loom for weaving cloth. As cloth is woven and clothing stitched, the human understanding of the world creeps into the threads, folds and stitches.
Vishnu, the face of God that preserves through engagement is associated with fabric
– the finest muslin and silk.
According to one of the many folklores, the first thread emerged from the navel of Vishnu, the same naval from which sprung Brahma, the father of all living creature. This thread was given to the weavers, so that they could weave cloth for the gods. Thus, fabric is the gift of Vishnu, the lord of civilized conduct.
The mystic of Muslin, described as woven air, flowered and figured, like the skin of the moon.
For many, cloth became a canvas to express their devotion.
The Cloth is like the light vapor of dawn.
To hold the fabric and gaze upon it is to be transported into a timeless past,
Where the sheen of antiquity on the soft cloth is heightened by a luminescent afterglow lights than a lover’s sigh, softer than a butterfly’s wings.
And in its transparent simplicity lie its subtle pull upon the imagination of the poets.
How many Poems did it ink?
How many lovers did it inspire?
If the thread could speak would they reveal more than we care to know?
Concept and Choreographed By | Priti Patel
Assisted By | Th Imocha Singh and S Karuna Devi
Music | Srikumar Banerjee, W Surajkumar and K Ratan Singh
Vocal | Srikanta Acharya and W Surajkumar
Light | Dinesh Poddar
