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RAKTI – Collaborations in Pleasure. Through the prism of the 21st century, our history is often made to look like it’s punctuated by religious conflict and differences. But there were others copious ways, artistic and literary ways in which people connected and bonded. Religion was NOT the phenomenon upon which people operated- who was Hindu, who Muslim, African, Catholic, Jew, etc was not their pre- occupation. RAKTI collaborates with one of the common resource of the past- Pleasure. Pleasure seeking in our times translates to only the sensual, but life for everyone was pursuit in pleasure. Teasing our senses, with the sounds, sights, smells of the times when pleasure was our closest ally, RAKTI is a multisensorial experiential evening of Music, Dance, Poetry, Adaab and much more. Multiculturalism is at the heart of this work which stems from my years of research on the Performing Traditions of the Early Modern Deccani Era. Curated by the arts leader @chandrangeeta for @serendipityartsfestival, Rakti has a stunning ensemble @anjanarajagopalan_musician led by being the music composer n vocalist on the project, Oud n Kemence by @bonny_kalappurackal @_.meissam._ @rsriganesh @srikrishnan48 and my co artistes @padmaaaaaaaaaaa @niiviiravii @b_charles_official @radhikaganesh @maliniganesh @anuragdocu @vetri_artist the visual, oral, sensorial live works is our team effort. Presenting to a FULL HOUSE was Our PLEASURE ! Happy New Year and Rakti to all❤️
RAKTI – Collaborations in Pleasure. Through the prism of the 21st century, our history is often made to look like it’s punctuated by religious conflict and differences. But there were others copious ways, artistic and literary ways in which people connected and bonded. Religion was NOT the phenomenon upon which people operated- who was Hindu, who Muslim, African, Catholic, Jew, etc was not their pre- occupation. RAKTI collaborates with one of the common resource of the past- Pleasure. Pleasure seeking in our times translates to only the sensual, but life for everyone was pursuit in pleasure. Teasing our senses, with the sounds, sights, smells of the times when pleasure was our closest ally, RAKTI is a multisensorial experiential evening of Music, Dance, Poetry, Adaab and much more. Multiculturalism is at the heart of this work which stems from my years of research on the Performing Traditions of the Early Modern Deccani Era. Curated by the arts leader @chandrangeeta for @serendipityartsfestival, Rakti has a stunning ensemble @anjanarajagopalan_musician led by being the music composer n vocalist on the project, Oud n Kemence by @bonny_kalappurackal @_.meissam._ @rsriganesh @srikrishnan48 and my co artistes @padmaaaaaaaaaaa @niiviiravii @b_charles_official @radhikaganesh @maliniganesh @anuragdocu @vetri_artist the visual, oral, sensorial live works is our team effort. Presenting to a FULL HOUSE was Our PLEASURE ! Happy New Year and Rakti to all❤️
RAKTI – Collaborations in Pleasure. Through the prism of the 21st century, our history is often made to look like it’s punctuated by religious conflict and differences. But there were others copious ways, artistic and literary ways in which people connected and bonded. Religion was NOT the phenomenon upon which people operated- who was Hindu, who Muslim, African, Catholic, Jew, etc was not their pre- occupation. RAKTI collaborates with one of the common resource of the past- Pleasure. Pleasure seeking in our times translates to only the sensual, but life for everyone was pursuit in pleasure. Teasing our senses, with the sounds, sights, smells of the times when pleasure was our closest ally, RAKTI is a multisensorial experiential evening of Music, Dance, Poetry, Adaab and much more. Multiculturalism is at the heart of this work which stems from my years of research on the Performing Traditions of the Early Modern Deccani Era. Curated by the arts leader @chandrangeeta for @serendipityartsfestival, Rakti has a stunning ensemble @anjanarajagopalan_musician led by being the music composer n vocalist on the project, Oud n Kemence by @bonny_kalappurackal @_.meissam._ @rsriganesh @srikrishnan48 and my co artistes @padmaaaaaaaaaaa @niiviiravii @b_charles_official @radhikaganesh @maliniganesh @anuragdocu @vetri_artist the visual, oral, sensorial live works is our team effort. Presenting to a FULL HOUSE was Our PLEASURE ! Happy New Year and Rakti to all❤️
RAKTI – Collaborations in Pleasure. Through the prism of the 21st century, our history is often made to look like it’s punctuated by religious conflict and differences. But there were others copious ways, artistic and literary ways in which people connected and bonded. Religion was NOT the phenomenon upon which people operated- who was Hindu, who Muslim, African, Catholic, Jew, etc was not their pre- occupation. RAKTI collaborates with one of the common resource of the past- Pleasure. Pleasure seeking in our times translates to only the sensual, but life for everyone was pursuit in pleasure. Teasing our senses, with the sounds, sights, smells of the times when pleasure was our closest ally, RAKTI is a multisensorial experiential evening of Music, Dance, Poetry, Adaab and much more. Multiculturalism is at the heart of this work which stems from my years of research on the Performing Traditions of the Early Modern Deccani Era. Curated by the arts leader @chandrangeeta for @serendipityartsfestival, Rakti has a stunning ensemble @anjanarajagopalan_musician led by being the music composer n vocalist on the project, Oud n Kemence by @bonny_kalappurackal @_.meissam._ @rsriganesh @srikrishnan48 and my co artistes @padmaaaaaaaaaaa @niiviiravii @b_charles_official @radhikaganesh @maliniganesh @anuragdocu @vetri_artist the visual, oral, sensorial live works is our team effort. Presenting to a FULL HOUSE was Our PLEASURE ! Happy New Year and Rakti to all❤️
RAKTI – Collaborations in Pleasure. Through the prism of the 21st century, our history is often made to look like it’s punctuated by religious conflict and differences. But there were others copious ways, artistic and literary ways in which people connected and bonded. Religion was NOT the phenomenon upon which people operated- who was Hindu, who Muslim, African, Catholic, Jew, etc was not their pre- occupation. RAKTI collaborates with one of the common resource of the past- Pleasure. Pleasure seeking in our times translates to only the sensual, but life for everyone was pursuit in pleasure. Teasing our senses, with the sounds, sights, smells of the times when pleasure was our closest ally, RAKTI is a multisensorial experiential evening of Music, Dance, Poetry, Adaab and much more. Multiculturalism is at the heart of this work which stems from my years of research on the Performing Traditions of the Early Modern Deccani Era. Curated by the arts leader @chandrangeeta for @serendipityartsfestival, Rakti has a stunning ensemble @anjanarajagopalan_musician led by being the music composer n vocalist on the project, Oud n Kemence by @bonny_kalappurackal @_.meissam._ @rsriganesh @srikrishnan48 and my co artistes @padmaaaaaaaaaaa @niiviiravii @b_charles_official @radhikaganesh @maliniganesh @anuragdocu @vetri_artist the visual, oral, sensorial live works is our team effort. Presenting to a FULL HOUSE was Our PLEASURE ! Happy New Year and Rakti to all❤️
RAKTI – Collaborations in Pleasure. Through the prism of the 21st century, our history is often made to look like it’s punctuated by religious conflict and differences. But there were others copious ways, artistic and literary ways in which people connected and bonded. Religion was NOT the phenomenon upon which people operated- who was Hindu, who Muslim, African, Catholic, Jew, etc was not their pre- occupation. RAKTI collaborates with one of the common resource of the past- Pleasure. Pleasure seeking in our times translates to only the sensual, but life for everyone was pursuit in pleasure. Teasing our senses, with the sounds, sights, smells of the times when pleasure was our closest ally, RAKTI is a multisensorial experiential evening of Music, Dance, Poetry, Adaab and much more. Multiculturalism is at the heart of this work which stems from my years of research on the Performing Traditions of the Early Modern Deccani Era. Curated by the arts leader @chandrangeeta for @serendipityartsfestival, Rakti has a stunning ensemble @anjanarajagopalan_musician led by being the music composer n vocalist on the project, Oud n Kemence by @bonny_kalappurackal @_.meissam._ @rsriganesh @srikrishnan48 and my co artistes @padmaaaaaaaaaaa @niiviiravii @b_charles_official @radhikaganesh @maliniganesh @anuragdocu @vetri_artist the visual, oral, sensorial live works is our team effort. Presenting to a FULL HOUSE was Our PLEASURE ! Happy New Year and Rakti to all❤️
RAKTI – Collaborations in Pleasure. Through the prism of the 21st century, our history is often made to look like it’s punctuated by religious conflict and differences. But there were others copious ways, artistic and literary ways in which people connected and bonded. Religion was NOT the phenomenon upon which people operated- who was Hindu, who Muslim, African, Catholic, Jew, etc was not their pre- occupation. RAKTI collaborates with one of the common resource of the past- Pleasure. Pleasure seeking in our times translates to only the sensual, but life for everyone was pursuit in pleasure. Teasing our senses, with the sounds, sights, smells of the times when pleasure was our closest ally, RAKTI is a multisensorial experiential evening of Music, Dance, Poetry, Adaab and much more. Multiculturalism is at the heart of this work which stems from my years of research on the Performing Traditions of the Early Modern Deccani Era. Curated by the arts leader @chandrangeeta for @serendipityartsfestival, Rakti has a stunning ensemble @anjanarajagopalan_musician led by being the music composer n vocalist on the project, Oud n Kemence by @bonny_kalappurackal @_.meissam._ @rsriganesh @srikrishnan48 and my co artistes @padmaaaaaaaaaaa @niiviiravii @b_charles_official @radhikaganesh @maliniganesh @anuragdocu @vetri_artist the visual, oral, sensorial live works is our team effort. Presenting to a FULL HOUSE was Our PLEASURE ! Happy New Year and Rakti to all❤️
RAKTI – Collaborations in Pleasure. Through the prism of the 21st century, our history is often made to look like it’s punctuated by religious conflict and differences. But there were others copious ways, artistic and literary ways in which people connected and bonded. Religion was NOT the phenomenon upon which people operated- who was Hindu, who Muslim, African, Catholic, Jew, etc was not their pre- occupation. RAKTI collaborates with one of the common resource of the past- Pleasure. Pleasure seeking in our times translates to only the sensual, but life for everyone was pursuit in pleasure. Teasing our senses, with the sounds, sights, smells of the times when pleasure was our closest ally, RAKTI is a multisensorial experiential evening of Music, Dance, Poetry, Adaab and much more. Multiculturalism is at the heart of this work which stems from my years of research on the Performing Traditions of the Early Modern Deccani Era. Curated by the arts leader @chandrangeeta for @serendipityartsfestival, Rakti has a stunning ensemble @anjanarajagopalan_musician led by being the music composer n vocalist on the project, Oud n Kemence by @bonny_kalappurackal @_.meissam._ @rsriganesh @srikrishnan48 and my co artistes @padmaaaaaaaaaaa @niiviiravii @b_charles_official @radhikaganesh @maliniganesh @anuragdocu @vetri_artist the visual, oral, sensorial live works is our team effort. Presenting to a FULL HOUSE was Our PLEASURE ! Happy New Year and Rakti to all❤️
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RAKTI premiered by @swarnamalyag @serendipityartsfestival was a brilliantly crafted performance that threw out tags and labels far outside the window. Teasing all the five senses, it was an experiential immersion. So happy that the house full audience shared the artist’s pulse. @rsriganesh @radhikaganesh @serendipityartsfoundation #dancersgram #dancers #dancersoninstagram #dancersofindia
RAKTI premiered by @swarnamalyag @serendipityartsfestival was a brilliantly crafted performance that threw out tags and labels far outside the window. Teasing all the five senses, it was an experiential immersion. So happy that the house full audience shared the artist’s pulse. @rsriganesh @radhikaganesh @serendipityartsfoundation #dancersgram #dancers #dancersoninstagram #dancersofindia
RAKTI premiered by @swarnamalyag @serendipityartsfestival was a brilliantly crafted performance that threw out tags and labels far outside the window. Teasing all the five senses, it was an experiential immersion. So happy that the house full audience shared the artist’s pulse. @rsriganesh @radhikaganesh @serendipityartsfoundation #dancersgram #dancers #dancersoninstagram #dancersofindia
RAKTI premiered by @swarnamalyag @serendipityartsfestival was a brilliantly crafted performance that threw out tags and labels far outside the window. Teasing all the five senses, it was an experiential immersion. So happy that the house full audience shared the artist’s pulse. @rsriganesh @radhikaganesh @serendipityartsfoundation #dancersgram #dancers #dancersoninstagram #dancersofindia
RAKTI premiered by @swarnamalyag @serendipityartsfestival was a brilliantly crafted performance that threw out tags and labels far outside the window. Teasing all the five senses, it was an experiential immersion. So happy that the house full audience shared the artist’s pulse. @rsriganesh @radhikaganesh @serendipityartsfoundation #dancersgram #dancers #dancersoninstagram #dancersofindia
RAKTI premiered by @swarnamalyag @serendipityartsfestival was a brilliantly crafted performance that threw out tags and labels far outside the window. Teasing all the five senses, it was an experiential immersion. So happy that the house full audience shared the artist’s pulse. @rsriganesh @radhikaganesh @serendipityartsfoundation #dancersgram #dancers #dancersoninstagram #dancersofindia
Traditional and Exciting Items lined up! ✨ Don’t miss them! Watch us perform this season at Narada Gana Sabha! TAMIZHE – By Ranga Mandira Sadir Melam . . . #rangamandiraacademy #bharatanatyam #sadir #dancerlife #classical #indiandancer #india #bharatanatyamdancer #tradition #culture #dancers #kutchery #kutcheryseason #dancersofinstagram #passion #naradaganasabha #sabha #december #aestheticposts #artists #artistsoninstagram #music
Ballroom dancing in Sadir?? How?? Do come and watch “TAMIZHE”, by Ranga Mandira Sadir Melam on 26th Dec at Narada Gana Sabha! #rangamandiraacademy #tamizh #tradition #sadir #dance #dancerlife #bharatanatyam #chennai #classical #season #margazhi #culture #swarnamalya #performance #indiandancer #expression #passion #artist
RAKTI- Collaborations In Pleasure premiers tomorrow night at @serendipityartsfestival curated by the renowned @chandrangeeta ji. The excitement to bring this multicultural multi sensorial experiencial Music- Dance -Live Works is palpable. Let’s enter the universe of the Deccan team- @padmaaaaaaaaaaa @radhikaganesh @medai.thestage @anuragdocu @maliniganesh
#ComeTogetheratSAF to witness the enchanting world of ‘Rakti: Collaborations in Pleasure,’ a mesmerizing dance performance curated by the renowned Geeta Chandran. 📅 Date: December 20, 2023 🕰️ Time: 8 PM – 9 PM 📍 Venue: The Foundry, Old GMC Complex 🌈 Concept and Dance: Dr. Swarnamalya Ganesh 🎵 Music Composition and Vocals: Anjana Rajagopalan 🥁 Mridangam: Sriganesh Ramamoorthy 🪕 Oud: Bonny Abraham 🎻 Kemençe: Meissen Alinaghiyan (Iran) 🎹 Harmonium: Srikrishnan 🎨 Visual Design: Vetri, Theatre Akku 👗 Costume, Stage Visuals: Radhika Ganesh 💡 Lighting Design: Charles B ‘Rakti’ explores the vibrant multicultural societies of the Early Modern Deccan (15th – 19th centuries). This performance, a chapter from ‘From the Attic,’ decodes the rich tapestry of performing traditions. Immerse yourself in a sensory experience that intertwines poetry, music, dance, and various stimuli such as food, colors, smell, and nostalgia. Join us on this cultural journey of acceptance, curiosity, consent, co-existence, and plurality. Click on the link in our bio to register now! #SAF2023 #RaktiDancePerformance #Deccan #Pleasure #Attic #Colour #Senses #Panjim #GoaDiaries #ExplorePanjim #Mandovi #PanjimArtsFestival #ThingsToDoInGoa #GoaToDo #CultureInGoa #artsingoa
#ComeTogetheratSAF to witness the enchanting world of ‘Rakti: Collaborations in Pleasure,’ a mesmerizing dance performance curated by the renowned Geeta Chandran. 📅 Date: December 20, 2023 🕰️ Time: 8 PM – 9 PM 📍 Venue: The Foundry, Old GMC Complex 🌈 Concept and Dance: Dr. Swarnamalya Ganesh 🎵 Music Composition and Vocals: Anjana Rajagopalan 🥁 Mridangam: Sriganesh Ramamoorthy 🪕 Oud: Bonny Abraham 🎻 Kemençe: Meissen Alinaghiyan (Iran) 🎹 Harmonium: Srikrishnan 🎨 Visual Design: Vetri, Theatre Akku 👗 Costume, Stage Visuals: Radhika Ganesh 💡 Lighting Design: Charles B ‘Rakti’ explores the vibrant multicultural societies of the Early Modern Deccan (15th – 19th centuries). This performance, a chapter from ‘From the Attic,’ decodes the rich tapestry of performing traditions. Immerse yourself in a sensory experience that intertwines poetry, music, dance, and various stimuli such as food, colors, smell, and nostalgia. Join us on this cultural journey of acceptance, curiosity, consent, co-existence, and plurality. Click on the link in our bio to register now! #SAF2023 #RaktiDancePerformance #Deccan #Pleasure #Attic #Colour #Senses #Panjim #GoaDiaries #ExplorePanjim #Mandovi #PanjimArtsFestival #ThingsToDoInGoa #GoaToDo #CultureInGoa #artsingoa
