Kathakasharchpare Rajan Shramanshracha vanaukasa:
Divyakhyanani ye chapi padhanti Madhuram Dvija:
From the Mahabharata: Adiparva – 400 B.C.E. to 200 C.E.
[Oh King, the Kathaka’s and also the forest dwelling ascetics and Brahmins
sweetly recite the divine stories.]
Produced and Directed by Janaki Patrik
June 15 & 16, 2007 at 8pm
Ailey Citigroup Theater
The Joan Weill Center for Dance
55th Street & 9th Avenue
Choreography-Janaki Patrik & Rani Khanam
Music – concept and direction-Rani Khanam
Lighting – David Bengali and Syed Sallauddin Pasha
Script – Janaki Patrik, with Akshay Sateesh, Rani Khanam, Syed Sallauddin Pasha
Costumes- design- Rani Khanam
Guest Artists-Rani Khanam & Syed Sallauddin Pasha
Narrators-Akshay Sateesh & Aparna Reddy
Company members: Sharmili Basu-Khan, Antara Basu-Zych, Madhusmita Bora, Sana Kidwai, Roopakshi Mathur, Sandhya Menon, Rekha Shoenfeld-Woods, Sowmya Viswanath, Saritha Vuppala