Sarvabhutatma Sri Krishna: A Sattriya exploration of Krishna using the Panchabhuta
The Sattriya dance production 'Sarvabhutatma Sri Krishna' explores the life of Krishna through the lens of the five elements of nature. Choreographed by Krishnakshi Kashyap, the performance uses traditional dance grammar to convey metaphysical concepts.
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It highlights the preservation and evolution of traditional Indian performing arts by integrating philosophical themes into classical dance.
Sarvabhutatma Sri Krishna , choreographed by Krishnakshi Kashyap, uses the Panchabhuta (the five elements) as a dramaturgical framework to explore Krishna’s leelas and his presence as the consciousness that pervades creation.
On a full-house evening, at the Sri Sri Madhavdeva International Auditorium of Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra, Guwahati, Sattriyakristi presented Sarvabhutatma Sri Krishna – Five Elements, One Krishna — a Sattriya dance production, conceptualised and choreographed by Krishnakshi Kashyap. The production sought to view Krishna not merely as the protagonist of familiar episodes from the Bhagavata tradition, but as the all-pervading principle of consciousness through which Nature itself can be apprehended.
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