Vyākrita, Under the Sacred Tree
Group Dance; 90 minutes
“Vyākrita, Under the Sacred Tree” unfolds the wisdom of the Buddha. This Bharatanatyam ballet has music specially composed in both Hindustani (Nachiketa Yakkundi) and Carnatic (Asha Ramesh) styles and with narration in English by a Javanese Gamelan and Dhalang (Puppeteer) artist.
Vyākrita enthralls the senses through beautiful song, dance, drama, and shadow puppetry while illuminating minds through Buddhist teachings. The journey of the Bodhisatta (seeker of enlightenment represented in each of us) is illustrated through his many lives. As a baby quail, he spread loving kindness; As a monkey, he combined fearlessness and foresight; And as a student, he stood with his resolve to remain truthful. These birth stories were told by Gautama Buddha when teaching his disciples the eightfold path of moral conduct and the four noble truths.
Infinite Facets: An Exploration of the Self
Group Dance; 90 minutes
“Infinite Facets: An Exploration of the Self” is a colorful portrayal of the infinite ways in which Absolute Truth is reflected in all of us, making us different but One.
Dancers illustrate through beautiful song, dance, and drama how the One Self expands into the multiplicity of the universe – the Supreme Male Force and creative Female Energy, the Trinity, the four scriptures, the five elements, and so on. Maya is mankind’s delusion in seeing division instead of understanding the Singular Truth. But through faith, effort, and perseverance, true understanding dawns on us that while forms are many, all is One that is Sat-Chit-Ananda or “Eternal Truth”, “Pure Consciousness” and “Supreme Bliss”, and we realize there is Unity in Diversity.
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