Waterfall

ASHFIELD THEATRE CROYDON

1997

Original music by Nitin Sawney

Pick of the week in Children’s Time Out

Anu’s first professional production was Waterfall. This story is based on the Hindu myth of the Goddess’ Ganga’s descent to this planet. Ganga is a River Goddess and trickles  to Earth through Lord Shiva’s hair to put some dead children’s soul’s to rest.

The original story is in the Hindu epic “ The Maharabatha” Anu worked with Claire Burrell to recreate this myth as a western style fairy tale, retelling the story in the traditional dance drama form of India

“This piece meshed two stories. One of a British born Indian’s  journey to find a place for herself and the story of Ganga’s descent to earth. The philosophy used for the creation of this piece was that of the VEDAS , the most ancient of Hindu  philosophies.

The Vedas teach us that there is no place between two places for searching souls….we should all seek  a path of JOY for our souls rather than PLEASURE for our ego, therin we will find the truth of the fire that burns in  the lotus flower that sits in the castle of our soul…

“More than ten years later from this production and study, I still find myself inching forward on this journey……. ”

 

Waterfall was a community arts project in conjunction with the children of Greenwich Hindu Temple . It was supported by The Arts Council, The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and The Baring Foundation

 

See the clip:

In this clip, the lost girls begins her journey to find her place , she is introduced to the character of king Sagara

In this clip, King Sagara’s 50,000 children are born

In this clip a beautiful white horse is seen dancing with Indira

 

The children kill the mesmerising horse and so invoke the wrath of a meditating sage, all the children die. King Bhagareetha does a fire dance to pray for the Godess Ganga to come down

 

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