Liz Lea, our choreographer from Australia is sprawled on the dance
floor. No she isn’t choreographing. SHe is surrounded by yards of cloth
which she is hand sewing for a costume! In the cafe, Sandeep Pillai, our
music director for two of the three shows for Tagorenama, is sitting
with headphones and computer, head bobbing up and down and all around.
He is periodically joined by director Symon Macintyre for the score for
Street of Voices. At other times Syumon is seen with Pandarinathan
talking heads – literally, for they seem to creating puppet heads for
the show.
In the meantime, Jayan and the musicians are holed up in the music room
from where an entirely different sound scape escapes. this one is for
the play we are directing in Valsad for Atul VIdyalaya’s 20th
anniversary. An epic with fifteen songs.
Yes the winter is in full swing at Datrpana with creations and
presentations. If you are going to be anywhere around, note dates down
in your diary, and show up. Great fun is promised to all.
