Temple of Desire

Schedule

Fri Oct 04 2024 at 07:30 pm to 08:15 pm

Location

Beckett Theatre, Malthouse Theatre | Melbourne, VI

Enter the Temple of Desire, an imaginary sanctum where mystery and intrigue allure us to indulge in the spiritual and the sensual all at once!
In this visually stunning dance-theatre work, 16 dancers draw from their training in the classical Indian dance form of Bharatanātyam to rediscover a pre-colonial world where the divine and the sensual unite with splendour and power. A celebratory world where pleasure and joy (കാമ / kāma) are not maligned but are pathways to liberation (മോക്ഷ / mōksha).
Anchored in a moving acknowledgement of culture, tradition, colonial loss, and gendered oppression, Temple of Desire is an uplifting journey that embraces alternative histories and liberatory futures. Teeming with tradition, yet subversive and unbound, this captivating journey leads us to a place of profound beauty, euphoria, joy and human understanding.
Directed by Govind Pillai, Temple of Desire is Karma Dance’s new full-length ensemble work, following a decade of acclaimed and award-winning duet and solo works by both Govind Pillai and Raina Peterson: Sūtra (2011), In Plain Sanskrit (2015), Bent Bollywood (2018), Third Nature (2019), Kāla (2019), Narasimha (2022), and Mohini (2023).
Stick around (or come again!) on closing night where the final performance rolls into ‘Temple of Desire: The Party!’
DJ Goddess Naavikaran will spin the decks into the night playing epic and unprecedented remixes of pop, carnatic and Bollywood faves with deconstructed club music. Revel together with Temple of Desire artists and audiences in one final uplifting celebration of our histories, futures, dreams and desires. A collective liberation.
ONLY 3 SHOWS!!
CLOSING NIGHT FINAL PERFORMANCE ROLLS INTO ‘Temple of Desire: The Party!’ WITH DJ Goddess Naavikaran
BOOK NOW: http://templeofdesire.karmadance.org/
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Cast & Creatives:
Director: Govind Pillai
Producer: Manjusha Manjusha
Lighting Designer: Max Woods
Social Media: Joshinder Chaggar
Digital Art: Shelley O’Meara
Photographer: James Henry
Videographer: Jeff Sheppard
Set Designer: Jonathan Fae
DJ: DJ Goddess Naavikaran
Performed by:
- Sahithi Chintakunta
- Neptune Henriksen
- Veena Kadayaprath
- Jaya Karan
- Govind Pillai
- Divya Raghavan
- Ramya Raghavan
- Saranya Saravanan
- Sangeeta Sathyanath
- Davina Shaji
- Ambika Shivaramu
- Divya Shreejit Kumar
- Aparna Subramaniam
- Archana Subramaniam
- Sindusa Wignarajan
- Arulselvam Subramaniam
Content warning:
Contains nudity and smoke/haze.

Where is it happening?

Beckett Theatre, Malthouse Theatre, 78 Dodds St, Southbank VIC 3006, Australia,Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Host or Publisher Karma Dance

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