The Artta
The Artta
May. 14, 2017

LAAL SHAARI

LAAL SHAARI

LAAL SHAARI

She never wears make up. She never goes out. She never wears her hair down… and she never wears a red shaari… Walk away, walk away now…

Selected for ROH2 Firsts 2007, Laal Shaari is a compelling tale of a woman denied the most important thing as a young bride – a Laal Shaari (a red dress).

The production – a collaboration between Amina Khayyam and Ajay Kumar explored the theatricalisation of the classical Indian dance form of Kathak, rethinking it through a process of deconstruction of tatkar, bhav and abhinaya, and engaged a sceneography working with the notion of emptiness as presence.

Presented as a double bill with After Cut Glass by Seeta Patel

Tour Dates

mac birmingham,

16 March 2007

Birmingham

16 Mar 2007

London

ROH2 – – Linbury Theatre

Nov 2007

Royal Opera House, London

Gallery

Team

CREATIVES

Performer: Amina Khayyam

Concept: Amina Khayyam & zeroculture

Director: Ajaykumar

Music Collaboration & Tabla: Debasish Mukharjee

Music Collaboration and Vocal: Lucy Rahman & Tofail Ahmed

Costume: Shaheda Choudhury

Original Research & Development into Choreography: Sushmita Ghosh & Amina Khayyam

Original Music Composer: Faheem Mazhar

PRODUCTION

Production Manager: Stuart Walton

Metal Frame Box Composition by visual artist: Jonathan Polkest

Stills Photography: Simon Richardson

zeroculture production in association with mac birmingham and ArtsDepot for Amina Khayyam with support from Arts Council of England

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