The Elephant House Project
The Elephant House Project places the dance and music of ancient South Asian worlds at the centre of making of new performance artworks. It brings together professional artists working in diverse areas of performance art and presents opportunities to explore the relevance and potential of cultural and intellectual linkage through ancient dance and music in a collaborative environment. Additionally, the Elephant House Project connects and exposes knowledge and invites interaction, to build an open-house model of artistic pursuit, connected disciplines and modes of access.
Rasa Unmasked was a sensuous, contemporary dance work that shed new light on India’s most vital aesthetic theory. The performance premiered in March 2009 in Sydney, Australia – before an international tour to Malaysia, Singapore and India.
Rasa Unmasked was the result of a collaboration between Anandavalli & Australia’s Lingalayam Dance Company, Ramli Ibrahim & Malaysia’s Sutra Dance Theatre and ethnomusicologist / composer, Alex Dea – all pioneers of classical art forms in contemporary contexts.
Click here to visit the Rasa Unmasked website and watch the season at the Opera House, behind the scenes footage and photos from the tour.
Anil Srinivasan and Sikkil Gurucharan perform their spell-binding new music from the heart of India.
"A revolution - the frontrunners in their generation" - New York Philharmonic
Accompanied by Lingalayam's stunning all-female Indian classical dance troupe.
"One of Australia’s cultural treasures" - Diana Simmonds.
For one sublime night featuring stoies of Indian mythology's most treasured persona: Krishna.
8pm, Saturday 20th August 2011 at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
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"The effect of listening to their work is stunning... it is devastatingly beautiful... this is the new music,
these are the new musicians." John McLaughlin
"A glorious showcase of the mastery of technique by Anandavalli’s dancers... that, ironically, through a highly stylised art form, manages to achieve a deep emotional truth. I freely fell under the mesmerising spell..."
Peter Wilkins, Canberra Times
Learn more about the artists:
Lingalayam: http://www.lingalayam.com/avenues/company
Anil Srinivasan: http://thisandtheother.com/
Sikkil Gurucharan: http://www.sikkilgurucharan.com/