Nrityanjali Theatre's production for 2015 is a ballet/dance drama at Queen's Hall entitled The Divine Flute.
In association with the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Co-operation, this presentation, dedicated in devotion to the divine flute player Krishna, concentrates on two main aspects of Krishna, a release said.
The first is the love between Krishna and Radha: Radha's love symbolises the soul's intense longing and willingness for the ultimate unification with the divine. The second aspect is Krishna of the Mahabharata who counsels us to "go out and fight" because we have to do our dharma (duty in life).
The Divine Flute is a symbol of man's experience of spirituality through unconditional love, as portrayed by the devotion of the gopis to Krishna's flute-playing. Later in his life Krishna teaches that spirituality is attained by carrying out your duty in life without expectations. The ultimate goal of life is to attain salvation – this is depicted by Krishna playing the flute with seven holes. The holes symbolise the seven chakras which must be awakened to attain eternal peace and happiness as described in yoga.
The Divine Flute will be mostly danced to live music with Dr Karn of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Co-operation and Shri Prashant Patasar on percussion, Dr Sharda Patasar on the sitar, popular local singer Shri Rooplal Girdharie and Surja Chakravorty among the talented others. The dedicated dancers of Nrityanjali–Denyse Musai and Priya Ramlakhan–will be leading a cast of more than 20 dancers.
Nrityanjali Theatre was awarded the Humming Bird Medal (Gold) for its contribution to Culture in 1993.