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Location
San Francisco, CA
Fiscal Year Awarded
2011
Grant or Program
National Dance Project Production Grant
Grant Amount
$37,500
Sita Haran (the abduction of Sita) - choreographed, composed, and directed by celebrated Kathak icon Pandit Chitresh Das - is a dynamic and original interpretation of an excerpt from the great epic of India, The Ramayana. Sita Haran brings this ancient epic to life with an international, all-female cast of dancers, sumptuous multimedia, Sanskrit poetry, and an original score. Pandit Das delves deeply into the characters, creating a unique, contemporary perspective and shedding new light on this story of greed, lust, distraction, and divine intervention.