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unSeen - dir. by Vishnupad Barve

unSeen was a dance piece critiquing how society shapes the idea of femininity or the ‘woman’ across cultures.

14 October 2016

About

unSeen was based on Rabindranath Tagore’s letter ‘Ramabai-er Baktritar Upalakhse’ (letter with reference to Ramabai’s speech). In 1891, Tagore attended a lecture by Ramabai, where she said that women can do anything that men can, except drinking alcohol. In a highly disputable response to her, he pointed out how nature has made women weaker than men, physically and intellectually, and the necessity, therefore, to follow the ‘law of compensation’.

Images used for representative purpose only.

Design and Direction: Vishnupad Barve
Performance: Kalyanee Mulay
Lights: Nazia Khan
Stage Management: Gayatri Joshi

A glimpse

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