Written and directed by Sukanya Chakrabarti April 18, 19, 2015, Nitery, Stanford, CA A Bare Stage is about a woman who reconstructs her story by taking instances from her life and putting them up on stage. But the stories that she tells are those about deferred dreams and disillusionment. About A Bare Stage The structure of the play is not linear, and goes back and forth in time to create this sense of remembrance, which does not necessarily follow chronology. Since the story is told both in the form of…
Oral Literature and Literate Orality 2014-2015
Sukanya presents on ‘Performing [as] Bauls: Renegotiating ‘Folk’ Identities Through the Lens of Performance’ Meadenhall, Stanford University. January 26, 2015, 12:00pm. We are delighted to announce Oral Literature and Literate Orality. This Geballe workshop examines the relationship of oral and written literature from a multidisciplinary perspective, considering topics such as the transmission and textualization of folk literature, the interplay between spoken word and written text, and the sociology of reading and performance. We are tremendously excited by our lineup of speakers, coming from across many disciplines, this coming year and hope…
Puppetry Workshop with Basil Twist, MacArthur Grant Recipient, 2015
Assisted Basil Twist in an experimental puppetry project at Bing Concert Hall December, 2014, Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University
Center for South Asia – Graduate Student Brown Bag Series
Sukanya Chakrabarti presents on “Performing [as] Bauls: Reimagining Performance, Identity and Spatiality Between Tradition and Modernity” Encina Hall West, Room 208, Stanford campus. October 9, 2014. In her talk on 9 Oct 2014, Sukanya will ask, “Who are the Bauls?” Click here to view a Video Snippet We kick off the first of this year’s talks at the Center for South Asia’s Graduate Brown Bag Series with Sukanya Chakrabarti’s “Performing [as] Bauls: Reimagining Performance, Identity and Spatiality Between Tradition and Modernity.” A doctoral candidate at the Department of Theater and…
almost…home…
Conceptualized by Sukanya Chakrabarti, May 2014 Roble Theater, Stanford, CA. May 18-20, 2014 Event Listing on Stanford University: Arts Institute, Sparks Grant page (link) What is home? Where is home? What are the boundaries of home? Are we the bodies that build our home, or are we carrying our homes in our bodies? Through the recreation of memories as performance, we explore how our bodies remind us of our homes and the ways that home gets mapped onto bodies. Conceptualized by: Sukanya ChakrabartiDevised by: Andrea hale, Kuna Sangani, Sruti Sarathy, Yvette…