{"id":52,"date":"2016-09-09T01:21:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T01:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukanyac.com\/chakra\/?p=52"},"modified":"2024-11-15T09:05:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T17:05:22","slug":"conference-of-the-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukanyac.com\/chakra\/2016\/09\/09\/conference-of-the-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference of the Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

September 9-11, 2016, Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, CA.<\/h4>\n

Sukanya Chakrabarti, Actor and Dancer<\/p>\n

From the Facebook Event page (link<\/a>)…<\/p>\n

Thirty artists representing ten dance traditions spanning four continents feature in a vibrant, multi-sensory interpretation of the timeless Sufi quest narrative \u2013 The Conference of the Birds<\/em>. EnActe Arts and Sangam Arts present a contemporary interpretation of the 12th century Persian poet Farid Attar\u2019s magnum opus \u2013 an inspirational parable about the painful but beautiful human journey towards understanding.<\/p>\n

\"Birds\"<\/p>\n

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Hoopoe the wise one calls for a conference of hundreds of birds, exhorting them to embark on a perilous journey across seven treacherous valleys in search of Simorgh, their king and salvation. The seven valleys represent challenges on the path to realizing the true nature of God \u2013 Yearning, Love, Mystical Knowledge, Detachment, Unity of God, Bewilderment and finally, Selflessness and Oblivion in God. Each bird has its own significance \u2013 the nightingale symbolizes the lover, the peacock the \u201cfallen soul,\u201d the parrot seeks the fountain of immortality. It is this universality that we seek to capture in our production, using Peter Brook and Academy Award winning playwright Jean-Claude Carriere\u2019s play as the theatrical basis.<\/p>\n

Written By: Jean Claude Carri\u00e8re and Peter Brook Based on the 12th Century Persian poet Farid-ud-din Attar
\nDirected By: Vinita Sud Belani
\nHead of Production: Usha Srinivasan
\nDance & Music Director: Antara Bhardwaj
\nMusic Composer: Randy Armstrong<\/p>\n