A Contemporary Dance Drama – The Eternal Wife

Nitya Sumangali depicts the devadasi tradition and the forbidden love of a young devadasi. The contemporary dance drama is set in a 6th century Shiva temple. During this period, in some parts of India, young girls were sent to temples as servants and made the wives of God and called Devadasi. These wives of God lived in or around the temple compounds to serve the deity as dancers and musicians forming part of the elaborate rituals. Due to circumstances, they fall into a cruel fate as an eternal wife of God, following tradition-even in death.

Nitya Sumangali challenges creativity on every front – from choreography to costume, set design to sound and light and features the deconstruction of classical and contemporary dances.

[Show Details]

Date & Time:
22 Jun (Preview) @ 8.30pm
23 – 25 Jun @ 8.30pm l 26 Jun @ 3pm

Venue: Pentas 2, klpac

Promotional price: Preview Night (22 Jun) – RM13 flat

Ticket Price: RM25 l RM15 (students & the disabled)

Box office: Call or walk-in
klpac @ Sentul Park (03 4047 9000)
The Actors Studio @ Lot 10 (03 2142 2009 / 2143 2009)

[Production Team]

Executive Producer: Dato’ Faridah Merican
Artistic Director: Joe Hasham OAM
Written & Choreographed by: Lex Lakshman Balakrishnan
Set Designer: Lex Lakshman Balakrishnan
Cast: Noor Azlin Hamzah, Hazra Ghazaly, Muhammad Shukri Kamal, Muhammad Akmal Ayob, Gloria Patie, Prahsanna Raja Ratnam, Norle Eddysham Ahmad, Ayu Azril Ali, Mohd. Hazri Hazmi, Izzazly Fikri Kamri, Mohamad Nooraniq Osman, & Siti Farrah Abdullah.

Website: http://www.klpac.org/?s=nitya