Andal Reimagined – Performance

Andal​ ​Reimagined by​ ​Dr​ ​Priya​ ​Srinivasan​ ​and​ ​Uthra​ ​Vijay is an interdisciplinary performance uses poetry, dance, music and visual imagery to look at the inner landscapes of disparate women’s journeys through their imaginative connections across time and place to understand atmospheres of emotion. Pairing Andal the 9th century female poet from South India with recovered and fragmented images and stories of exile past and present from Australia, Sudan and Romania, the piece invites audiences to rethink feminist voices from non-western contexts through the impact of their intersections.

The performance invokes intimacy, playing with darkness, light, sound, and movement. Dancer/scholar Priya Srinivasan (Australia) joins singer Uthra Vijay (India/Australia) and visual artist Andrea Campaneau (Romania) for a unique collaboration of classical carnatic music, contemporary Indian dance theatre and the convergence of histories, lyricism, affect, and resonance. 

The performance will be followed by a discussion with audiences and local communities to discuss what female empowerment and intercultural encounters between women from different sociopolitical locations might mean in the current unstable climate.