Invitation: Chhau Dance Group Performing In Hungary, 17 - 21 May
- 15 May 2013 9:00 AM
Visiting of Guru Shyama Charan Pati and his Chhau group to Hungary. The Chhau blends within it forms of both dance and martial practices employing mock combat techniques, stylized gaits of birds and animals and movements based on the chores of village housewives.
The dance is performed by male dancers from families of traditional artists or from local communities and is performed at night in an open space to traditional and folk music.
The themes for these dances include local legends, folklore and episodes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata and other abstract themes.
The group has performances on 17th of May in Kecskemét, on 18-20th of May in Szentendre, Whitsun Festival, on 21st of May, Eger.
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