#HerNameWasCarmen

[the-traveling-nurse]

Can’t wait until they reopen #Carmen again and I can dance with @jose_maria_cohenez @kpthenp @hayleythediamond @chamaleonstache @cgonzal8 again! #latergram #pineapple #quecool #nyc #staystrong #danceparty 🍍 @hernamewascarmen (at Her Name Was Carmen) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-pK_oBjHS7/?igshid=tdwxfb05x0ed

[londonfringetheatres]

Her Name Was Carmen!

At the Coliseum in London today. After a long time I’m updating this blog. This performance of masterful Ballet needs to be recorded.

Her Name Was Carmen is a re- representation of the famous Carmen Opera by Prosper Mérimée with a twist. It merges the story of the fiery Carmen with the current refugee crisis in Europe. Irina Kolesnikova, one of the world’s leading ballerina’s brain child to help spread awareness about the plight of refugees at the borders of nations, highlighting the pain of torn families, orphaned children through her own platform, ballet. It weaves a very touching tale of Carmen as a refugee. Her troupe’s grace and technique in this performance is flawless.

Since I have recently started learning Odissi, the ancient dance form of Odisha in India, my interest in watching this performance was obvious. How cleverly the choreographers have managed to convey a very recent social message through the medium of an old opera!

Will it be possible to do the same with Oddisi? Take the traditional base of Odissi and tell a story which would touch the heart and soul of a modern man.