Lasya Dance Company - Repertoire

“Does anyone make a beautiful harp and toss it in the dust?
Speak Goddess Sakthi, You have endowed me with glowing intellect

Won’t you give me enough strength to make this land useful and purposeful
Instead will you let me be a burden to this earth?”

Lasya’s 2003 production was dedicated to the beautiful compositions of the Tamil poet Subramanya Bharati, who was also a freedom fighter for India.

Lasya 2002 production was a huge event -

The ‘Splendor of Dance’ was presented by 70 dancers to lively classical and ethnic music, dazzling costumes, gems from panchatantra stories, western and eastern rhythms.

"Whence comes this woman! Whose daughter is she? A single woman, who has lost her husband, has conquered the evil King with her anklet, and has destroyed our city with fire!'"

‘Silapadikaram’ Lasya Dance Company’s 2001 production, was based on a literary masterpiece of the same name, written between 200 - 300 AD by Ilango Adigal, the son of a Chera King. It is the story of the chastity & courage of one woman who defied the King and fought for justice.

“If I want the flowers of spring, the fruits of the later year,
If I want what charms and delights, what satisfies and nourishes,
If I want to grasp heaven and earth with a single name;
I name you Shakuntala and so all is said.”

Lasya's premier production was based on the literary genius Kalidasa's Abhignana Shakuntalam (Shakunthala Recognized/ Redeemed). This epic poem in Sanskrit has captured the minds of artists, historians and literatuers all over the world. Lasya's dance-drama based on this saga brought to life the romance between a King and the beautiful daughter of a celestial dancer.