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Graceful and lyrical movements, framed in complex patterns, exquisitely complement the melody and intricate rhythm of the pallavi. Both dance and music are a matching marriage of dance and music. The pace is slow in the beginning and then progresses to fast rhythmic patterns, ultimately challenging the dancers to sustain grace of quicksilver hand gestures with fast agile foot works. The mise en scene is a dance class where a dancer daydreams of a day when she will eventually be ready to perform on stage. Sutra Foundation, a bastion of traditional and contemporary arts bequeathed to Malaysia by Datuk Ramli Ibrahim, was established as a full-fledged Foundation in 2007. Sutra Foundation has been vital in sustaining Sutra’s activities when the arts face challenging times. It continues to provide Malaysia with activities in the performing arts (Sutra Dance Theatre), exhibitions (Sutra Gallery & KamaRia Gallery) and teaching (Sutra Academy). Immense care goes into crafting a Sutra Production – be it in terms of impeccable design input, selection of dance talent, devising sets, costumes, lighting or graphics and marrying them to the conceptual and choreographic intent to assure a flawless production. Sutra Foundation is guided by its Board of Trustees. CREDITS Festival Presenter Yayasan Hasanah & ArtsFAS Conceived by Datuk Ramli Ibrahim (Sutra Foundation) Festival Producer Vivek Menon (Surprise Ventures) Technical, Lighting & Visual Director Sivarajah Natarajan Technical Producer Suren Deran Director & Editor Kumaran Ramasamy Technical Project Manager Dineash Rao Event Coordinator Geethika Sree Administrator Logeswary Silvarajoo Artistic Director (Jinjoti Pallavi) Ramli Ibrahim Assistants to Artistic Director Geethika Sree Harenthiran Tan Mei Mei Original Dance Composition Guru Meera Das (Cuttack, Odisha) Group Composition Sutra Collectives Music Traditional Odissi music Dancers Harenthiran Vickneshwaran Dheva Kumaran Navvinesh Pradeepan Vanizha Vasanthanathan Geethika Sree Tan Mei Mei Vetheejay Renuka Paniker Tishaa V Ravi Harini Mathevan Aishwaryaa Lakshmi Kirthana Sukumaran Costume Design Pankaja Setthi & Sutra Collectives F & B Partner O’Briens Irish Sandwich Café Venue Sutra House PR Coordinator Sutra Foundation Graphic Design Jayaselan Jothyswaran Camera Crew Elvis Premkumar Sivabalan Thinakkaran Jonathan Rainier Peris Wong Ven Li Sound & Lights KRSS K. Pradeep Kumar B. Suresh Kumar K. Mathan K. Thanasekaran R. Michilan Photography & Documentation S Magendran Production Assistants Jayaselan Manickavel
