Story of Ravana | Temple of Fine Arts | Bharatanatyam Dance

► #darbarfestival Curated by Akram Khan MBE and Choreography by Mavin Khoo, The story of Ravana extract performed by the Temple of Fine Arts Bharatanatyam Dancer. Filmed at the Darbar Festival, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 25th November 2019. Dance curated by Akram Khan MBE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn more about the dance: Accompanied by female musicians, an all-male bharatanatyam ensemble from the Temple of Fine Arts Inner Space Dance perform choreography by Darbar Festival co-curator Mavin Khoo. The musicians provide an extended prologue of spiritual Bhajan hymns alluding to the spirit of Lord Rama pre-performance. This provides an entry to the mythological world of the Ramayana through the lens of the ten headed demon god Ravana. This new work explores three scenes from the epic; the abduction of Sita, the building of the bridge by Rama’s army of monkeys and the killing of Ravan