"Srishti" , The dance of creation

Premiers Nov 14th 2021
Tickets: www.shaale.com/watch/srishti
All proceeds go to AIM FOR SEVA
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SRISHTI
The dance of creation
A Raadha Kalpa Production
CREDITS
Direction, Choreography & Script: Rukmini Vijayakumar
Music Composition: Dr Rajkumar Bharathi
Music direction & Arrangement: Sai shravanam
Director of Photography: Vivian Ambrose
Audio produced at Resound India
Editing : Vivian Ambrose & Rukmini Vijayakumar
Colour: Vivian Ambrose
MUSIC
Vocals: Keerthana Vaidyanathan & Srikanth Gopalakrishnan
Mridangam: Guru Bharadwaj
Tabla: Ganapathy S
Keyboard: Sai Shravanam
Veena: Bhavani Prasad
Flute: Navin
Camera assistants:
Sharath M
Sharath Patel
Make up/ Costume design: Rukmini Vijayakumar
Costumes sponsored by: Sundari silks
Accommodation sponsor: Neeralaya resorts (Kullu)
Produced by: AIM FOR SEVA , USA
40 mins
Solo Interpretive Bharatanatyam Production
DETAILS:
Srishti , means creation in Sanskrit. In our understanding, in order for something to be created, there must be a creator as well as an object of creation, like a potter and a pot. In Vedanta however, we understand that there is no distance between the creator and created; they are essentially the same. We only perceive a distance between the two because of our lack of understanding. The unmanifest and manifest, the basic qualities of the universe, are represented in Vedantic philosophy as Shiva and Shakti.
Shiva is the unmanifest, all pervasive intelligence inherent in all creation and Shakti, or Parvati is the universe, the material world and all of creation. She is also known as Prakriti . In our experience of this world, we often presume a distance between Shiva and Shakti, or Shiva and Parvathi, and see them as separate entities. We believe ourselves to be the product of a creator’s whims, and find ourselves lacking in more ways than one , without realizing that we are the whole, and that Shiva and Shakti permeate our entire being.
This philosophy of oneness is beautifully represented in the Shiva purana as a story of Shiva and Parvati. These forms of divinity are given human attributes and emotions in the Puranas, infusing them with emotions of loss, separation, love and union. The philosophy of oneness, and non-separate reality is symbolically communicated by showing the union of Shiva and Shakti through their love for one another. The presence of both is necessary for Srishti or creation.