Artists from outside India:Julia Varley, Odin Theatret (UK/Denmark)Brigitte Cirla (France)Jill Greenhalgh (Wales)Geddy Aniksdal (Austria)Deborah Hunt (Puerto Rico)Roxana Pineda (Cuba)Keiin Yoshimura (Japan)Eugenio Barba (Italy/Denmark) Daniela Rognoli (Italy)Helen Varley Jamieson (Newzeland)Nathalie Mentha (Italy/Switzerland)

The most prominent feature of the festival would be the presence of Mr. Eugenio Barba, one of the most celebrated theatre intellectual and practitioner. His presence would definitely draw big crowds of theatre artists across the country to this festival. Moreover these proposed performances from different parts of the world would capture the imagination of art loving community of Kerala.

Castle of HolsetebroJulia Varley, ActorEugenio Barba, Director

The Threat of silenceJillian Greenhalgh, Director

Voix PolyphoniquesBrigitte Cirla, Singer

KamigatamaitomaiKeiin Yoshimura, Dancer

Nagakkalam Padmavathy Mecheri Parambil

Female roles in KathakaliMargi Vijayakumar Chitrakatha Geethi Parvathy Baul

AporajitaRwita Dutta Chakraborty, ActorTripti Mitro, Director

The PacketDeborah Hunt- Puppetry

My life as a ManGeddy Aniksdal, Actor

Los AtridasRoxana Pineda, Actor

Make-ShiftHelen Varley Jamieson

Edith PiafNathalie Mentha, ActorPino Di Buduo, Director

Songs and Stories of BrechtDaniela Rognoli, ActorPino Di Buduo, Director

Workshop, TalkEugenio Barba, Director,Odin Theatret

Participants The festival looks forward to the participation of students, research scholars and theatre practitioners from various theatre, music and fine arts institutions from different parts of the country.

antidhatri – is a festival of women performing arts practitioners across the globe. This is a festival inspired from the Transit festival created by actress and writer Ms. Julia Verly

of Odin Theatret Denmark, also a founder member of Magdalena project. This festival would be a first of its kind in Kerala. Transit is an international theatre festival and meeting organized at Odin Teatret, Holstebro, Denmark and directed by Julia Varley. She is also one of the founders of The Magdalena Project, a network of women in contemporary theatre functioning since 1986, directed by Jill Greenhalgh. The Transit and the Magdalena Project and the Tantidhatri festival in India are committed to nurturing an awareness of women’s contribution to performing arts and to support exploration and research by offering concrete opportunities to the discerning women, both in the profession and in life. Tantidhatri would function internationally to give voice to the concerns of women working in theatre today. The Tantidhatri Festival encourage women to examine their role in the future of theatre, by presenting their work, by sharing methodologies, by examining form as well as content and by venturing into new collaborative projects.

Festival TeamParvathy Baul, Bina Paul

Sajitha M. Bandhu PrasadSreelatha K.

Postal Address:‘Poojyam’, VRA- E- 10Sree Chithira Lane, Vanchiyoor ThiruvananthapuramKerala 695035 India

Email:tantidhatrifestival@gmail.comhttp://tantidhatrifestival.blogspot.com+91 9447077822 (Bandhu )+91 9447041543 (Parvathy)+91 9497009215 (Sajitha)

Julia Varley Jill Greenhalgh Geddy Aniksdal Brigitte Cirla

Nathalie Mentha Helen Varley Jamieson Daniela Rognoli

Pepita SethKeiin Yoshimura

Eugenio Barba

Deborah Hunt

Roxana Pineda

Artists from outside India:Julia Varley, Odin Theatret (UK/Denmark)Brigitte Cirla (France)Jill Greenhalgh (Wales)Geddy Aniksdal (Austria)Deborah Hunt (Puerto Rico)Roxana Pineda (Cuba)Keiin Yoshimura (Japan)Eugenio Barba (Italy/Denmark) Daniela Rognoli (Italy)Helen Varley Jamieson (Newzeland)Nathalie Mentha (Italy/Switzerland)

The most prominent feature of the festival would be the presence of Mr. Eugenio Barba, one of the most celebrated theatre intellectual and practitioner. His presence would definitely draw big crowds of theatre artists across the country to this festival. Moreover these proposed performances from different parts of the world would capture the imagination of art loving community of Kerala.

Castle of HolsetebroJulia Varley, ActorEugenio Barba, Director

The Threat of silenceJillian Greenhalgh, Director

Voix PolyphoniquesBrigitte Cirla, Singer

KamigatamaitomaiKeiin Yoshimura, Dancer

Nagakkalam Padmavathy Mecheri Parambil

Female roles in KathakaliMargi Vijayakumar Chitrakatha Geethi Parvathy Baul

AporajitaRwita Dutta Chakraborty, ActorTripti Mitro, Director

The PacketDeborah Hunt- Puppetry

My life as a ManGeddy Aniksdal, Actor

Los AtridasRoxana Pineda, Actor

Make-ShiftHelen Varley Jamieson

Edith PiafNathalie Mentha, ActorPino Di Buduo, Director

Songs and Stories of BrechtDaniela Rognoli, ActorPino Di Buduo, Director

Workshop, TalkEugenio Barba, Director,Odin Theatret

Participants The festival looks forward to the participation of students, research scholars and theatre practitioners from various theatre, music and fine arts institutions from different parts of the country.

antidhatri – is a festival of women performing arts practitioners across the globe. This is a festival inspired from the Transit festival created by actress and writer Ms. Julia Verly

of Odin Theatret Denmark, also a founder member of Magdalena project. This festival would be a first of its kind in Kerala. Transit is an international theatre festival and meeting organized at Odin Teatret, Holstebro, Denmark and directed by Julia Varley. She is also one of the founders of The Magdalena Project, a network of women in contemporary theatre functioning since 1986, directed by Jill Greenhalgh. The Transit and the Magdalena Project and the Tantidhatri festival in India are committed to nurturing an awareness of women’s contribution to performing arts and to support exploration and research by offering concrete opportunities to the discerning women, both in the profession and in life. Tantidhatri would function internationally to give voice to the concerns of women working in theatre today. The Tantidhatri Festival encourage women to examine their role in the future of theatre, by presenting their work, by sharing methodologies, by examining form as well as content and by venturing into new collaborative projects.

Festival TeamParvathy Baul, Bina Paul

Sajitha M. Bandhu PrasadSreelatha K.

Postal Address:‘Poojyam’, VRA- E- 10Sree Chithira Lane, Vanchiyoor ThiruvananthapuramKerala 695035 India

Email:tantidhatrifestival@gmail.comhttp://tantidhatrifestival.blogspot.com+91 9447077822 (Bandhu )+91 9447041543 (Parvathy)+91 9497009215 (Sajitha)

Julia Varley Jill Greenhalgh Geddy Aniksdal Brigitte Cirla

Nathalie Mentha Helen Varley Jamieson Daniela Rognoli

Pepita SethKeiin Yoshimura

Eugenio Barba

Deborah Hunt

Roxana Pineda

The ‘Tanti’ (thread) is tiedTo the rod of ‘Anhad’.

The music plays within,The sound heard-‘runu, runu’

In my body…All thirty-two Nadis

(Channels of energy f low in the body)Are alert,

My senses are numbThe divine king elephant of inner awareness

Appears in my heart;In the brillia nce of thousand suns…

Devi (goddess) sings in my voiceBuddha dances

And the theatre of ‘Nirvan’ (Ultimate freedom from birth and death)

Comes in my vision…

VeenaPad7th century Buddhist Abhadhuti Yogi

Vyloppilli Samskriti BhavanNalanda, Thiruvananthapuram

March 11-15, 2012

Organized by

Tantidhatri Festival Team

Artists from India Padmavathy Mecheri Parambil

Margi VijayakumarRwita Dutta Chakraborty

Parvathy BaulWomen who hold the string

The ‘Tanti’ (thread) is tiedTo the rod of ‘Anhad’.

The music plays within,The sound heard-‘runu, runu’

In my body…All thirty-two Nadis

(Channels of energy f low in the body)Are alert,

My senses are numbThe divine king elephant of inner awareness

Appears in my heart;In the brillia nce of thousand suns…

Devi (goddess) sings in my voiceBuddha dances

And the theatre of ‘Nirvan’ (Ultimate freedom from birth and death)

Comes in my vision…

VeenaPad7th century Buddhist Abhadhuti Yogi

Vyloppilli Samskriti BhavanNalanda, Thiruvananthapuram

March 11-15, 2012

Organized by

Tantidhatri Festival Team

Artists from India Padmavathy Mecheri Parambil

Margi VijayakumarRwita Dutta Chakraborty

Parvathy BaulWomen who hold the string

The ‘Tanti’ (thread) is tiedTo the rod of ‘Anhad’.

The music plays within,The sound heard-‘runu, runu’

In my body…All thirty-two Nadis

(Channels of energy f low in the body)Are alert,

My senses are numbThe divine king elephant of inner awareness

Appears in my heart;In the brillia nce of thousand suns…

Devi (goddess) sings in my voiceBuddha dances

And the theatre of ‘Nirvan’ (Ultimate freedom from birth and death)

Comes in my vision…

VeenaPad7th century Buddhist Abhadhuti Yogi

Vyloppilli Samskriti BhavanNalanda, Thiruvananthapuram

March 11-15, 2012

Organized by

Tantidhatri Festival Team

Artists from India Padmavathy Mecheri Parambil

Margi VijayakumarRwita Dutta Chakraborty

Parvathy BaulWomen who hold the stringWomen who hold the string

Budget forTantidhatri International Women’s Theatre Festival

No Particulars Amount in `

A Performance Fee 10,00,000

B Accommodation 1,50,000

C Food 2,00,000

D Air fare & Freight 5,00,000

E Local Travel 1,00,000

F Publicity 2,00,000

G Technical expenses 4,00,000

H Venue Rent 50,000

I Documentation 1,00,000

J Office /Communication 2,00,000

K Remuneration to Technical & Organizing consultants and Volunteers 5,00,000

Grand Total: Thirty Four Lakhs Only 34,00,000

Budget forTantidhatri International Women’s Theatre Festival

No Particulars Amount in `

A Performance Fee 10,00,000

B Accommodation 1,50,000

C Food 2,00,000

D Air fare & Freight 5,00,000

E Local Travel 1,00,000

F Publicity 2,00,000

G Technical expenses 4,00,000

H Venue Rent 50,000

I Documentation 1,00,000

J Office /Communication 2,00,000

K Remuneration to Technical & Organizing consultants and Volunteers 5,00,000

Grand Total: Thirty Four Lakhs Only 34,00,000

Budget forTantidhatri International Women’s Theatre Festival

No Particulars Amount in `

A Performance Fee 10,00,000

B Accommodation 1,50,000

C Food 2,00,000

D Air fare & Freight 5,00,000

E Local Travel 1,00,000

F Publicity 2,00,000

G Technical expenses 4,00,000

H Venue Rent 50,000

I Documentation 1,00,000

J Office /Communication 2,00,000

K Remuneration to Technical & Organizing consultants and Volunteers 5,00,000

Grand Total: Thirty Four Lakhs Only 34,00,000

Budget forTantidhatri International Women’s Theatre Festival

No Particulars Amount in `

A Performance Fee 10,00,000

B Accommodation 1,50,000

C Food 2,00,000

D Air fare & Freight 5,00,000

E Local Travel 1,00,000

F Publicity 2,00,000

G Technical expenses 4,00,000

H Venue Rent 50,000

I Documentation 1,00,000

J Office /Communication 2,00,000

K Remuneration to Technical & Organizing consultants and Volunteers 5,00,000

Grand Total: Thirty Four Lakhs Only 34,00,000

The ‘Tanti’ (thread) is tiedTo the rod of ‘Anhad’.

The music plays within,The sound heard-‘runu, runu’

In my body…All thirty-two Nadis

(Channels of energy f low in the body)Are alert,

My senses are numbThe divine king elephant of inner awareness

Appears in my heart;In the brillia nce of thousand suns…

Devi (goddess) sings in my voiceBuddha dances

And the theatre of ‘Nirvan’ (Ultimate freedom from birth and death)

Comes in my vision…

VeenaPad7th century Buddhist Abhadhuti Yogi

Vyloppilli Samskriti BhavanNalanda, Thiruvananthapuram

March 11-15, 2012

Organized by

Tantidhatri Festival Team

Artists from India Padmavathy Mecheri Parambil

Margi VijayakumarRwita Dutta Chakraborty

Parvathy BaulWomen who hold the string

The ‘Tanti’ (thread) is tiedTo the rod of ‘Anhad’.

The music plays within,The sound heard-‘runu, runu’

In my body…All thirty-two Nadis

(Channels of energy f low in the body)Are alert,

My senses are numbThe divine king elephant of inner awareness

Appears in my heart;In the brillia nce of thousand suns…

Devi (goddess) sings in my voiceBuddha dances

And the theatre of ‘Nirvan’ (Ultimate freedom from birth and death)

Comes in my vision…

VeenaPad7th century Buddhist Abhadhuti Yogi

Vyloppilli Samskriti BhavanNalanda, Thiruvananthapuram

March 11-15, 2012

Organized by

Tantidhatri Festival Team

Artists from India Padmavathy Mecheri Parambil

Margi VijayakumarRwita Dutta Chakraborty

Parvathy BaulWomen who hold the string

The ‘Tanti’ (thread) is tiedTo the rod of ‘Anhad’.

The music plays within,The sound heard-‘runu, runu’

In my body…All thirty-two Nadis

(Channels of energy f low in the body)Are alert,

My senses are numbThe divine king elephant of inner awareness

Appears in my heart;In the brillia nce of thousand suns…

Devi (goddess) sings in my voiceBuddha dances

And the theatre of ‘Nirvan’ (Ultimate freedom from birth and death)

Comes in my vision…

VeenaPad7th century Buddhist Abhadhuti Yogi

Vyloppilli Samskriti BhavanNalanda, Thiruvananthapuram

March 11-15, 2012

Organized by

Tantidhatri Festival Team

Artists from India Padmavathy Mecheri Parambil

Margi VijayakumarRwita Dutta Chakraborty

Parvathy BaulWomen who hold the string