A Flowering Tree presents, in dance and theatre, an ancient folk-tale, about a young woman who has the ability to turn herself into a tree, which blossoms with intoxicatingly flowers. But what is this transformation, this "blossoming"?

In Tantra, the body of the practioner is a Uiverse, and the spinal "tree" is the Axis Mundi.

Inspiration for the performance comes from the Tantric texts and rituals, the stylised mime techniques of Koodiattam dance, along with the classical indian dance form Bharata Natyam, and the Indian martial art form Kalaripayat.


First production
2006
Robert Gill Theatre
Toronto, Canada

Director Phillip B. Zarrilli
Music composed by Ed Hanley
Choreographer and Performer Gitanjali Kolanad


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