AAKASH ODEDRA COMPANY

Aakash Odedra Company and Bagri Foundation invite you to enter the world of Samsara. Inspired by the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, Samsara is a spellbinding piece that traces the steps we take, both forward and backward, in search of our higher selves.

UK/Indian dancer Aakash Odedra and Chinese dancer Hu Shenyuan

Samsara (North American Premiere)

March 22-25 @ 8pm

$40-70

Vancouver Playhouse draw on their diverse disciplines of ballet, Chinese folk, kathak and contemporary dance to explore the notion of samsara: the wheel of life, birth, existence and re-birth. This compelling journey of self-development, fear and love traces a path across lands and through time, exploring the idea that if we let attachments go and allow light in, we might find a place of truth and peace. Drawing on thinking and imagery at the heart of Buddhist philosophy, Samsara’s mythological storytelling merges with personal experience from two globally opposite perspectives in a seductive, astonishing journey of twin movement.

Duration: 60 minutes

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Performers/Crew Names & Positions:

Dancers: Aakash Odedra, Hu Shenyuan

Musicians: Nicki Wells, Beibei Wang, Michael Ormiston

Tech: Salvatore Scollo, Michael Morgan, Emanuele Salamanca, and Camilo Tirado

Company Manager: Ali Robertson and Megan Maw