Ashesh Barsha: Unending Monsoon

World Premiere: september 10, 2005, The Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN

"Ashesh Barsha," set in a world out of balance, is an intense examination of issues of climate justice and witnesses the horrifying transformation of life-sustaining phenomena into deathly forces, and of natural resources into privately owned commodities. The unending monsoon is a metaphor for a world torn asunder by global warming’s howling winds and towering waves, irresponsible global industrial policies, toxic spills, and land appropriations from indigenous communities.

Running Time: 80 minutes, without intermission

Concept & Choreography

Ananya Chatterjea

stage direction

Dipankar Mukherjee

scenography

Carol Salmon
Collin Sherraden

costume design

Rex Rajavairan

Musicians

Shubha Mudgal (voice)
Pratap Rath (percussion)
Aneesh Pradhan (percussion)
S.Sankarnarayanan (tavil)
Sheena Khalid (recitation)

Music composition, arrangement, sound design

Shubha Mudgal
Aneesh Pradhan

video documentation & production

Darren Johnson
Northern Dawn Media

performers

Sherie Apungu
Ananya Chatterjea
Grace Gathaara
Yan Huss
Yonci Jameson
Gina Kundan
Simran Kundan
Srija Chatterjea Sen
Stefania Strowder
Jasmine Kar Tang
Chitra Vairavan
Pramila Vasudevan
Hui Niu Wilcox
Alessandra Lebea Williams
Kayva Yang

Lighting design

Mike Wangen

(See “resources” below for full playbill)

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