Polyrhythmia and Circus-Theatre in the Contemporary: Notes on Talatum
- Vol.70(3), March
- Mumbai Marg Publications 2019
- 98-107p.
This photo essay focusses on the mobile theatres of Assam, looking at the inventive means these touring groups use to stage grand productions based on historic, mythic and popular themes for rural and urban audiences. The images provide glimpses of the complex set design, light and sound arrangements, backstage preparations and the spectacles recreated on stage with use of projections. As a contrast to this practice, the writer points to minimalist theatre traditions that continue in Assam such as the Under The Sal Tree festival started by Sukracharjya Rabha.