The Absence of PRESENCE
About the event
Commissioned by the NCPA, ‘The Absence of PRESENCE’ is produced and presented by the Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company & The Drishtikon Dance Foundation in collaboration with the Symphony Orchestra of India. Childhood – interrupted. Silenced. Scattered across borders. Millions of children exist in the shadows of war – displaced, unseen, unheard. Wounded, orphaned, massacred. What remains when laughter fades? Choreographed by Aditi Mangaldas, with music composed by British composer Rushil Ranjan, Associate Artist of the Royal Albert Hall, London, this heart-wrenching production journeys…