Annual fundraiser – Antar Yatra by AIM for Seva

PUNE: All India Movement for Seva, popularly known as AIM for Seva has organised the annual fundraiser – Antar Yatra, The Journey Within on July 18 at 7 pm, at Tilak Smarak Auditorium. All proceedings from the sale of donor passes will go towards educating children. Choreographed and directed by Sharmila Biswas, of the Odissi Vision Movement Centre, Kolkata, this dance-drama will tour seven cities including Chennai - Pune - Mumbai - Kolkata - Delhi -Bangalore - Bhuvaneshwar.
A statement issued by the organisation said that, Antar-Yatra gives the audience a glimpse to the inner world of the women dancers of India.Antar-Yatra is about their tentative journey, of conflicting thoughts and emotions in the magical world they believe in and create. Using Odissi, Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi, the performers attempt to capture the life and the artistic vision and the inner domain of the women dancers of India.
Through the songs sung in six different languages; through three classical Indian dance forms, multiple voices of the narrator, art of puppetry and pinnal kollattam, Antar Yatra invites the audience to travel between the real and the make believe, and interpret for themselves. Sheela Balaji, Chairperson and Managing Trustee of AIM for Seva said in the statement that, “As dancers explore their inner domain space, every individual also needs a moment of introspection. There is a genius living within each of us and that genius drives us to follow and live our passion. At AIM for Seva, our passion in educating rural India was inspired by."