A mystical, magical, cultural dance experience performed by Vivek Kinra and Mudra Dance Company along with two international dancers from Chennai. Vivek Kinra will take audiences on a ride into the mystical world of legendary Indian mythology. This passionate dance drama, “Shree Krishna Leela” unravels the entire story of Krishna from his birth to his cosmic existence.

“Shree Krishna Leela is an exciting fast moving dance drama, which I promise will be one of the highlights of my career.” says Kinra. “In two hours we endeavor to portray the entire life of Krishna who is the embodiment of beauty. His appearance, his voice, his smell, his youthfulness and his joyfulness is a delight for everyone. His charm is so overpowering that whoever comes into contact falls in love with him. This is presented using both traditional and innovative features of the Indian classical dance style, Bharata-Natyam, and we are delighted to have two professional dancers from India here to join us to present this important new work.” Mudra Dance Company last performed a major production in Wellington in 2009 and is a welcome return to the vibrant Wellington Dance scene.

The sophisticated, dynamic and rhythmic art form of Bharata-Natyam involves dance, mime and drama. Together with swift and rhythmic percussive footwork, the dancers convey complex emotion and philosophical-thought through intricate hand gestures, body movements and facial expressions. Glittering with colorful, traditional costumes including exquisite saris, sparkling jewellery and elaborate head-dresses designed by some of India’s professional theatrical costume-makers, Shree Krishna Leela featuring a original music score commissioned especially for this production and recorded by an eight-piece orchestra performing on traditional Indian instruments.

Vivek Kinra, dancer, choreographer and director of Wellington-based Mudra Dance Company was made a Member of The Order of New Zealand in 2010 for his huge contribution to the New Zealand Dance scene. He performs the lead role of Krishna, alongside two professional classical dancers from Chennai, India, in other principal roles and over 20 company dancers.

Gayatri Balagurunathan will perform with Kinra as well as assisting Kinra with the choreography for the production. Gayatri was the recipient of the Wellington Asia Resident exchange program in 2010 where she worked on this production and interacted with the Wellington community. She will be joined by T K Thiruchelwam who previously performed in Wellington in "Shree Ram Katha" in 2006

>>CLICK HERE TO view photos from 2006 production Shree Ram Katha.

>>CLICK HERE TO view photos from 2008 Production of Incarnations.

>>CLICK HERE TO view photos from 2009 Production of Anand.