This is your country,
This is your worldThis is your body
And you must find some way
To live within the ALL of it.
- TA-NEHISI COATES, American writer
As we enter February and the bright cheer of Basant Panchami (the arrival of Spring as per the Indian calendar of 6 seasons), we are confronting a very sobering thought. The necessity of NAVIGATING FAILURE. The disappearing promise of a Covid free 2022 and the shifting dates for dancers to return to rehearsal studios and house full auditoriums. As I write this, I am very aware that the UK has thrown aside all norms of Covid protocols and opened its borders and that many theatres in North America are planning their Fall season in earnest. Flights to India are full with so many arriving to visit their families after a 2 year gap.
Performances are still occurring here and there in many Indian cities but the online Mela continues. It is now a BIG BLUR. Thematic festivals are jostling with one another for eyeballs, much like the offline Chennai season. Some are faring well and others not so, with demand slowly but surely decreasing and the big F word settling in - FATIGUE.
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