Chakravyuha
چکراویوها
Author: Ratan Thiyam (script, music, design and direction) · Chorus Repertory Theatre, Imphal · 1984
About this work
The play draws on an episode of the Mahabharata (the Drona Parva): the killing of Abhimanyu, Arjuna's young son, by seven Kaurava warriors inside the wheel-shaped battle formation called the chakravyuha. According to Erin B. Mee in American Theatre, elegantly robed, soft-spoken generals push the young man into false heroism and send him into a battle where they know he will die; Abhimanyu remembers hearing, in his mother's womb, his father describe how to enter the formation, but his mother fell asleep before the way out was told. At the end he speaks from the battlefield and condemns the powerful kings and rulers of the world. Thiyam staged the myth with Manipuri martial and ritual arts (thang-ta, nata sankirtana, pena singing).
نمایش بر پایهٔ بخشی از «مهابهاراتا» (درونه‌پرو) ساخته شده است: کشته شدن ابهیمنیو، پسر جوان ارجونه، به دست هفت جنگاور کوروه در آرایش جنگی چرخ‌مانندی به نام «چکراویوها». به نوشتهٔ ارین بی. می در «امریکن تیتر»، سرداران خوش‌پوش و نرم‌گفتار این جوان را به قهرمانی دروغین می‌رانند و به نبردی می‌فرستند که می‌دانند در آن کشته می‌شود؛ ابهیمنیو به یاد می‌آورد که در زهدان مادر شنید پدرش راه ورود به این آرایش را شرح می‌دهد، اما مادر پیش از گفتن راه بیرون آمدن به خواب رفت. در پایان او از میدان نبرد با شاهان و فرمانروایان قدرتمند جهان سخن می‌گوید و آنان را محکوم می‌کند. تیام این اسطوره را با هنره‌ای رزمی و آیینی مانیپور (تانگ‌تا، ناتا سنکیرتنه، آواز با ساز پنا) به صحنه برد.
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تماشا · Chakravyuha (1984) prologue: the start of the war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, Chorus Repertory Theatre Imphal production, the company's official channel ▶ Listen at the source ↗
تماشا · 18-minute excerpt of Chakravyuha, music, light, design and direction by Ratan Thiyam, the company's official channel (plays on YouTube only) ▶ Listen at the source ↗
دستاورد · Fringe First Award at the Commonwealth Arts Festival, Edinburgh · 1986 (according to Saidul Haque's module; Wikipedia lists an Edinburgh Fringe First for Thiyam in 1987) ▶ Listen at the source ↗
نقد · Erin B. Mee · American Theatre (July/August 2000) · admiring ▶ Listen at the source ↗
نقد · Chandradasan · India Art Review (2025) · admiring ▶ Listen at the source ↗
نقد · Saidul Haque · Comparative Indian Drama course module, e-PG Pathshala (INFLIBNET and UGC) · mixed ▶ Listen at the source ↗
These performances are variants of the piece and may differ from the score on this card.
Details
- Author
- Ratan Thiyam (script, music, design and direction) · Chorus Repertory Theatre, Imphal
- Year
- 1984
- Class
- Landmark Productions
- Type
- Theater
- Source
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