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BHU RITAM
History and today’s organisation.
We create and perform shows, do tours, give workshops, and do artistic researches inspired by the integral yoga of Sri Aurobindo and Mother. Our creations draw from contemporary dance, theatre, vocal work, body work, aerial dance, and body memory.
Our artistic activity we founded it in January 2016
We create and present theatre performances in Auroville like Embracing the Planet (2015), Bhu (2016-17), and VAST (in progress). Our creations draw from contemporary dance, theatre, vocal work, body work, aerial dance, and body memory.
Our current focus is a performance called VAST, which depicts the journey of a young man from Nepal who is forced into exile in a big Indian city. Beyond oppression he tries to find in his body a path to his Himalaya. This is a story of reconnection with Nature and Vastness.
-The Bhu vast journey of auroville video (Baroda festival): https://youtu.be/UZhtkb3JVrw
-The Vast promotional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYs_14MjzrU
“One with self’s inlook into its own pure vasts,
He saw the splendour of the spirit’s realms”
Canto Fifteen, The Kingdoms of the Greater Knowledge, Savitri, Sri Aurobindo
Vision and Missions
Our research and creations are inspired by the quest of human unity . The question of identity and freedom, beyond all forms of oppression, denials, and the memory loss is central for our research and creation.
Since 2016, being in Auroville, close to Pondicherry in Tamil Nadu, India, we are inspired by Mother and Sri Aurobindo about how the human body – beyond ruptures, oppressions, and confinements – carries in itself the memory of Nature and Vastness.
His researches are now focused on the sound frequencies and primordial forces that drive the body, the being, the natural momentum of the actor/dancer. Philippe develops a special anatomy of the actor/dancer, to serve a total and integral dance theatre and to experience on stage, beyond all memories and resistances, the freedom of the body.
Leaders & Team
Philippe Pelen and Thierry Moucazambo, Aurovilians, founded Surya Performance Lab (Bhu Ritam activity) under Auroville Art Service in 2016, in collaboration with Barbara Paschinger and a team of 20 people. It is a dance theatre company based in the community Ritam. We create and perform shows, do tours, give workshops, and do artistic researches inspired by the integral yoga of Sri Aurobindo and Mother. We have been in the field of performing arts for 35 years. We have directed an international dance theatre company based in La Reunion Island (French island in the Indian ocean). We developed a strong partnership with South Africa and performed in 82 countries in the biggest festivals and theatres of the world including l’Opera de Paris and Le Théâtre de la ville de Paris.