Sutra

I wasn't too sure about going for the gala premiere. Sutra didn't attract me that much. I would have preferred to catch up on sleep since the show was in the middle of a terribly hectic work week.

Still, I got dragged out by the friends for it. So difficult to say no to them.

Sutra was quite a visual spectacle. But, after all that hype, I thought it underwhelming.

While the concept of Sutra is unique and the partnership unusual, I honestly didn't see inspiration in the choreography. The only good point was- it was presented to a contemporary audience who would otherwise not be able to appreciate the starkness of the Shaolin gongfu moves. The use of wooden boxes was simple and excellent. It created depth on the stage in a performance that had no dialogue, no storyline and no 'meaning' almost. You'd have to find the zen within those moves and around the boxes. It's anything you want it to be.

Too surreal for me.

It was the music that drew me in. The cadences were dark and determined all at the same time. The gloom and focus and reverberated in my mind. The friends said it gave them an adrenaline rush. I think it's more like adhering to the ancient rules of discipline and heavy rituals. Like what sutras are, Sutra, in a visual format, is bound by complex movements which are terse and spiritually symbolic.

SO YAH, since I'm an uneducated plebeian, one might say I'd describe it as a very artistic, highly structured and more sophisticated version of Ninja Warrior. So don't quote me! :p