Vishwa Shanthi Performing Arts under the direction of Artistic Director Shreelata Suresh is getting ready to present Vyakrita, a thematic dance production on March 2nd, 2019. South India Fine Arts (SIFA) is co-sponsoring this production along with Vishwa Shanthi. SIFA is celebrating its 40th year anniversary this year. Shreelata Suresh, Artistic Director of Vishwa Shanthi says, “Our dance company has always tried to present dance productions around the theme of self realization or universal peace. This time, we are going to explore Buddhism through the tales of the Jatakas. Because of his arduous path to self-realization, Buddha was able to look into his many past lives, to point the way for human beings to live a pain-free existence. This is how the jatakas came about. These tales were originally written in Pali. When Buddha taught his followers, he used the experiences drawn from his past lives and narrated jataka tales to make a point.”
