Karen bruce choreographer biography of mahatma gandhi
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JAMES STRECKER: You are known, among other reasons, for your interest in the meditative and restorative power of music, so I wonder how this interest is in evidence in your new work OM SAHA NĀVAVATU.
TIMOTHY CORLIS: The words “OM SAHA NĀVAVATU” are the first three Sanskrit words in a mantra that is often used in meditation. I personally use this mantra in my own daily meditations as a way to invoke peace in the moment. It’s a popular mantra or prayer for meditation and many others have adapted and set this mantra to music, including pop singer Tina Turner. It translates loosely, “Aum, May we all be protected, May we all be blessed, may our interactions and affairs be filled with enthusiasm and energy, may the things we learn be filled with brilliance and light, may there be no conflict among us, Aum, peace, peace, peace.” When I sing this during meditation, there is no audience, just me. I sing it as a prayer, but also because it allows me to concentrate, to put aside the constant noise of daily life, and the constant monologue that my mind creates from moment to moment. When I can do this, with this mantra and also with other similar short devotional songs that are helpful for focusing one’s concentration, I’m able to find a part of myself that leads to my own restorat
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Akhnaten (opera)
Opera chunk Philip Glass
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THIS WEEK’S OPENINGS
Wednesday August 30
REGIONAL: Macbeth (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon) August 19-October 14, press night August 30. Wils Wilson, associate director at Edinburgh’s Lyceum, makes her RSC directorial debut. Press contact: kate.evans@rsc.org.uk Website: https://www.rsc.org.uk/macbeth/
OPENINGS FURTHER AHEAD
REGIONAL: Never Have I Ever (Chichester Festival Theatre’s Minerva) September 1-30, press night September 6. Emma Butler directs Alexandra Roach, Greg Wise and Susan Wokoma in the world premiere of a play by Deborah Frances-White, the comedian, screenwriter and host of The Guilty Feminist podcast. Press contact: Lucinda Morrison, lucinda.morrison@cft.org.uk. Website: https://www.cft.org.uk/events/never-have-i-ever
REGIONAL: A View From the Bridge (Octagon Theatre, Bolton) September 8-30, press night September 12; then at Chichester Festival Theatre,