Caught Again in the Net of Rebirth is a new piece by choreographer Chandenie Gobardhan in collaboration with composer Torben Sylvest and musicians Avi Kishna and Raj Mohan, supported by the RPS Drummond Lockyer Fund for Dance. 

Chandenie Gobardhan and their four dancers explore the concept of Trimurti – a cosmic cycle of creation, preservation and destruction of the self. In meticulously detailed scenes Chandenie draws from Bharatanatyam as well as street and contemporary dance styles to draw us into meditative and ancestral images of transformation. Rooted in the Vedic Trimurti cycle – creation, preservation and destruction – the work traces the collapse and renewal of identity across time. Blending intricate choreography with Sylvest's original composition, it invites audiences into a layered world where past, present, and future selves meet. 

Caught Again in the Net of Rebirth will be performed alongside Just Enough Madness, a bold new dance-theatre work, weaving poetic text, ritual, and a striking live musical score. Performed by Payal Ramchandani in the South Indian classical dance form, Kuchipudi, alongside three live musicians on percussion, flute, and vocal, Just Enough Madness explores the silences surrounding motherhood, miscarriage, and postpartum.

Caught Again in the Net of Rebirth is supported by the Performance stream of the RPS Drummond Lockyer Fund for Dance, and was previously supported in 2024 through the fund's Research and Development stream.

The RPS Drummond Lockyer Fund for Dance was established in 2007 in memory of the writer, broadcaster and lifelong dance aficionado Sir John Drummond CBE, by John’s long term partner Bob Lockyer OBE, himself a major force in British dance for decades, who sadly died in 2022. In the years since, it has supported a range of collaborations between composers and choreographers, as detailed here on our website.

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