On September 24, after a three-year hiatus, the Natarani Amphitheatre reopened to a packed house with an in-house production, Mother River, ending Ahmedabad’s cultural desolation.
Natarani is housed in the Darpana Academy of Arts founded in 1949 by Mrinalini Sarabhai, the famed danseuse, and her husband, Vikram Sarabhai, father of India’s space programme. The academy was later moved to its own premises.
Mother River depicted the newly renovated space at its grandest. Performed by Mallika, Mrinalini Sarabhai’s daughter, and her team of Darpana dancers and musicians. . .