Samsara

After over a year of planning, research and development, Bagri Foundation and Aakash Odedra Company present a world tour and a new dance commission. Entitled Samsara, the new work is a collaboration between Aakash Odedra and Hu Shenyuan, two of the finest exponents of culturally-specific dance forms from their countries of origin, India and China, on the world stage.

Samsara is inspired by Wu Cheng’en’s classic 16th century Chinese novel ‘Journey to the West’ which depicts the journey of Buddhist philosophy from India to China, in turn inspired by the real life monk Xuanzang who undertook a pilgrimage in the 7th century. The story of cultural exchange and common philosophy will be key to Odedra and Shenyuan’s interpretation.