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India meets Shakespeare at
Smith Memorial Hall

…Arjun Raina is an enormously respected and innovative theatre actor and has acted in over 100 theatre performances in India, both in English as well as Hindi…

…Positive interaction with the audience existed throughout the entire performance. After Raina danced to the powerful drum beat of the Indian music, and used expressive facial and body gestures, he explained Kathakali to the audience.

Raina taught the audience that various placements of the same arm position can represent several significant concepts, such as the earth and the king. Through this type of unique sign language, Raina told elaborate stories of love, betrayal and revenge…

 

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