Verottam
Created 25 minutes of music with the idea of merging roots with modernity.
///Does life need contact to flow? Can a root survive without touching the earth? Can a human being truly flourish without connection?
In Verottam, Usha Jey, Jonathan Lutumba, and Athik : three artists from diverse cultural and artistic backgrounds, explore a universal quest: the search for connection. A connection that anchors, that gives life. Their language is physical, sonic, and organic. A dance carried by live music and the deep, resonant breath of the mridangam.
/// Born into migrant families, they embody a generation that creates its own roots far from its homeland. They are the branches that have grown elsewhere. And so they dance. To reconnect. To pass on. To share.
/// The central instrument of the piece, the mridangam is an iconic percussion of Tamil classical music. In the hands of Athik, who has practiced it for over 18 years, it becomes the rhythmic heart of a dialogue between heritage and contemporary languages.
///Verottam is a run toward the other. A breath to avoid getting lost. A dance that seeks to connect us, deeply.
