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MargaM Reimagined
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MargaM Reimagined transforms the acclaimed virtual reality experience as an immersive architectural projection onto the Guildhall Dance Porch. Classical South Indian dance forms dissolve into light, with sacred gestures, temple motifs and mandala geometries unfolding across the façade.
Bharatanatyam (one of India's oldest classical dance forms) rhythms become radiant vectors, weaving culture and movement into the stone. As the architecture glows with echoes of devotion and legacy, audiences are drawn into a contemplative intersection between sacred tradition and digital performance.
Set to a pulsating fusion of Carnatic beats and dub textures, the piece meditates on lineage, female artistry and the urban sacred.
MargaM Reimagined is presented by Vibrance.
On 29 and 30 January 2026, Vibrance will transform the City of London, creating unforgettable encounters with light, sound and live performance. Vibrance will feature more than a dozen artworks across five iconic locations, uniting historic monuments with cutting-edge technology.
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This free festival will bring together artists, designers and performers from Guildhall School to reimagine five iconic locations within the Culture Mile after dark, inviting you to rediscover the City’s architectural treasures in a whole new light, and bring warmth and wonder to the evenings.
Artists: Divya Kasturi, Dan Shorten
Time: 5.30 - 8.30pm
Location: Guildhall Yard, EC2V 5AE
https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/vibrance
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​Enjoy an insight into the MargaM VR experience is in the Insight film from our Time and Space Residency at Sadlers' Wells East (posted on the right.)
Co-created with Sam Lawrence, Target 3D, Clèmence Debaig, Rebecca Evans, Guildhall Production Studio..
Divya Kasturi Company presents a Double bill with a refreshing take on classical Bharatanatyam
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The Key Theatre - Sunday 2 November 6.30pm
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Featuring a curtain raiser showcasing DKC Young Talents.
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Act 1 – WiW (Woman-in-waiting)
Inspired by Tamil Sangam poetry, this new solo Dance-Theatre piece by eminent Bharatanatyam artist Divya Kasturi is boldly sensual. In her signature engaging style Divya captures the bottlenecks and breakthroughs of a restless inner journey. Time plays the dominant narrative in this performance. Be it the midnight that sparks off speech, words, thoughts, stories or a stillness that reverberates spiced with a mixture of anxiety, restlessness, hope, memory, despair leading into Act 2.
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Act 2 – Genesis
Developing from the themes of WiW, Divya’s ensemble choreography is influenced by Indian poet Arundhathi Subramaniam’s writings. Genesis traces a dreamlike narrative that begins with ‘birthing’, ending with a note of ‘self-discovery’, all weaved with the everyday experience of waiting and searching.
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Photo and film credit: Jo Cork
An insight into our MargaM VR development residency at Sadler's Wells East in May 2025
DKC Highlight Show: To Varnam...with Love (2019-2023)
Past Projects
Gallery of past creations
The company's work propels a strong drive to combine classical and contemporary South Asian Dance with elements of Western contemporary dance, Indian and Western music, live vocals, technology and physical theatre. Our aesthetics are articulated from the firm bedrock of Bharathanatyam and Carnatic Music with modern concepts and ideas relevant to everyday life.