CHATSWORTH

Chatsworth is the name of one of the Indian townships in Durban where Indian immigrants were relocated during the apartheid.

In “Chatsworth“ a Berlin-based choreographer Constanza Macras is interested in revealing the diverse ways that the Indian diaspora has found to relate with the intersections of multiculturalism, the global and the local.

Traditional Indian dance and drama entangle with contemporary forms and contents. Musicals are the common place where cultural appropriation is not condemned but seemingly necessary.

Through the lens of Bollywood dance, they immerse in a universe of assimilation, transformation, and resilience: the diasporic self.