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Temple of Desire ()

Produced by

Karma Dance Inc

Presented by

The Toronto Fringe Festival

Director: Govind Pillai

Venue

Aki Studio

Run

July 4th, 2025 – July 11th, 2025

Synopsis

Enter the Temple of Desire—a visually stunning dance-theatre performance where the sensual meets the sacred.

This bold new work features 16 dancers trained in the classical Indian form of Bharatanātyam. Dangerously, they reclaim a pre-colonial world where the divine and the sensual unite with splendour and power. Subversive, sumptuous, and unapologetically queer, Temple of Desire confronts colonial loss and gendered oppression through dance that is both defiant and evocative. Steeped in tradition, visually rich and emotionally charged, this is radical performance as resistance—alive with urgency, beauty, intimacy, and joy. (fringetoronto.com)


Cast

Adisri Preeti Devaraj Performer
Anisha Manyal Performer
Ashmita Roy Performer
Divya Shreejit Kumar Performer
Govind Pillai Performer
Megha Subramanian Performer
Neptune Henriksen Performer
Pooja Murali Performer
Prathyusha Dwibhashi Performer
Rachana Joshi Performer
Ramya Raghavan Performer
Sangeeta Sathyanath Performer
Sanskruti Marathe Performer
Shivani Joshi Performer
Veena Kadayaprath Performer
Vrunda Upadhyay Performer

Creative Team

Govind Pillai Director
Govind Pillai Choreographer
Max Woods Lighting Designer
Divya Shreejit Kumar Assistant Director
Ramya Raghavan Assistant Director
Sangeeta Sathyanath Assistant Director
Veena Kadayaprath Assistant Director

Production

Manjusha Manjusha Stage Manager
Bradley Clayton Trident Prop
Warrick Mackrill Trident Prop
Divya Shreejit Kumar Costumes
Manjusha Manjusha Props
Manjusha Manjusha Costumes
Adrian van Raay Audio Engineer
Shelly O’Meara Graphic Designer
Michael Aleisi Copy Consultant
Piera Dennerstein Copy Consultant
Raina Peterson Copy Consultant