Paradox of Platypus
Created and performed by
Choreography
Music
Masks
Light Design
Joshua Sailo and Abhaydev Praful
Joshua Sailo
Abhaydev Praful
Pranav Sreerag
Bharavi
Paradox of Platypus brings a Mizo folktale of the misunderstood outcast Hmuichukchuriduni-nu to life. Inspired by Mizo folk practices and the knowledge systems embedded in them, this whimsical piece takes audiences across a surreal landscape.
The musical-choreographic composition unfolds as a dialogue between two performers who continuously change roles, shifting the power dynamics of their relationship. The musician-dancers co-create and compose live, negotiating a precarious balance between space, music, puppetry, and movement. Through explorations of simple patterns and familiar improvisational and compositional structures, new narratives emerge as a speculative “neo-folk” choreography. The performers conjure up a layered experience that blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality, form and fluidity, history and memory.
Cross the border,
lose the map.
Follow the crack,
in the ticking clock's trap.
Where music crawls,
and movements growl,
a whispered call,
"come, come come..."
A paradox opens,
bending space into dream.
Not asleep, not awake,
But somewhere in between.
It is time,
Now step inside…
Paradox of Platypus
Awaits your arrival.
