DANCE LIKE A MAN

Mahesh Dattani’s Dance Like A Man has struck gold on stage – the play has been running to packed houses around the world. (The film won the 2003 National Award for the best feature film in English) Dattani calls it “One of my favourite plays.” His incorporation of traditional dance forms in Dance Like A Man brings together the historic India and the property-minded, money-oriented society of the 1990s, with a drama moving between generations and across time in ways which are technically astonishing. Dance is an integral part of life in this Chennai-based play. The characters - Jairaj, Ratna and their daughter Lata – are dancers. Ratna believes that her daughter should soar to such heights which she could not achieve because of opposition from Jairaj’s father Amritlal. She considers herself a failure, and for this she blames Jairaj. She vents her frustration on Jairaj and accuses him of being a jelly in front of his dominating father. Dance Like A Man is a brilliant study of human relationships and weaknesses framed by the age old battle between tradition and youthful rebellion.

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