DRE

At the webpage of DRE (three) the following, among other things, is written about DRE:

"Episode from Mahabharata and the relevance of todays time:

Gandhari is a woman in the Mahabharata, who marries a blind king. In order to be a good wife, she ties a blindfold in front of the eyes in sympathy for her husband. She is the mother of the 100 sons, who in the Great War are portrayed as villains, the evil. In the episode used as a source for DRE, we meet Gandhari who comes to the battlefield, where all her 100 sons are killed. The god Krishna, who is pulling the strings, who has consulted the victorious, arrives at the battlefield. Gandhari curses Krishna. In the general perception in India Gandhari is conceived as a woman of high moral standards, as she puts her husband ahead of herselves. But in today's India a number of authors and writers have questioned this. By choosing not to see, she may have missed the development and upbringing of their sons. Should she have seen and avoided the sons choices and mistakes? 

Historically the figure Gandhari is from Kandahar, which is now the second largest city and capital of Kandahar province in Afghanistan. In a parallel to present time, we are dealing with a historical and mythical figure who could have been the mother of any terrorist. 

The figure of the mythical Krishna is seen as a political reformer and the political key figure in the Mahabharata. The third figure in the performance of DRE is the protagonist of the war: the son, the husband, the soldier, the one who carries out orders, and or the fallen.

Theme:

When the great war ends, a hundred Kauravas lie dead, blasted into the earth. Their mother Gandhari aches, a thousand arrows piercing through her soul. But what of Krishna, does he find solace, is this the victory he sought? Exploring the myth and exploding it through physical movement, dance and puppetry, Dre: Three creates many layered conversations about power, control, survival, death and life. Is the war ever truly over?"

DRE by Damini House of Culture was supported by the Arts Council Norway, The Fund for Performing Artists and the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs/MFA (grant for cultural exchange with Southern countries/performing arts).

Source:

DRE (three), drethree.blogspot.no, 29.08.2015, http://drethree.blogspot.no