Episode 41: Pangea World Theater - Chapter 1

Pangea World Theater spent its 25th anniversary year helping their Minneapolis community heal the wounds and sort through the ashes left in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. But this mending and reckoning dance was nothing new because Pangea's work is intrinsic to the story of this place-- It’s struggles.-- It's beauty-- It's resilience. This is the first of two episodes recounting Pangea's transformational history and impact. Notable Mentionshttps://www.pangeaworldtheater.org/ (Pangea World Theater): Pangea World Theater builds bridges across multiple cultures and creates sacred and intersectional spaces. We create authentic spaces for real conversations across race, class and gender. Through a nuanced exploration of privilege, our own and others, we craft ensemble-based processes with a global perspective. Through art, theater and creative organizing we strive for a just world where people treat each other with honor and respect. We believe that artists are seers giving voice and language to the world we envision.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natya_Shastra (The Nāṭya Śāstra) is notable as an ancient encyclopedic treatise on the arts,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natya_Shastra#cite_note-GuyBeckp138-2 ([2])https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natya_Shastra#cite_note-Schwartz2004p12-8 ([8]) one which has influenced dance, music and literary traditions in India.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natya_Shastra#cite_note-FOOTNOTESunil_KothariAvinash_Pasricha2001117,_163-9 ([9]) It is also notable for its aesthetic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasa_(aesthetics) ("Rasa") theory, which asserts that entertainment is a desired effect of performance arts but not the primary goal, and that the primary goal is to transport the individual in the audience into another parallel reality, full of wonder, where he experiences the essence of his own consciousness, and reflects on spiritual and moral questions.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natya_Shastra#cite_note-Schwartz2004p12-8 ([8])https: