India, April 12 -- Love, loss, and longing collide as mythology transforms into deeply relatable human drama, says SAKSHI PRIYA

Navigating the ancient complexities of divine devotion requires a theatrical touch that borders on the miraculous, especially when tasked with resurrecting a twelfth-century Sanskrit epic for a contemporary crowd without losing its essential spiritual weight. Shivam Sahni's dance-theatre piece, Gita Govinda - Where There is Radha, There is Hari, manages to capture this elusive magic by entirely enveloping the viewer in a near-complete chronological narrative that modern stages seldom dare to attempt.          

The lead actors took on these mythic roles with a raw, ps...