prepare achoregraphy script on another woman
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Explanation:
Name of the poem : Another woman.
2.The theme/ themes :
(This morning she bought green ‘methi’ in the market … and cooked the whole thing in the
pot over the stove, shielding her face from the heat)
• The hardships of a woman as a homemaker
• The uncordial relationship between the woman and her mother-in-law
3.Instances of the theme:
• A woman does all household work, goes to market and buys vegetables, returns home,
starts cooking
• Her mother – in law scolds her for no obvious reasons
4.Locations:
the interior of a house
the market
the kitchen
5. Characters involved:
The woman ( the protagonist)
Her mother – in law
• The chorus for setting the location
• The vegetable vendors
• Two or three people
• 6 to 8 performers to set the different locations
6.Sequence of actions::
Scene 1:
Sub theme : The woman does house hold work.
• The chorus enters the stage and pose themselves in such a way that a visual effect of a
house is created.
• The woman mops the floor
• The mother-in law comes from indoors and scolds the woman
• The mother –in law commands the woman to go out
• The woman goes out
• All performers exit the stage
Scene 2:
Sub theme: Women goes for shopping
• The chorus enters and creates the setting of a market
• Two vegetable vendors sit on the ground and selling vegetables
• One person buy vegetables
• Two or three people enter the market and exit
• The woman enters
• She chooses vegetables and bargains with the vendor
• She collects vegetables and exit
• All performers exit
Scene 3:
Sub theme: Woman is subjected to mother in-laws anger.
• The chorus enters the stage and pose themselves in such a way that a visual effect of a
house is created.
• The woman enters from outside
• The mother-in law comes from indoors and scolds the woman for being late
• The mother –in law commands the woman to cook fast
• She keeps the pot on the stove
• The woman cuts vegetables
• The mother-in law comes near and scolds the woman
• All performers exit the stage.
Scene 4:
Sub theme: Woman subjected to violence
The chorus enters the stage and pose themselves in such a way the visual effect of a kitchen is created.
The woman sits infront of a stove.
The woman’s husband enters the kitchen
The woman still bends her head down
Her husband beats at her back
All performers exit the stage.
Scene 5:
Sub theme: Tragic end of the woman
The chorus enters the stage and pose themselves in such a way the visual effect of bedtime is created.
The woman crouched near the stove.
Mother in-law enters with a can of kerosene
The woman’s husband enters and takes the can
The man throws kerosene at the woman.
The mother in-law lits fire on to the woman
The woman screams with burns
The chorus circles around her in agony
All performers exit the stage.
Conclusion/Moral :
Is it for this fate the woman is born for? If the society shields its face to such violence, there would be another woman in the same situation. Let it not continue to another woman.
as a written disourcese the choregraphy script will have the following features of the main theme and wise theme