Rabindranath Tagore dance-drama "Chitrangada"

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Rabindranath Tagore’s dance-drama "Chitrangada" is a lyrical stage work that reimagines a story from the Mahabharata to explore themes of gender, identity, and inner strength through music, dance, and poetic dialogue.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dance-drama ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
author Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ
basedOn Mahabharata ⓘ
basedOnCharacter Arjuna ⓘ
Chitrangada ⓘ
centralCharacter Arjuna ⓘ
Chitrangada ⓘ
composer Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
creator Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ
dramaticFocus conflict between outer beauty and inner worth ⓘ
transformation of Chitrangada ⓘ
explores gender roles ⓘ
inner strength ⓘ
masculinity and femininity ⓘ
personal identity ⓘ
social expectations ⓘ
form dance ⓘ
music ⓘ
poetic dialogue ⓘ
genre Tagore dance-drama ⓘ
dance-drama ⓘ
lyrical drama ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
hasCharacterType epic hero ⓘ
warrior princess ⓘ
hasMedium stage ⓘ
hasTitle Chitrangada ⓘ
intendedPerformance dance and song ⓘ
language Bengali ⓘ
literaryForm verse drama ⓘ
literaryInfluence Indian classical epics ⓘ
literaryTradition Rabindra Nritya Natya ⓘ
movement Bengali literature ⓘ
Indian modernist theatre ⓘ
narrativeSource story of Chitrangada and Arjuna ⓘ
partOf Tagore’s dance-dramas ⓘ
setting Manipur ⓘ
style allegorical ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ
symbolic ⓘ
theme equality ⓘ
feminine power ⓘ
gender ⓘ
identity ⓘ
inner strength ⓘ
love ⓘ
self-acceptance ⓘ

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Chitrangada → inspiredAdaptation → Rabindranath Tagore dance-drama "Chitrangada" ⓘ
Chitrangada (dance-drama) → partOf → Tagore’s dance-dramas ⓘ
linked to: Rabindranath Tagore dance-drama "Chitrangada"