Bridging with Mother
by Sustainable Humane Earth

Mar. 21 - Mar. 23
Thursday-Saturday

Bridging with Mother is a Nature Immersion - Conceptual Theatre Performance

Based on the Music of Tyagaraja - with Performances in Classical/Contemporary Indian Dance

Dance Choreography and Direction by Gunjen Mittal and Purna Baiekal

Show Concept and Music created by Tyagaraja of Light Wheel and Sustainable Humane Earth

www.shenourishes.com/bridgingwithmother

 

 

Bridging with Mother is an artistic call to “conjoin,” to “merge,” or to “become one with nature.” Experience live music, classical Indian dance, multimedia art, acting, and stage design created by Tyagaraja Welch and directed by his partner Gunjen Mittal. Bridging with Mother is the culmination of classical Indian art forms and permaculture theory, inspired by the Sanskrit term for yoga. It is a production of Welch’s original music, the first release since the pre-pandemic production of VIVEKA, by Welch’s assemblage Light Wheel.

 

Tyaga Welch offers these words on the project:

“What are we, and where did we come from? When one comes to a mighty waterfall, or stands at the edge of the world along a vast coastal ocean, or bathes in a sacred river, what is the first organic response? When this question is presented in our Yogic Workshops, ninety percent of the participants answer with not a word; they answer with a sound: ‘Aaaahhh.’ This ‘ah’ sound of relief has the hidden answer to all human dilemma. If we are mindful and connected with experiencing our present moment, the ‘aaaahhh’ sound is an ‘aha’ moment, the moment of awakening. The deeper one goes into the topic, the more questions arise. What is the ‘aha’ moment? Spirituality, in its purest sense, is remembrance. The reason why your faith or individual spirituality feels so right, pure, and true to you is because it feels familiar––something you always thought and couldn’t quite put your finger on––like the moment when your hand opens the door to your own house. You feel at peace, safe, and familiar with the surroundings.” 

“It’s in times like these that shows like Bridging with Mother are so important to produce because art can promote a paradigm shift towards compassion and action. If you attend the live show at The VORTEX, you will be moved,” says Gunjen Mittal, director of Bridging with Mother.

 

Bridging with Mother will be a show for everyone. With the additions of Gunjen Mittal, Welch’s eight-year-old daughter, and elders as advisors, the show’s collaborators span an age range of seventy years. It is an opportunity for the Austin community to support the production of heritage art and live music.

 

March 21-23, 2024

8:00 p.m.

 

About Sustainable Human Earth Productions

SHE Produces LIVE shows. From the time of its first small-scale, spiritual-art-community production called Art.Music.Life. in 2011, SHE has been producing and self-funding uplifting and inspiring performances and events. A highlight of these productions was VIVEKA, the live album release of Light Wheel’s “See Through.”

 

About Gunjen Mittal and Tyagaraja Welch

Gunjen Mittal and Tyagaraja Welch are the creators of Sustainable Humane Earth. In order to see a holistic vision of humane expression, Tyaga and Gunjen cultivated something money can't buy. They have hands-on, personal experience from all across the world. Gunjen has been an artist and dancer since childhood. She’s also an eco-feminist and a healing justice advocate and also serves her community as a trauma-sensitive yoga therapist/holistic wellness consultant, an Ayurvedic practitioner, 

 

and an organic gardener. She is initiated in and has been studying the Himalayan Kriya meditation system, Vinyasa Krama, and tantric sciences all based in Sanskrit heritage for the past 10 years. She has worked on systems-level advocacy centering immigrants, migrants, refugees, and other BIPOC communities. Tyaga lives in a trinity of worlds, music/art/theatre, Sanskrit-based yogic living, and permaculture design (regenerative farming). Each of these worlds blend together to form Tyaga’s music and artistic expression. Tyaga is the concept creator of Sustainable Humane Earth, Texas Turmeric, Austin band Light Wheel, VIVEKA, and Bridging with Mother.

 

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Bridging with Mother
by Gunjen Mittal, Purna Baiekal, Tyagaraja
Sustainable Humane Earth

March 21 - 23, 2024

The VORTEX, Austin Texas 

Doors at 6 pm. Show begins at 7 pm

The VORTEX, 2307 Manor Rd., Austin, TX 78722
Tickets $15-$37: vortexrep.org
Box Office: 512.478.5282