Ratan Thiyams’s Nine Hills One Valley
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“Nine Hills One Valley is about a small place where I live called Manipur—politically weak, economically poor. Manipur faces much suffering, raising questions of identity, unemployment, education system, generation gap, violence, traditional values etc. But the play is not localized in theme. Because all of these problems and issues are a product of the larger environment; violence, war and terrorism everywhere in the world and a small place suffers more than anything. I believe a regional issue is a national issue and a national issue is an international issue and vise versa. Nobody can escape from it. The play emphasizes the need to bring peace to this world.”
                           –Ratan Thiyam
 

RATAN THIYAM’S CHORUS REPERTORY THEATRE RETURNS TO THE U.S.

 

Renowned Contemporary Company from Manipur, India presents ‘Nine Hills One Valley’ on tour, Fall 2006

Ratan Thiyam and his 26-member Chorus Repertory Theatre from Manipur, India, whose North American debut of Uttar-Priyadarshi (The Final Beatitude) dazzled American audiences in 2000, return to the U.S. in the Fall of 2006 with their new production Nine Hills One Valley (Chinglon Mapan Tampak Ama), a haunting and powerful theatrical allegory that confronts the turmoil that consumes Thiyam’s native land today.

Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, this world-renowned theater company, which has toured in over 30 countries, will open its 5-week U.S. tour at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s NEXT WAVE Festival in New York, October 11-14. Other hosts include Carolina Performing Arts in Chapel Hill (NC), the Lied Center of Kansas in Lawrence; the Mondavi Center at UC Davis, and Cal Performances at UC Berkeley.

The 2006 national tour is co-produced by Asia Society and Lisa Booth Management, Inc. with support from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations; the Ford Foundation; the Asian Cultural Council; and the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Ensemble Theatre Collaborations Grant Program, a component of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Theatre Initiative.