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About Chorus
 The
Chorus Repertory Theatre was established in the valley of
small hill state, Manipur that is surrounded by the great
nine-folds of mountains guarded by mighty tribes on the top in
the easternmost part of India in April 1976. Located on the
outskirts of Imphal, Manipur's capital city, Chorus repertory
theater’s two-acre campus has been slowly built (and six times
rebuilt after disastrous monsoons) to accommodate a
self-sufficient way of life, with housing and working quarters
for the company. It is now and important regional and national
center for contemporary theatre. In 2001, its 25th anniversary
season, the company dedicated its first permanent theatre, a 200
-seat auditorium designed by Shri Ratan Thiyam with space for
set construction and storage.
Thiyam's 1984 Chakravyuha, performed more than 100 times around
the globe, thrust the company into the global spotlight. With 'Uttarpriyadarshi',
equally acclaimed as a masterpiece, Thiyam continue his
examination of the human condition, expanding his explorations
of war and power to embrace the search for enlightenment,
reconciliation and peace. Equipped with its most outstanding
performances in many International festivals in India and
abroad, this repertory has able to earn the prestigious "Fringe
Firsts Award, 1987" from Edinburgh International Theatre
Festival, "Indo-Greek Friendship Award, 1984(Greece), "Diploma
of Cervantino International Theatre Festival, 1990(Mexico), and
participated in Pan-Asiatico, 1984 (Rome), Indo-Greek Symposium,
1984(Greece), East-west Encounter, 1986 (Mumbai), Dublin Theatre
Festival, 1987(Dublin), Festival of India in USSR,1987, Cardiff
International Theatre Festival,1987(Cardiff), Glasgow
Festival,1987(Glasgow), Mitsui International Theatre
Festival,1992(Japan),Toga International Theatre
Festival,1994(Japan), Festival d'Avignon,1995(France),
International conference on "Culture of Peace: The Experience
and Experiments" 1996(New Delhi), Festival of India in
Thailand,1996, South Asian Theatre Festival,1997(Bangladesh),
50-years of Indian Independence Day celebration in
Srilanka,1997, Festival of Perth,1998(Australia), Telstra
Adelaide Festival, 1998(Australia), New Zealand International
Festival of the Arts, 1998(New Zealand), Festival Theatre of
Nations,1998(Switzerland), 7th International Festival of Scenic
Arts, 1998(Brazil), Indian Trade Fair Exhibition at
Dhaka(Bangladesh),1999, 50-years of Indian Independence
celebration in Nepal,2000. Fall 2000 North American Debut Tour
and presented the public performances in the following venues
during the entire tour -Kennedy Centre,Washington DC; University
of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; Ordway center for the Performing
Arts & Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN; University
of California, Berkeley, CA; UCLA performing Arts, Los Angeles,
CA; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Duke University, Durham,
North Carolia; Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York.
The Company recently participated in the BeSeTo
International Theatre Festival, 2001(Japan) and Barbican
International Theatre Event (BITE:01), London (United Kingdom),
2001. The repertory has also been performed with great success in
various places and cities including- London, Delphi, Kalamata,
Thessaloniki, Kavala, Athens, Yaroslov, Leningrad, Minsk,
Barisova, Southampton, Omag, Amsterdam, Gainsborough,
Bradford,Querentaro, Guanajuato, Cruz-A-Zul, Guaquil, Quito,
Havana, Manizales, Cuba Bogota, Lima, Thimpu, Haa, Bangkok,
Chiang Mai, Wellington, Zurich, Kathmandu, Tokyo, Toga, Toyama,
etc.
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