Daksha Sheth Dance Company: Shiva Shakti at Queen Elizabeth Hall

Shiva Shakti is a visual spectacle influenced by Kathak, Chhau, Kalaripayattu, Mallakhamb and aerial dance sequences, and features Bollywood actress Isha Sharvani as the lead dancer. In the ancient Indian philosophy of Tantra, it is said that Shakti not only exists in every atom of every human being, but also in every atom of the universe. Shiva, the male principle, is pure consciousness, the un-manifest, denoted in Tantric texts by the white upward facing triangle. Shakti is the dynamic female principle, the manifest, denoted by the red downward facing triangle.