Yet another first! Disabled people perform this traditional sword fight on stage in an extraordinary production, drawn from Thang-Ta, the leaping, muscular dance form of India’s verdant north-eastern state, Manipur. This form is breathtaking in its own right as a creation born of our eastern martial arts. When our disabled dancers perform it, you are lifted into a another realm of wonder, joy and sheer disbelief when performers on wheelchairs, on crutches, with no hands or one foot soar, whirl and strike with balletic grace.

Thang-Ta is the most dangerous form of martial art that flourished in the ancient kingdom of Manipur. Moving in a fixed footwork pattern, performers display thrilling techniques of attack and defense. Wrist work plays a predominant role.

Manipuri Thang Ta is attracting international interest from theatre and dance personalities. And our artistes perform a historic kinetic first with their dramatic and electrifying swordplay on wheelchairs.