Nina Rajarani, winner of the Place Prize 2006, Europe's largest choreographic competition, presents her company Srishti in 'Quiet, Please!' which tours the UK from 1 February until 21 April 2007. Her winning piece 'Quick!' which forms a part of this new production, was described by the panel of judges as a "work of unstoppable energy that places bharatanatyam firmly in the world of London business. A dance work with something new to say about how the world is today, it is a clear winner of The Place Prize 2006."

'Quiet, Please!' is 60 minutes of pure indulgence: excellent live music, vibrant visuals and the ultimate dance experience. 'Quiet, Please!' combines energetic and entertaining dance choreographed by Nina Rajarani with excellent live music composed and led by Y Yadavan. Vibrant film is integrated with the choreography. The work weaves a romantic love triangle set in India around the hurly burly of the manic London business world that is driven by aggression and competition.

Weaving two choreographies into one, the performance starts off with a projection of a beautiful but lonely female living in India in a colourful mansion. In true cinematic style she is nurturing a lamp symbolising her undying hope that her childhood sweetheart, now in London, will return to her soon. Meanwhile on stage, an energised display (Quick!) of four male Bharatanatyam London businessmen unravels.

The crux of Quick! is one of those crisp, official board meetings (Quiet, Please!) where people are all talking very much to the point, exchanging ideas in quick succession, sometimes in agreement and sometimes not, sometimes talking over each other, sometimes talking in turns and listening to each other.

This section of the performance will reflect our daily life and our impatience that inevitably hinders us. The events that influenced the choreography are all the mundane things one would do on a day-to-day basis where we all display so much impatience because we are always in a rush, always racing against time.

Her childhood sweetheart returns to India only to find that things are not as he dreamt them to be. A love triangle evolves…

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