Naya Zamana 19: A Royal Twist presented two weeks ago as a repeat performance by the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha is worth revisiting. This is so because of the celebration of the annual dance production’s 20th Anniversary in 2015. Though it might be a private triumph for Naya Zamana and its producers, it is more important for its place in dance in Guyana at a national level and in dance theatre productions specifically.
What is more, is the quality of the production. To that may be added the meaning of its achievements, the kind of theatre that it attempts and that which it represents in the larger context of the national dance theatre.
A Royal Twist was written, choreographed and directed by Dr Vindhya Persaud, a dancer/choreographer and designed by Trishala Persaud, also a dancer, who produced the set and costumes. It is a mixture of types which has matured after varied experiments tried by Dr Persaud over successive years of the annual production. It is a musical and a
