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Delhi adaptations of Beach Surgery
For Indian adaptations more broadly, see Indian adaptations of Beach Surgery.
For other South Asian works, see South Asian adaptations of Beach Surgery.
Delhi adaptations ground *Beach Surgery* within frameworks of devotional Hindu theology and chakra-energy systems, reframing Leif's three injuries as blockages in the triple energy-gates (muladhara, anahata, vishuddha) rather than trauma. The three injuries map onto rasa (emotional essence) and mudra (sacred gesture) in classical Indian dance vocabulary.
Classical Dance Cycles: Multiple adaptations reimagine Katita through Bharatanatyam: a 2019 piece uses the tribhanga (three-bend posture) to stage her simultaneous rigidity and fluidity. A Kathakali epic (9 hours, Rang Sharda Theatre 2021) stages the glitch as a moment when hand-mudras become untranslatable—meaning collapses mid-gesture.
Street Theatre: Hindi-language performances at Lodi Gardens and Delhi University treat the story as a love-epic (prem-kahani), sung with folk melody.
Audio Installation: ██ artist name installed a multi-channel sound work (2022) broadcasting incompatible narrative versions across gallery space—walkers embody the glitch by moving between stories. The Yamuna River appears symbolically in several works as the boundary between the two halves [citation needed].