Nadeeka Bandara- art of feminine wisdom



Nadeeka Bandara 

(H. M. Nadeeka Kumari Bandara, නදීකා බණ්ඩාර, නදීකා බංඩාර)


Sri Lankan author, dramatist, film director and feminist critic Nadeeka Bandara was born in 19 march 1981 sri lanka. She is a graduate of Colombo University in business commerce also masters of drama and theatre in Kelaniya univercity.

Novels

She is the author of the two controversial novel. 'Diyonis Devola Pamula Sita' ( From the footstep beneath the Shrine of Dionysus- දියෝනිස් දෙවොල පාමුල සිට) is her first novel and it reveals how the women are exploited through the arts and cultural usage and entertainment industry. Also it frankly and genuinely talks about the contradiction in male female relationship and sexuality. The novel having the bliss of sado masochistic Artaudian realism.

http://archives.dinamina.lk/2014/10/15/_art.asp?fn=f1410153


Her second novel 'Monara Biththara' (The Peacock Eggs- මොනර බිත්තර) having the theme about how patriarchal family suppressed feminine soul. The novel questioning Name of the father, symbolic order and patriarchy with female anarchism. Monara Biththara is a landmark of the Sri Lankan feminine writing.

https://pitasthariya.blogspot.com/2017/09/blog-post.html 

https://her.lk/artz/443-2018-03-22-05-12-39

https://soundcloud.com/user-892435911/monara-biththara-nadeeka-bandara 

https://hearthis.at/womansstage/human/

http://www.dinamina.lk/2018/01/17/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%82%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%82%E0%B6%9C/47514/%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%A7-%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%BB-%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B6%BB-%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A-%E0%B6%AF


Theatre works

She also writes and co-directed four stage plays “Govi Rajjuruwo", "Sorba", "Romio Julietla" and "Bhawa Virekha”(ගොවි රජ්ජුරුවෝ -  2004, සොර්බා-  2008, රෝමියෝ ජුලියට් ලා-   2011, භාව විරේක -    2012). 

And 'mariyage ramanaya' ( Cohabitation of Mariya -'මරියාගේ රමණය') is a controversial post-feminist theatre experience under her writing and direction.

The drama, "Mariyage Ramanaya" questions the lifestyle of a woman living in the modern society, which is driven merely by consumerism. It portrays how people live in the fantasies created by the society that only focuses on the impermanent materialistic happiness. It questions human relationships formed on the basis of materialistic values. “ Mariyage Ramanaya” is the first staged in 2015, in international women’s day. it was stage under the labeled as “ Adults Only” by the Public Performance Board. And state drama festival marginalize it for reason the sexual act. 

 https://www.timeout.com/sri-lanka/theatre/mariyage-ramanaya


'Wet Land' (Theth Bhoomi- තෙත් භූමි- 2018) Drama By Nadeeka Bandara is the nude bomb theatre experience was first time in Sri Lanka. It was The Art of NUDE BOMB FEMINISM like her film Dancing with the red shoes (Rathu Sapaththu-2015).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW6rl-8MsIE 

 Both dramas- “ Mariyage Ramanaya” and 'Wet Land' had experience restrictions of theatres for nudity and sexuality. Both work use the NUDITY as a Political Weapon And 'writing the body' in feminine writing - L'ecriture feminine.

‘Theth Bhoomi’ is presented by ‘My Voice Feminist’ theatre. It is an intimate theatre experience mixing cruel theatre and poor theatre.

https://srilankamirror.com/entertainment-mirror/10488-nadeeka-bandara-s-theth-bhoomi-on-sep-28

https://ravaya.lk/%e0%b6%9a%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%8f%e0%b7%80-%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%94%e0%b7%85-%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%ad%e2%80%8d%e0%b7%8a%e2%80%8d%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%ba-%e0%b7%83%e0%b6%9a%e2%80%8d%e0%b7%8a%e2%80%8d/?fbclid=IwAR2c4Co__nWs7h5x3tZRDcJZXWVZ99m9W-VTXeHJrRXaX1EQ8bJlKOfUFAw


'Nude Bomb Theater vs Male Gaze N.B. vs witch Hunt' the documentary film about the drama by K. K. Saman Kumara. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbZhU5MmICA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5ptKp5Rw9k&t=3288s

'9 Witches & Bitches of Dionysian Art' (documentary about 9 feminist performance artist in the world) include the drama Theth Boomi by Nadeeka Bandara. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfoCMlyJyLE


Criticism

Ayodya Rajasekaram said about the ‘Theth Bhoomi’:

-'….Nadeeka's thinking intensely based on polarity and build tension between that. Its component of intangible stream of consciousness based on borderline syndrome, not in a clinical sense. Her mind and soul have two-way switch which shift one polar in to another. It's not lesbian separatist or bisexual or heterosexual coding. It's an intangible. her drive is primitive utopian communism which reject state, patriarchy, language, codes and the name of the father….'

-'…The drama Theth Boomi is the suicidal attack in orthodox male dominated theater and going beyond Sarah Kane's works I watched in European theater. The Asian feminine soul and ontological view of Nadeeka Bandara, transcending orthodox feminist epistemology. Theth Boomi is an avant-garde theatrical mission against postmodern theatre. And radical feminist reincarnation against neo liberal post feminism…'

-Ayodya Rajasekaram: Theth Boomi - An Astonishing Theatre Experience

 http://womansstage.blogspot.com/2018/12/theth-boomi-astonishing-theatre.html



The critic K.K. Saman Kumara said, in the book Theth Boomi Vichara Sanhitha- Ontology of Criticism: 'Wet Land' , co published by My Voice Theatre and Agahas publishers, Theth Boomi belong to impressionism. http://womansstage.blogspot.com/2018/11/blog-post.html


Cinema




'Dancing with the red shoes' (Rathu Sapaththu- රතු සපත්තු) is her controversial debut film. Through the experimental film; “Rathu Sapaththu” she entered to the cinema and played multiple roles there as the main actress, the script writer and the director. Public Performance Board not allowed the film until now release for any audience.The film in meta cinematic surrealistic manner which express her view about love and sado masochistic bond of our lives in patriarchy. In the film 'Dancing with the red shoes (Rathu Sapaththu)' and even the drama 'Theth boomi' her approach is more auteurist. 

 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190303/magazine/power-and-prowess-of-females-in-cinema-338078.html

http://womansstage.blogspot.com/2019/03/nude-bomb-feminist-film-discussions.html

https://soundcloud.com/user-892435911/red-shoe-discussion-goathe-institute-before-screen

https://soundcloud.com/user-892435911/red-shoe-disscussion-gothe-institute-after-screeaning

https://soundcloud.com/user-892435911https://hearthis.at/womansstage/red-shoe-discussion-trikone-cultural-center/

Children's books







She also wrote many children's books in fairy tale or folklore manner but all the book based upon the contemporary experience in adventure of girl child in love and passion of art. 




Feminist critic



She is a radical feminist critic but feminine wisdom of her writings going beyond feminism via feminine writing and feminine psycho analysis and also reach to a feminine wisdom literature. She has wrote four books about the drama, one book about woman artist in renaissance 
and booklet about female sexual anatomy in feminist approach. 





























She also published one drama script ,not produce until now. 

 Its challenge maname syndrome in sri lankan male psych that constructed through the drama Maname created by  Ediriweera Sarachchandra who was father of modern sri lankan theatre.  



Career beginning and jenny theatre

She graduated in University of Colombo in management stream and later gave up her field and turned in to arts and cultural movement.

As a cofounder of “Jenny Theater” (2000) with Jagath Jayasekara she participate four dramas “Govi Rajjuruwo, Sorba, Romio Julietla and Bhawa Virekha” with Script writing, co-directing, acting, producing and organizing). The alternative and cultural magazine 'Jenny' edited by Nadeeka, questions the prevailing consuming and diverting society. It issued about 10 versions. Instead of using current market system, the magazine was sold by sending hand in hand.


'Women's Stage' and 'my voice theatre'

'Women's Stage' Founded by Nadeeka Bandara, in 2015 Conjugated with jenny theater. 
http://womansstage.blogspot.com/.https://www.facebook.com/Womans-stage-1610877912524600/
It questions the proximity in danger of women, women's identity, gender issue, distance shooting of women from social life and cultural life, as well as it questions why women are distancing of the life of night, which can be regarded as half of a life. The main aim is to understand the function of stage in women’s struggle for humanity. It aims to mediate with conscious knowledge on women’s ideas how to express their pressure, to create an alternative knowledge for women and becomes the stage of women, who seek ways to be active. The controversial stage drama “Mariyage Ramanaya” and the film “Rathu Sapaththu” are created by this group. The group relaunched as my voice theatre in 2018 with the production of the drama 'Theth boomi'.

'peacock egg trap in a red shoe' documentary about her career. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsXrBVEQGFA


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