Interview with M Palani, one of the choreographers on A Midsummer Night's Dream

Choreographer: This art form called Tapaatta. Tapa means ' drum' . Atta means ' dance' , ' drum-dance' . Its from a very rural area. They' re playing for the death, they' re playing for the temple, they' re playing for the body. All kind of ritual. It' s a community, [in this sense] community means lower-class people. They play for others. They' re not professional dancers. They' re profession is agriculture. They partake of the dancing. I learn because we are promoting this art form. 20 years back, nobody' s learn this form. But we promote this, as we are travelling all over the world now. But I use this form in A Midsummer Night' s Dream, that' s why I' m playing it.