Tree of Life Premiere, 30th November 2025 at Cambridge Junction

Award-winning Sanskruti Dance’s newest production Tree of Life will be performed for the first time at Cambridge Junction on Sunday 30^th November.   

Drawing inspiration from Buddha attaining enlightenment under a Bodhi (fig) tree in India and Newton discovering gravity from an apple tree in the UK, Tree of Life weaves a tale of how these two events lead to a deepening of human understanding of our natural world, spiritually and scientifically. 

Tree of Life tells the story of Aranyani, Goddess of forests and the wild, who is dying. If she is to recover and continue to support the plants and animals who depend on her, she needs nourishment and balance in the world. It is down to a spiritual Sage and a Scientist – and you, the audience – to discover how to save her. 

Suitable for children aged 7+ and families, the show explores the connection between science and spirituality through the medium of trees and dance. It includes South Asian Bharatanatyam and contemporary Western dance, as well as an ethereal, original music score and spoken word. An after-show workshop also includes some ingenious audience participation using the latest in Micro:bit technology. 

Audience feedback has included:

“Beautiful and evocative storytelling” 

“Beautiful, well-choreographed – quite magical!” 

Tree of Life is Sanskruti Dance’s third production, showing at Cambridge Junction on Sunday 30^th November. Performance times are 11.30am and 2pm. Tickets can be booked on Cambridge Junction’s website: https://www.junction.co.uk/events/sanskruti-dance-tree-of-life/

Tree of Life is funded by Arts Council England and DanceEast and supported by Cambridge Junction, CUH-Arts, Akademi, Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination, Mercury Theatre and Hertfordshire Libraries.