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Writing one’s own chapter in dance”, or Adhyaya, the brain child of Nritarutya dance collective, was back with a double bill of contemporary dance presentations by international artists.
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Writing one’s own chapter in dance”, or Adhyaya, the brain child of Nritarutya dance collective, was back with a double bill of contemporary dance presentations by international artists.
For the first time in Bangalore, dancers Shyamala and Sandra from Post Natyam Collective based in the USA and Germany and Veena Basavarajaiah, solo contemporary artist from India were featured in this completely self-funded evening of art.
Held in the spacious Seva Sadan Hall in Malleshwaram, Adhyaya, in its third chapter, drew a huge crowd. To review and appraise the artistes’ work, a panel of critics were also invited.
The opening performance, Balance of Beam by Shyamala Murthy, depicted the contemporary issues faced by trans identity. With a ballet shoe on one leg and ghungru on the other, she depicted how a person gets torn between two worlds, yet could make the best of both.
Dasi Displaced by Sandra Chatterjee, a recipient of many awards, merged Western moves with Bharatanatyam.
“I’m half Indian. Even though I grew up abroad, one of the first things I learnt as a child was to dance to Tagore’s music.
So Indian dance is in my blood,” said Sandra, on why she chose Indian classical dance.Sandra and Shyamala’s Meet the Goddess investigated the link the real women have with the imageries of goddesses.
Through mudras, props, yoga moves, bharatanatyam, kuchipudi, contemporary dance, and video, the show critically dissected women’s issues like sexuality, motherhood, and objectification.
With music by Gurpreet Chana and Jugular, Ravi Deo, David Karagianis, Kelly Salloum and Oliver Rajamani in the background, the duo’s performance called for a standing ovation from the audience.
Veena Basavarajaiah, a bharatnatyam dancer trained in Kalaripayattu and contemporary dance, presented three sequences for the evening.
Venus and Neptune, choreographed and performed by Veena and co-dancer Nakula, left everyone mesmerised by their flexibility.
Dialogues by Ravi Chandra was a dance on conversation where movements alone spoke.
“Be it in an empty room or on the stage, dancing gives me the same feeling of exhilaration,” said Veena. Gestures spoke volumes in the last presentation, Aham.
Finding Ree was a quest for identity in life and expression in music. This solo sequence, introduced by local musician Praveen Theeda, was based on every entity’s search for individuality.
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